2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Facts

Competition type	Youth Olympic Games
Number and Year	I / 2012
Host city	Innsbruck, Austria (Venues)
Opening ceremony	13 January
Closing ceremony	22 January
Competition dates	13 – 22 January
OCOG	Innsbruck-Tirol Olympische Jugendspiele 2012
Participants	1011 from 69 countries
Medal events	63 in 16 disciplines

Bid process

Innsbruck, Austria was selected as host of the Ist Youth Olympic Winter Games after a postal vote that was announced by IOC president Jacques Rogge on 12 December 2008. The only other city that made a formal bid was Kuopio, Finland.

		Round 1
Innsbruck	Austria	84
Kuopio	Finland	15

Ceremonies

Officially opened by	Heinz Fischer	AUT		President
Torchbearer	Egon Zimmermann	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Lit flame
	Franz Klammer	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Lit flame
	Leonhard Stock	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Torch bearer within stadium
	Yu-Na Kim	KOR	Figure Skating	Torch bearer within stadium
	Patrick Ortlieb	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Torch bearer within stadium
	Sigrid Wolf	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Torch bearer within stadium
	Fritz Strobl	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Torch bearer within stadium
	Doris Neuner	AUT	Luge	Torch bearer within stadium
	Paul Gerstgraser	AUT	Nordic CombinedSki Jumping	Lit flame
Taker of the Athlete's Oath	Christina Ager	AUT	Alpine Skiing
Taker of the Official's Oath	Peter Zenz	AUT	Alpine Skiing
Taker of the Coach's Oath	Angelika Neuner	AUT	Luge
Olympic Flag Bearer	Karl Schnabl	AUT	Ski Jumping	Bearer
	Toni Innauer	AUT	Ski Jumping	Bearer
	Brigitte Totschnig	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
	Karl Schranz	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
	Josef Feistmantl	AUT	Luge	Bearer
	Edith Zimmermann	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
	Lukas Telsnig	AUT	Ice Hockey	Bearer (Youth)
	Thomas Petutschnigg	AUT	Speed Skating	Bearer (Youth)
	Benjamin Maier	AUT	Bobsleigh	Bearer (Youth)
	Nina Wolfslast	AUT	Figure Skating	Bearer (Youth)
	Irena Brettbacher	AUT	Curling	Bearer (Youth)
	Miriam Kastlunger	AUT	Luge	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
Germany	GER	8	7	2	17
People's Republic of China	CHN	7	4	4	15
Austria	AUT	6	4	3	13
Republic of Korea	KOR	6	3	2	11
Russian Federation	RUS	5	4	7	16
Netherlands	NED	4	1	2	7
Mixed team	MIX	3	3	3	9
Switzerland	SUI	3	0	5	8
Japan	JPN	2	5	9	16
Norway	NOR	2	5	2	9
United States	USA	2	3	3	8
France	FRA	2	2	5	9
Italy	ITA	2	2	1	5
Finland	FIN	2	2	0	4
Sweden	SWE	2	2	0	4
Canada	CAN	2	1	6	9
Slovenia	SLO	1	4	2	7
Latvia	LAT	1	1	1	3
Czechia	CZE	1	1	0	2
Morocco	MAR	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	1	0	0	1
Estonia	EST	0	2	0	2
Hungary	HUN	0	2	0	2
Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	1	2	3
Belarus	BLR	0	1	0	1
Belgium	BEL	0	1	0	1
Great Britain	GBR	0	1	0	1
Ukraine	UKR	0	1	0	1
Australia	AUS	0	0	2	2
Andorra	AND	0	0	1	1
Monaco	MON	0	0	1	1

Mixed team medals

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Great Britain	GBR	2	1	0	3
Switzerland	SUI	2	0	0	2
Russian Federation	RUS	1	1	2	4
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	1	1	3
People's Republic of China	CHN	1	1	0	2
Germany	GER	1	0	0	1
Ukraine	UKR	0	2	0	2
Finland	FIN	0	1	0	1
Norway	NOR	0	1	0	1
France	FRA	0	0	2	2
Austria	AUT	0	0	1	1
Czechia	CZE	0	0	1	1
Italy	ITA	0	0	1	1
United States	USA	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Franziska Preuß	GER	3	1	0	4
Marco Schwarz	AUT	3	0	0	3
Yang Fan	CHN	3	0	0	3
Sanneke de Neeling	NED	2	1	0	3
Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	2	0	1	3
Niklas Homberg	GER	2	0	0	2
Maximilian Janke	GER	2	0	0	2
Jang Mi	KOR	2	0	0	2
Michael Brunner	SUI	2	0	0	2
Estelle Alphand	FRA SWE	1	2	1	4

All medalists at these Games