Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 23 August at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China.
| Weightlifting at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | Nanjing International Expo Center |
| Dates | 17–23 August |
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] |  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] |  Bang Saen | 4–12 March 2014 | 1 |  South Korea Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Chinese Taipei Syria |
| 2014 African Youth Championships[4] |  Tunis | 15–22 April 2014 | 1 |  Tunisia Libya Algeria Morocco |
| 2014 European Youth Championships[5] |  Ciechanow | 28 Apr–3 May 2014 | 1 |  Bulgaria Turkey Germany Italy France |
| 2014 Pan-American Youth Championships[6] |  Chiclayo | 7–11 May 2014 | 1 |  Peru United States Ecuador Dominican Republic |
| 2014 Oceania Youth Championship[7] |  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] | 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] | Bang Saen | 4–12 March 2014 | 1 | Chinese Taipei India Mongolia Uzbekistan |
| 2014 African Youth Championships[11] | Tunis | 15–22 April 2014 | 1 | Tunisia Algeria Morocco |
| 2014 European Youth Championships[12] | Ciechanow | 28 Apr–3 May 2014 | 1 | Turkey Bulgaria Armenia Italy |
| 2014 Pan-American Youth Championships[13] | Chiclayo | 7–11 May 2014 | 1 | Peru Brazil United States |
| 2014 Oceania Youth Championship[14] | 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]
| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 | Sunday | 14:30 | Girls' -48 kg |
| August 17 | Sunday | 18:00 | Boys' -56 kg |
| August 18 | Monday | 14:30 | Girls' -53 kg |
| August 18 | Monday | 18:00 | Boys' -62 kg |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 14:30 | Girls' -58 kg |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 18:00 | Boys' -69 kg |
| August 21 | Thursday | 14:30 | Girls' -63 kg |
| August 21 | Thursday | 18:00 | Boys' -77 kg |
| August 22 | Friday | 14:30 | Girls' +63 kg |
| August 22 | Friday | 18:00 | Boys' -85 kg |
| August 23 | Saturday | 18:00 | Boys' +85 kg |
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Armenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Boy's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg | Meng Cheng China | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn Vietnam | Adkhamjon Ergashev Uzbekistan |
| 62 kg | Pak Jong-ju North Korea | Sakda Meeboon Thailand | Mirko Zanni Italy |
| 69 kg | Bozhidar Andreev Bulgaria | Viacheslav Iarkin Russia | Andrés Caicedo Colombia |
| 77 kg | Hakob Mkrtchyan Armenia | Ragala Venkat Rahul India | Zhaslan Kaliyev Kazakhstan |
| 85 kg | Khetag Khugaev Russia | Farkhodbek Sobirov Uzbekistan | Mohamed Shosha Egypt |
| +85 kg | Simon Martirosyan Armenia | Tamaš Kajdoči Serbia | Anthony Coullet France |
