Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics


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

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee 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.
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.

Boys

EventLocationDateQuotasQualified
Host Nation--1
2013 World Youth Championships Tashkent6–13 April 20132
2013 World Youth Championships Tashkent6–13 April 20131
2014 Asian Youth Championships Bang Saen4–12 March 20141
2014 African Youth Championships Tunis15–22 April 20141
2014 European Youth Championships Ciechanow28 Apr–3 May 20141
2014 Pan-American Youth Championships Chiclayo7–11 May 20141
2014 Oceania Youth Championship Mont Dore25–31 May 20141
Tripartite Invitation--1
Reallocation--1
TOTAL60

Girls

EventLocationDateQuotasQualified
Host Nation--1
2013 World Youth Championships Tashkent6–13 April 20132
2013 World Youth Championships Tashkent6–13 April 20131
2014 Asian Youth Championships Bang Saen4–12 March 20141
2014 African Youth Championships Tunis15–22 April 20141
2014 European Youth Championships Ciechanow28 Apr–3 May 20141
2014 Pan-American Youth Championships Chiclayo7–11 May 20141
2014 Oceania Youth Championship Mont Dore25–31 May 20141
Tripartite Invitation--1
Reallocation--1
TOTAL50

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
Event DateEvent DayStarting TimeEvent Details
August 17Sunday14:30Girls' -48 kg
August 17Sunday18:00Boys' -56 kg
August 18Monday14:30Girls' -53 kg
August 18Monday18:00Boys' -62 kg
August 19Tuesday14:30Girls' -58 kg
August 19Tuesday18:00Boys' -69 kg
August 21Thursday14:30Girls' -63 kg
August 21Thursday18:00Boys' -77 kg
August 22Friday14:30Girls' +63 kg
August 22Friday18:00Boys' -85 kg
August 23Saturday18:00Boys' +85 kg

Medal summary

Medal table

Boy's events

Girl's events