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2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Facts

Competition type	Youth Olympic Games
Number and Year	I / 2010
Host city	Singapore, Singapore (Venues)
Opening ceremony	14 August
Closing ceremony	26 August
Competition dates	12 – 26 August
OCOG	Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
Participants	3488 from 205 countries
Medal events	201 in 29 disciplines

Bid process

Ceremonies

Officially opened by	S. R. Nathan	SGP		President
Torchbearer	Darren Choy	SGP	Sailing	Lit flame
	Amanda Lim	SGP	Swimming	Torch Bearer within Stadium
	Silas Abdul Razak Noor Shah	SGP	Hockey	Torch Bearer within Stadium
	Griselda Khng	SGP	Sailing	Torch Bearer within Stadium
	Jeffrey Lightfoot	SGP	Football	Torch Bearer within Stadium
	Jasmine Ser	SGP	Shooting	Torch Bearer within Stadium
Taker of the Athlete's Oath	Caroline Rosanna Chew	SGP	Equestrian Jumping
Taker of the Official's Oath	Syed Abdul Kadir	SGP	Boxing
Taker of the Coach's Oath	David Lim	SGP	Swimming
Olympic Flag Bearer	Tiger Tan	SGP	Weightlifting	Bearer (Senior)
	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	Athletics	Bearer (Senior)
	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	Short Track Speed Skating	Bearer (Senior)
	Tan Eng Liang	SGP	Water Polo	Bearer (Senior)
	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	Athletics	Bearer (Senior)
	Pat Chan	SGP	Swimming	Bearer (Senior)
	Tao Li	SGP	Swimming	Bearer (Senior)
	Sergey Bubka	UKR	Athletics	Bearer (Senior)
	Isabelle Li	SGP	Table Tennis	Bearer (Youth)
	Carol Lee	SGP	Shooting	Bearer (Youth)
	Natasha Yokoyama	SGP	Sailing	Bearer (Youth)
	Rania Herlina Rahardja	SGP	Fencing	Bearer (Youth)
	Timothy Tay	SGP	Artistic Gymnastics	Bearer (Youth)
	Zachary Devaraj	SGP	Athletics	Bearer (Youth)
Flagbearers	Full list

Medal Disciplines

3x3 Basketball	Fencing	Swimming
Archery	Football	Table Tennis
Artistic Gymnastics	Handball	Taekwondo
Athletics	Hockey	Tennis
Badminton	Judo	Trampolining
Boxing	Modern Pentathlon	Triathlon
Canoe Sprint	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Volleyball
Cycling Road	Rowing	Weightlifting
Diving	Sailing	Wrestling
Equestrian Jumping	Shooting

Medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
People's Republic of China	CHN	30	16	5	51
Russian Federation	RUS	18	14	11	43
Republic of Korea	KOR	11	4	4	19
Ukraine	UKR	9	9	15	33
Mixed team	MIX	9	8	11	28
Cuba	CUB	9	3	2	14
Australia	AUS	8	13	8	29
Japan	JPN	8	5	3	16
Hungary	HUN	6	4	5	15
France	FRA	6	2	7	15
Italy	ITA	5	9	5	19
Azerbaijan	AZE	5	3	0	8
Germany	GER	4	9	9	22
United States	USA	4	9	8	21
Thailand	THA	4	3	0	7
Israel	ISR	3	2	0	5
Canada	CAN	3	1	8	12
Great Britain	GBR	3	1	5	9
Kenya	KEN	3	0	3	6
Lithuania	LTU	3	0	1	4
South Africa	RSA	2	4	3	9
Brazil	BRA	2	3	1	6
Colombia	COL	2	3	0	5
Ethiopia	ETH	2	3	0	5
Egypt	EGY	2	2	2	6
Kazakhstan	KAZ	2	2	2	6
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	2	2	1	5
Belgium	BEL	2	1	2	5
Sweden	SWE	2	0	3	5
Nigeria	NGR	2	0	2	4
Bulgaria	BUL	2	0	1	3
Slovenia	SLO	2	0	1	3
Mongolia	MGL	2	0	0	2
Spain	ESP	1	4	6	11
Romania	ROU	1	4	2	7
Türkiye	TUR	1	3	6	10
Czechia	CZE	1	2	3	6
Argentina	ARG	1	2	2	5
Netherlands	NED	1	2	1	4
New Zealand	NZL	1	2	1	4
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	1	1	3	5
Vietnam	VIE	1	1	2	4
Croatia	CRO	1	1	1	3
Denmark	DEN	1	1	1	3
Serbia	SRB	1	1	1	3
Poland	POL	1	0	5	6
Austria	AUT	1	0	3	4
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	1	0	2	3
Dominican Republic	DOM	1	0	1	2
Eritrea	ERI	1	0	1	2
Bolivia	BOL	1	0	0	1
Chile	CHI	1	0	0	1
Ireland	IRL	1	0	0	1
Jamaica	JAM	1	0	0	1
Puerto Rico	PUR	1	0	0	1
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	1	0	0	1
United States Virgin Islands	ISV	1	0	0	1
Uruguay	URU	1	0	0	1
India	IND	0	6	2	8
Belarus	BLR	0	4	1	5
Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	3	0	3
Uzbekistan	UZB	0	2	5	7
Singapore	SGP	0	2	4	6
Slovakia	SVK	0	2	3	5
Venezuela	VEN	0	2	3	5
Malaysia	MAS	0	2	0	2
Mexico	MEX	0	1	5	6
Armenia	ARM	0	1	3	4
Greece	GRE	0	1	3	4
Switzerland	SUI	0	1	2	3
Jordan	JOR	0	1	1	2
Portugal	POR	0	1	1	2
Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	1	1	2
Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	1	2
Cyprus	CYP	0	1	0	1
Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
Equatorial Guinea	GEQ	0	1	0	1
Haiti	HAI	0	1	0	1
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	1	0	1
Nauru	NRU	0	1	0	1
Pakistan	PAK	0	1	0	1
Qatar	QAT	0	1	0	1
The Bahamas	BAH	0	1	0	1
Finland	FIN	0	0	2	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	1	1
Cambodia	CAM	0	0	1	1
Georgia	GEO	0	0	1	1
Guatemala	GUA	0	0	1	1
Indonesia	INA	0	0	1	1
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	0	1	1
Kuwait	KUW	0	0	1	1
Latvia	LAT	0	0	1	1
Lebanon	LBN	0	0	1	1
Morocco	MAR	0	0	1	1
Netherlands Antilles	AHO	0	0	1	1
Norway	NOR	0	0	1	1
Peru	PER	0	0	1	1
Turkmenistan	TKM	0	0	1	1
Uganda	UGA	0	0	1	1

Mixed team medals

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Italy	ITA	3	1	2	6
Russian Federation	RUS	2	3	1	6
Great Britain	GBR	2	1	1	4
United States	USA	2	0	2	4
Poland	POL	1	2	0	3
Belgium	BEL	1	1	1	3
Austria	AUT	1	0	1	2
Hungary	HUN	1	0	1	2
Israel	ISR	1	0	1	2
Ukraine	UKR	1	0	1	2
Belarus	BLR	1	0	0	1
Brazil	BRA	1	0	0	1
Cuba	CUB	1	0	0	1
Czechia	CZE	1	0	0	1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	1	0	0	1
Dominican Republic	DOM	1	0	0	1
Jamaica	JAM	1	0	0	1
Japan	JPN	1	0	0	1
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	0	0	1
Peru	PER	1	0	0	1
Portugal	POR	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	1	0	0	1
Spain	ESP	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	1	0	0	1
The Bahamas	BAH	1	0	0	1
New Zealand	NZL	0	3	0	3
Australia	AUS	0	2	1	3
Germany	GER	0	2	1	3
People's Republic of China	CHN	0	2	1	3
Türkiye	TUR	0	1	2	3
Republic of Korea	KOR	0	1	1	2
South Africa	RSA	0	1	1	2
Greece	GRE	0	1	0	1
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	1	0	1
Malta	MLT	0	1	0	1
Mongolia	MGL	0	1	0	1
Nigeria	NGR	0	1	0	1
Oman	OMA	0	1	0	1
Senegal	SEN	0	1	0	1
Slovenia	SLO	0	1	0	1
Turkmenistan	TKM	0	1	0	1
Romania	ROU	0	0	2	2
Algeria	ALG	0	0	1	1
Andorra	AND	0	0	1	1
Argentina	ARG	0	0	1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	1	1
Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
Costa Rica	CRC	0	0	1	1
Croatia	CRO	0	0	1	1
Egypt	EGY	0	0	1	1
Fiji	FIJ	0	0	1	1
Honduras	HON	0	0	1	1
India	IND	0	0	1	1
Libya	LBA	0	0	1	1
Lithuania	LTU	0	0	1	1
Mauritius	MRI	0	0	1	1
Mexico	MEX	0	0	1	1
Papua New Guinea	PNG	0	0	1	1
Singapore	SGP	0	0	1	1
Tunisia	TUN	0	0	1	1
Uzbekistan	UZB	0	0	1	1
Venezuela	VEN	0	0	1	1
Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Tang Yi	CHN	6	0	0	6
Liu Lan	CHN	5	0	1	6
Bai Anqi	CHN	4	1	0	5
He Jianbin	CHN	3	1	0	4
Viktoriya Komova	RUS	3	0	1	4
Oleq Stepko	AZE UKR	2	2	0	4
Tan Sixin	CHN	2	2	0	4
Nick Schafer	AUS	2	1	2	5
Emily Selig	AUS	2	1	1	4
Boglárka Kapás	HUN	2	1	0	3
Sun Bowei	CHN	2	1	0	3
Andrey Ushakov	RUS	2	1	0	3

All medalists at these Games