Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Weightlifting
at the Games of the Olympiad
VenueNanjing International Expo Center
DatesAugust 17–23
Weightlifting at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys' events
56 kg 62 kg 69 kg
77 kg 85 kg +85 kg
Girls' events
48 kg 53 kg 58 kg
63 kg +63 kg

Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 23. The events took place at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota, but only selected 1 athlete per gender and a further 11 boys and 9 girls was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only 9 boys and 6 girls were selected, the remaining places were reallocated. The remaining 86 places shall be decided by team classification results from qualification events, namely the 2013 World Youth Championships and five continental qualification tournaments.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, NOCs will only be allowed to enter a single athlete in an event.[1]

Boys

Event Location Date Quotas Qualified
Host Nation - - 1 China
2013 World Youth Championships[2] Uzbekistan Tashkent 6–13 April 2013 2 Russia
Egypt
India
Iran
Romania
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Armenia
Uzbekistan
1 Thailand
Ukraine
Poland
Vietnam
Colombia
Venezuela
North Korea
2014 Asian Youth Championships[3] Thailand Bang Saen 4–12 March 2014 1 South Korea
Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan
Chinese Taipei
Syria
2014 African Youth Championships[4] Tunisia Tunis 15–22 April 2014 1 Tunisia
Libya
Algeria
Morocco
2014 European Youth Championships[5] Poland Ciechanow 28 Apr–3 May 2014 1 Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Italy
France
2014 Pan-American Youth Championships[6] Peru Chiclayo 7–11 May 2014 1 Peru
United States
Ecuador
Dominican Republic
2014 Oceania Youth Championship[7] New Caledonia Mont Dore 25–31 May 2014 1 New Zealand
Australia
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Tripartite Invitation[8] - - 1 Federated States of Micronesia
Iraq
Kiribati
Nauru
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Sierra Leone
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Reallocation[8] - - 1 Kenya
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
TOTAL 60

Girls

Event Location Date Quotas Qualified
Host Nation - - 1 China
2013 World Youth Championships[9] Uzbekistan Tashkent 6–13 April 2013 2 Mexico
North Korea
Russia
Thailand
Kazakhstan
Vietnam
Romania
1 Ecuador
Venezuela
Indonesia
Colombia
Myanmar
Poland
Ukraine
Egypt
2014 Asian Youth Championships[10] Thailand Bang Saen 4–12 March 2014 1 Chinese Taipei
India
Mongolia
Uzbekistan
2014 African Youth Championships[11] Tunisia Tunis 15–22 April 2014 1 Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
2014 European Youth Championships[12] Poland Ciechanow 28 Apr–3 May 2014 1 Turkey
Bulgaria
Armenia
Italy
2014 Pan-American Youth Championships[13] Peru Chiclayo 7–11 May 2014 1 Peru
Brazil
United States
2014 Oceania Youth Championship[14] New Caledonia Mont Dore 25–31 May 2014 1 Australia
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Tripartite Invitation[8] - - 1 Bangladesh
Ghana
Madagascar
Malta
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
Reallocation[8] - - 1 Argentina
Chile
Hungary
Latvia
TOTAL 50

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[15]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
August 17 Sunday 14:30 Girls' -48kg
August 17 Sunday 18:00 Boys' -56kg
August 18 Monday 14:30 Girls' -53kg
August 18 Monday 18:00 Boys' -62kg
August 19 Tuesday 14:30 Girls' -58kg
August 19 Tuesday 18:00 Boys' -69kg
August 21 Thursday 14:30 Girls' -63kg
August 21 Thursday 18:00 Boys' -77kg
August 22 Friday 14:30 Girls' +63kg
August 22 Friday 18:00 Boys' -85kg
August 23 Saturday 18:00 Boys' +85kg

Medal Summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Thailand 2 1 0 3
2 Armenia 2 0 0 2
3 China 2 0 0 2
4 Russia 1 3 0 4
5 North Korea 1 2 0 3
6 Egypt 1 0 1 2
7 Bulgaria 1 0 0 1
7 Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1
9 Uzbekistan 0 1 1 2
10 India 0 1 0 1
10 Mexico 0 1 0 1
10 Serbia 0 1 0 1
10 Vietnam 0 1 0 1
14 Kazakhstan 0 0 2 2
15 Argentina 0 0 1 1
15 Colombia 0 0 1 1
15 France 0 0 1 1
15 Italy 0 0 1 1
15 Latvia 0 0 1 1
15 Tunisia 0 0 1 1
15 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 11 33

Boy's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
 Meng Cheng
China (CHN)
 Nguyen Tran Anh Tuan
Vietnam (VIE)
 Adkhamjon Ergashev
Uzbekistan (UZB)
62 kg
 Pak Jongju
North Korea (PRK)
 Sakda Meeboon
Thailand (THA)
 Mirko Zanni
Italy (ITA)
69 kg
 Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev
Bulgaria (BUL)
 Viacheslav Iarkin
Russia (RUS)
 Andres Mauricio Caicedo Piedrahita
Colombia (COL)
77 kg
 Hakob Mkrtchyan
Armenia (ARM)
 Venkat Rahul Ragala
India (IND)
 Zhaslan Kaliyev
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
85 kg
 Khetag Khugaev
Russia (RUS)
 Farhodbek Sobirov
Uzbekistan (UZB)
 Mohamed Shosha
Egypt (EGY)
+85 kg
 Simon Martirosyan
Armenia (ARM)
 Tamaš Kajdoči
Serbia (SRB)
 Anthony Coullet
France (FRA)

Girl's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
 Jiang Huihua
China (CHN)
 Ri Songgum
North Korea (PRK)
 Rebeka Koha
Latvia (LAT)
53 kg
 Rattanaphon Pakkaratha
Thailand (THA)
 Jong Chun Hui
North Korea (PRK)
 Nouha Landoulsi
Tunisia (TUN)
58 kg
 Chiang Nien-Hsin
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Anastasiia Petrova
Russia (RUS)
 Sasha Nievas
Argentina (ARG)
63 kg
 Sara Ahmed
Egypt (EGY)
 Ana Duran Ayon
Mexico (MEX)
 Sofiya Zenchenko
Ukraine (UKR)
+63 kg
 Dunganksorn Chaidee
Thailand (THA)
 Svetlana Shcherbakova
Russia (RUS)
 Tatyana Kapustina
Kazakhstan (KAZ)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Qualification System: Weightlifting". International Weightlifting Federation. July 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. "Boys Team Classification from Asian Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. "Boys Team Classification from African Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  5. "Boys Team Classification from European Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  6. "Boys Team Classification from Pan American Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  7. "Boys Team Classification from Oceania Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "2014 YOG Quota Summary". International Weightlifting Federation. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  10. "Girls Team Classification from Asian Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  11. "Girls Team Classification from African Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  12. "Girls Team Classification from European Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  13. "Girls Team Classification from Pan American Youth Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  14. "Girls Team Classification from Oceania Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  15. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Weightlifting". Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.