2020 Winter Youth Olympics facts for kids
| Host city | Lausanne, Switzerland | ||
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| Motto | Start Now | ||
| Nations | 79 | ||
| Athletes | 1,788 | ||
| Events | 81 | ||
| Opening | 9 January | ||
| Closing | 22 January | ||
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| Cauldron |
Gina Zehnder
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| Stadium | Vaudoise Aréna | ||
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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 |
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| 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 | |
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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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| Buenos Aires 2018 — Lausanne 2020 — 2022 |
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Images for kids
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The opening ceremony in the Vaudoise Aréna.
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The circular "Vortex" building which houses the Olympic village on the Lausanne campus (it will later become a student residence).
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Yodli, mascot of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
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See also
In Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de Lausana 2020 para niños
