2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Facts

Competition type	Youth Olympic Games
Number and Year	II / 2016
Host city	Lillehammer, Norway (Venues)
Opening ceremony	12 February
Closing ceremony	21 February
Competition dates	12 – 21 February
OCOG	2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
Participants	1060 from 70 countries
Medal events	70 in 16 disciplines

Bid process

Lillehammer, Norway was selected as host of the IInd Youth Olympic Winter Games, with the announcement made by the International Olympic Committee at an Executive Board Meeting on 7 December 2011. There were no other final bid cities, although Lake Placid, New York, USA; Lucerne Switzerland; Zaragoza, Spain; and Sofia, Bulgaria all expressed an interest in bidding but did not submit formal bids.

Ceremonies

Officially opened by	Kronprins Harald	NOR	SAL	King
Torchbearer	Ingrid Alexandra, Prinsesse av Norge	NOR		Lit flame
Taker of the Athlete's Oath	Maia Ramsfjell	NOR	CUR
Taker of the Official's Oath	Thomas Pettersen	NOR
Taker of the Coach's Oath	Sandra Alise Lyngstad	NOR
Olympic Flag Bearer	Yu-Na Kim	KOR	FSK	Bearer (Senior)
	Espen Bredesen	NOR	SJP	Bearer (Senior)
	Anita Moen-Guidon	NOR	CCS	Bearer (Senior)
	Bjørn Dæhlie	NOR	CCS	Bearer (Senior)
	Stine Lise Hattestad	NOR	FRS	Bearer (Senior)
	Éric Alard	FRA	BOB	Bearer (Senior)
	Anna Odine Strøm	NOR	MIX/SJP	Bearer (Youth)
	Ane Farstad	NOR	STK	Bearer (Youth)
	Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	NOR	BTH	Bearer (Youth)
	Vebjørn Hegdal	NOR	CCS/MIX	Bearer (Youth)
	Herman Møller Svendsen	NOR	SBD	Bearer (Youth)
	Ena Marie Nystrøm	NOR	IHO	Bearer (Youth)
Flagbearers	Full list

Medal Disciplines

Alpine Skiing	Freestyle Skiing	Skeleton
Biathlon	Ice Hockey	Ski Jumping
Bobsleigh	Luge	Snowboarding
Cross Country Skiing	Mixed Sports	Speed Skating
Curling	Nordic Combined
Figure Skating	Short Track Speed Skating

Medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	10	6	0	16
Republic of Korea	KOR	10	3	3	16
Russian Federation	RUS	7	8	9	24
Germany	GER	7	7	8	22
Norway	NOR	4	9	6	19
Mixed team	MIX	4	4	5	13
Switzerland	SUI	4	3	4	11
People's Republic of China	CHN	3	5	2	10
Canada	CAN	3	2	1	6
Sweden	SWE	3	2	0	5
Slovenia	SLO	3	0	2	5
Japan	JPN	2	4	0	6
Austria	AUT	2	3	5	10
France	FRA	2	1	3	6
Great Britain	GBR	2	0	2	4
Italy	ITA	1	2	6	9
Latvia	LAT	1	1	0	2
Romania	ROU	1	0	0	1
Ukraine	UKR	1	0	0	1
Australia	AUS	0	3	1	4
Czechia	CZE	0	2	2	4
Finland	FIN	0	1	6	7
Hungary	HUN	0	1	1	2
New Zealand	NZL	0	1	1	2
Belgium	BEL	0	1	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	0	1	0	1
Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	0	2	2
Bulgaria	BUL	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	NED	0	0	1	1

Mixed team medals

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
People's Republic of China	CHN	2	1	2	5
Republic of Korea	KOR	2	0	0	2
Japan	JPN	1	1	1	3
France	FRA	1	1	0	2
United States	USA	1	1	0	2
Norway	NOR	1	0	2	3
Italy	ITA	1	0	1	2
Belgium	BEL	1	0	0	1
Mongolia	MGL	1	0	0	1
Russian Federation	RUS	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	1	0	0	1
Netherlands	NED	0	2	0	2
Latvia	LAT	0	1	2	3
Hungary	HUN	0	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	1	1	2
Ukraine	UKR	0	1	1	2
Australia	AUS	0	1	0	1
Czechia	CZE	0	1	0	1
Great Britain	GBR	0	1	0	1
Poland	POL	0	1	0	1
Bulgaria	BUL	0	0	2	2
Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
Germany	GER	0	0	1	1
Romania	ROU	0	0	1	1
Sweden	SWE	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
River Radamus	USA	3	0	0	3
Kim Magnus	KOR	2	1	0	3
Sivert Bakken	NOR	2	1	0	3
Aline Danioth	SUI	2	0	2	4
Park Ji-Wu	KOR	2	0	0	2
Kim Min-Seok	KOR	2	0	0	2
Ema Klinec	SLO	2	0	0	2
Chloe Kim	USA	2	0	0	2
Jake Pates	USA	2	0	0	2
Kim Ji-Yoo	KOR	2	0	0	2
Maya Yakunina	RUS	2	0	0	2
Bor Pavlovčič	SLO	2	0	0	2

All medalists at these Games