| Competition type | Youth Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Number and Year | III / 2020 |
| Host city | Lausanne, Switzerland (Venues) |
| Opening ceremony | 9 January |
| Closing ceremony | 22 January |
| Competition dates | 10 – 22 January |
| OCOG | Organising Committee for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games |
| Participants | 1770 from 79 countries |
| Medal events | 81 in 18 disciplines |
Bid voting at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 31 July 2015.
| Round 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lausanne | Switzerland | 71 |
| Brașov | Romania | 10 |
| Officially opened by | Simonetta Sommaruga |  SUI | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torchbearer | Michela Figini | SUI | Alpine Skiing | Torch bearer within stadium |
| Sandro Viletta | SUI | Alpine Skiing | Torch bearer within stadium | |
| Kévin Rolland |  FRA | Freestyle Skiing | Torch bearer within stadium | |
| Erika Hess | SUI | Alpine Skiing | Torch bearer within stadium | |
| Fanny Smith | SUI | Freestyle Skiing | Torch bearer within stadium | |
| Gina Zehnder | SUI | Figure Skating | Lit flame | |
| Emi Vauthey | SUI | Rhythmic Gymnastics | Torch bearer within stadium | |
| Taker of the Athlete's Oath | Noah Bodenstein | SUI | Figure Skating | |
| Taker of the Official's Oath | Eric Cattaneo | SUI | Ice Hockey | |
| Taker of the Coach's Oath | Stefan Meienberg | SUI | Curling | |
| Olympic Flag Bearer | Florence Schelling | SUI | Ice Hockey | Bearer (Senior) |
| Didier Cuche | SUI | Alpine Skiing | Bearer (Senior) | |
| Anais Coraducci | SUI | Figure Skating | Bearer (Youth) | |
| Loris Uberti | SUI | Ice Hockey | Bearer (Youth) | |
| Flagbearers | Full list |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation |  RUS |
10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| Japan |  JPN |
9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| Mixed team |  MIX |
6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| Sweden |  SWE |
6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| Austria |  AUT |
6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Germany |  GER |
5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| Republic of Korea |  KOR |
5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Norway |  NOR |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| People's Republic of China |  CHN |
3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| France | FRA |
2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| United States |  USA |
2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Italy |  ITA |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Netherlands |  NED |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Romania |  ROU |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada |  CAN |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Latvia |  LAT |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Czechia |  CZE |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Finland |  FIN |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Spain |  ESP |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Australia |  AUS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium |  BEL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia |  EST |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland |  POL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia |  SLO |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Israel |  ISR |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovakia |  SVK |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colombia |  COL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain |  GBR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | RUS |
3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Japan | JPN |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| France | FRA |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Netherlands | NED |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Hungary |  HUN |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Italy | ITA |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Norway | NOR |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Czechia | CZE |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Austria | AUT |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Estonia | EST |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Spain | ESP |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Finland | FIN |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Germany | GER |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| United States | USA |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Slovenia | SLO |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | NZL |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | CAN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hong Kong, China |  HKG |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Belarus | BLR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | BEL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | GEO |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luxembourg |  LUX |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico |  MEX |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Poland | POL |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei |  TPE |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Slovakia | SVK |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Australia | AUS |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Serbia |  SRB |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria |  BUL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia |  CRO |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark |  DEN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania |  LTU |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | ROU |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Türkiye |  TUR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alyona Mokhova | RUS |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Siri Wigger | SUI |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nikolai Holmboe | NOR |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Eileen Gu | CHN |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Motonaga Arito | JPN |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Amélie Klopfenstein | SUI |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Hofstedt | SWE |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Seo Hwi-Min | KOR |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Marie Krista | SUI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lisa-Marie Hirner | AUT |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stefan Rettenegger | AUT |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Valerio Jud | SUI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marco Wörgötter | AUT |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Thomas Bussard | SUI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Caroline Ulrich | SUI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
