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III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Host city Lausanne, Switzerland
Motto Start Now
Nations 79
Athletes 1,788
Events 81
Opening 9 January
Closing 22 January
Opened by
Cauldron
Gina Zehnder
Stadium Vaudoise Aréna
Winter
Lillehammer 2016 Gangwon 2024
Summer
Buenos Aires 2018 Dakar 2026

The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, also called Lausanne 2020, was a huge international sports event for young athletes. It was the third time the Winter Youth Olympics were held. This exciting festival for teenagers took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from January 9 to 22, 2020. Lausanne is a special place because it's where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has its headquarters.

Medal Winners

This table shows which countries won the most medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Countries are ranked first by how many gold medals they won. If there's a tie in gold medals, then silver medals are counted next. If it's still a tie, bronze medals are used. If countries are still tied, they are listed in alphabetical order.


  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia (RUS) 10 11 8 29
2  Switzerland (SUI)* 10 6 8 24
3  Japan (JPN) 9 7 1 17
 Mixed-NOCs (MIX) 6 6 6 18
4  Sweden (SWE) 6 4 7 17
5  Austria (AUT) 6 2 5 13
6  Germany (GER) 5 7 6 18
7  South Korea (KOR) 5 3 0 8
8  Norway (NOR) 4 2 3 9
9  China (CHN) 3 3 4 10
10  France (FRA) 2 5 5 12
11  United States (USA) 2 3 6 11
12  Italy (ITA) 2 3 3 8
13  Netherlands (NED) 2 2 1 5
14  Romania (ROU) 2 0 0 2
15  Canada (CAN) 1 2 5 8
16  Latvia (LAT) 1 2 2 5
17  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 2 1 4
18  Finland (FIN) 1 2 0 3
19  Spain (ESP) 1 1 3 5
20  Australia (AUS) 1 0 0 1
 Belgium (BEL) 1 0 0 1
 Estonia (EST) 1 0 0 1
 Poland (POL) 1 0 0 1
24  Slovenia (SLO) 0 2 0 2
25  Israel (ISR) 0 1 1 2
 Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 1 2
27  Colombia (COL) 0 1 0 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 0 1
29  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1
 Georgia (GEO) 0 0 1 1
 Liechtenstein (LIE) 0 0 1 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1
Totals (33 entries) 83 79 81 243
Source: Lausanne 2020


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Summer Games: Singapore 2010, Nanjing 2014, Buenos Aires 2018, 2022
Winter Games: Innsbruck 2012, Lillehammer 2016, Lausanne 2020, 2024
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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de Lausana 2020 para niños

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