# Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 13 October. The events took place at Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was guaranteed two quotas, 1 athlete per gender and a further 10 boys and 10 girls was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission. However only 9 girls were selected. The remaining 88 places shall be decided by team classification results from qualification events, namely the 2017 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 2001 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, NOCs will only be allowed to enter a single athlete in an event and the chosen athlete must have participated in either the 2017 World Youth Championships or a continental championship in 2017 or 2018.

### Boys

| Event | Location | Date | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | - | - | 1 | Argentina |
| 2017 World Youth Championships | Bangkok | 3–10 April 2017 | 2 | China Kazakhstan Iran Turkey Russia Thailand |
| 2017 World Youth Championships | Bangkok | 3–10 April 2017 | 1 | United States* Uzbekistan Azerbaijan Ukraine Indonesia Bulgaria Colombia Chinese Taipei Armenia Venezuela Italy |
| 2018 African Youth Championships | Sharm El Sheikh | 23–30 March 2018 | 1 | Egypt Algeria Libya South Africa |
| 2018 Asian Youth Championships | Urgench | 20–30 April 2018 | 1 | Turkmenistan India Saudi Arabia Kyrgyzstan |
| 2018 Pan American Youth Championships | Palmira | 3–10 June 2018 | 1 | Mexico Ecuador Peru Puerto Rico |
| 2018 Oceania Youth Championships | Mont Dore | 22–30 June 2018 | 1 | Australia Nauru New Zealand Kiribati |
| 2018 European Youth Championships | Lignano Sabbiadoro | 22–29 July 2018 | 1 | Georgia Romania Czech Republic Poland |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 1 | Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Kiribati Kosovo Marshall Islands Nepal Pakistan Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan Uganda |
| Reallocation | | | 1 | Albania Chile Hungary Greece Lithuania Madagascar Mauritius Netherlands Panama Slovakia Spain United Arab Emirates Vietnam |
| Total | | | 49 | |

### Girls

| Event | Location | Date | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | - | - | 1 | Argentina |
| 2017 World Youth Championships | Bangkok | 3–10 April 2017 | 2 | China Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Romania Colombia Turkey Thailand |
| 2017 World Youth Championships | Bangkok | 3–10 April 2017 | 1 | Mexico United States Ukraine Venezuela Russia North Korea Vietnam Ecuador Indonesia Italy |
| 2018 African Youth Championships | Sharm El Sheikh | 23–30 March 2018 | 1 | Egypt Algeria Tunisia Ghana |
| 2018 Asian Youth Championships | Urgench | 20–30 April 2018 | 1 | Japan Chinese Taipei India Mongolia |
| 2018 Pan American Youth Championships | Palmira | 3–10 June 2018 | 1 | Peru Dominican Republic Guatemala Puerto Rico |
| 2018 Oceania Youth Championships | Mont Dore | 22–30 June 2018 | 1 | Nauru Australia New Zealand Samoa |
| 2018 European Youth Championships | Lignano Sabbiadoro | 22–29 July 2018 | 1 | Bulgaria Poland Spain Hungary |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 1 | Bahrain Fiji Madagascar Malta Mauritius Nauru Nicaragua Samoa Solomon Islands |
| Reallocation | | | 1 | Armenia Azerbaijan Chile Croatia Great Britain Greece Latvia Nigeria Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates |
| Total | | | 53 | |
$^a$ Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine handed one-year ban from IWF for doping violations. Afterwards IWF lifted doping suspensions against Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Boy's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Ngô Sơn Đỉnh Vietnam | Natthawat Chomchuen Thailand | František Polák Czech Republic |
| 62 kg details | Jeremy Lalrinnunga India | Caner Toptaş Turkey | Estiven Villar Colombia |
| 69 kg details | Muhammed Furkan Özbek Turkey | Archil Malakmadze Georgia | Mauricio Canul Mexico |
| 77 kg details | Karen Margaryan Armenia | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov Uzbekistan | Abdalla Galal Mohamed Mostafa Egypt |
| 85 kg details | Cristiano Ficco Italy | Tarmenkhan Babayev Azerbaijan | Ali Yousef Al-Othman Saudi Arabia |
| +85 kg details | Alireza Yousefi Iran | Hristo Hristov Bulgaria | Enzo Kuworge Netherlands |

### Girl's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 44 kg details | Katherin Echandia Venezuela | Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang Vietnam | Nida Karasakal Turkey |
| 48 kg details | Yesica Hernández Mexico | Yineth Santoya Colombia | Mihaela Cambei Romania |
| 53 kg details | Sabina Baltag Romania | Kely Junkar Colombia | Nur Vinatasari Indonesia |
| 58 kg details | Ghofrane Belkhir Tunisia | Neama Said Fahmi Said Egypt | Peyton Brown United States |
| 63 kg details | Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva Uzbekistan | Thipwara Chontavin Thailand | Galya Shatova Bulgaria |
| +63 kg details | Dilara Narin Turkey | Dolera Davronova Uzbekistan | Kanah Andrews-Nahu New Zealand |

#### Notes

* $^{Girls'+63kg}$ Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2019 after testing positive for a banned substance.
* 44 kg victory ceremony
* 48 kg victory ceremony
* 53 kg victory ceremony
* 63 kg victory ceremony