Youth Olympic Winter Games 2016

II. Youth Olympic Winter Games

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Venue:	Lillehammer , Norway
Stadion:	Lysgårdsbakken
Opening ceremony:	February 12, 2016
Closing ceremony:	February 21, 2016
Opened by:	King Harald V of Norway
Olympic oath :	Maia Ramsfjell (athlete) Thomas Pettersen ( referee ) Sandra Alisa Lyngstand (trainer)
Competitions:	70 in 7 sports
Countries:	72
Athletes:	approx. 1100
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Medal table (after 70 of 70 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	10	6th	-	16
02	South Korea	10	3	3	16
03	Russia	7th	8th	9	24
04th	Germany	7th	7th	8th	22nd
05	Norway	4th	9	6th	19th
-	Mixed teams	4th	4th	5	13
06th	Switzerland	4th	3	4th	11
07th	People's Republic of China	3	5	2	10
08th	Canada	3	2	1	6th
09	Sweden	3	2	-	5
10	Slovenia	3	-	2	5
11	Japan	2	4th	-	6th
Complete medal table

The II. Youth Olympic Winter Games were held from February 12 to 21, 2016 in Lillehammer . The opening ceremony in the small Norwegian town took place exactly 22 years after the opening of the 1994 Winter Olympics . The Winter Youth Olympic Games celebrated their debut in Innsbruck in 2012 . Lillehammer was the only applicant for the 2016 event, so the city's IOC approved it on December 7, 2011. Most of the sports were played in the facilities of the 1994 Winter Olympics, which were located in Lillehammer, Hamar , Gjøvik and Øyer . Construction work on the Olympic village began in summer 2013. Around 1,100 athletes from around 70 nations between the ages of 15 and 18 competed for medals in 2016 in Lillehammer. Ambassadors for the youth games in Lillehammer included the ski stars Kjetil Jansrud and Lindsey Vonn .

mascot

→ Main article : Sjogg

The official mascot of the 2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer was the lynx "Sjogg". It was named after the main ingredient in the Winter Olympics: snow. According to the official description, the mascot is young, sporty, playful. Although lynx are rather shy, Sjogg is very sociable, enjoys spending time with friends and making new ones. The mascot of the Winter Youth Olympic Games is the result of an international competition. Sjogg was designed by the 18-year-old Line Ansethmoen from Lillehammer.

Sports facilities

The Olympic sports facilities from 1994 were used at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer. The Curling Hall (in Kristins Hall ), which opened in 2012, was also used.

Lysgårdsbakken

Lillehammer:

• Birkebeineren ski stadium : biathlon, Nordic combined and cross-country skiing
• Lillehammer Olympiske Bob- og Akebane : bobsleigh, luge and skeleton
• Kristins Hall : ice hockey, curling
• Lysgårdsbakken : ski jumping, Nordic combined
• Kanthaugen Freestyleanlegg : Freestyle and halfpipe snowboard
• Stampesletta : opening and closing ceremonies

Øyer:

• Hafjell Alpine Ski Resort : Alpine skiing, slopestyle snowboarding

Gjøvik:

• Gjøvik Olympiske Fjellhall : short track

Hamar:

• Nordlyshallen Olympic Amfi : Figure Skating
• Hamar Vikingskipet Olympic Hall : speed skating

Youth Olympic Village

There were two Youth Olympic Villages, one in Lillehammer (for competitions in Lillehammer and Øyer ) and the other in Hamar (for competitions in Hamar and Gjøvik ). The buildings in the village in Lillehammer were used as student dormitories before and after the games. The Håkons Hall was used as a canteen. The Scandic Hamar Hotel formed the Olympic Youth Village in Hamar.

Attendees

Africa (2)
Kenya  (1)	South Africa  (1)
America (148)
Argentina  (9)  Brazil  (10)  Chile  (8)	Jamaica  (1)  Canada  (54)  Colombia  (1)	Mexico  (2)  United States  (62)
Asia (114)
China  (23)  Chinese Taipei  (4)  India  (1)  Iran  (2)  Japan  (29)	Kazakhstan  (17)  Kyrgyzstan  (1)  Lebanon  (2)  Malaysia  (1)	Mongolia  (2)  Nepal  (1)  East Timor  (1)  South Korea  (30)
Europe (771)
Andorra  (2)  Armenia  (2)  Belgium  (9)  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (5)  Bulgaria  (12)  Denmark  (4)  Germany  (44)  Estonia  (17)  Finland  (42)  France  (32)  Georgia  (2)  Greece  (3)  Great Britain  (16)  Ireland  (1)  Iceland  (3)  Israel  (2)	Italy  (37)  Croatia  (7)  Latvia  (16)  Liechtenstein  (2)  Lithuania  (10)  Luxembourg  (1)  Macedonia  (2)  Moldova  (2)  Monaco  (1)  Montenegro  (2)  Netherlands  (13)  Norway  (73)  Austria  (35)  Poland  (21)  Portugal  (2)	Romania  (22)  Russia  (72)  San Marino  (1)  Sweden  (39)  Switzerland  (48)  Serbia  (3)  Slovakia  (33)  Slovenia  (20)  Spain  (6)  Czech Republic  (43)  Turkey  (13)  Ukraine  (23)  Hungary  (15)  Belarus  (16)  Cyprus  (1)
Oceania (28)
Australia  (17)	New Zealand  (11)
(In brackets: number of participating athletes)

Sports and schedule

Legend for the competition program shown below:

Opening and closing ceremony

Qualifying competitions

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Number of final decisions

Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

Schedule of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games (with number of decisions)
			Fr.	Sat	So	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So	total
February			12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Opening ceremony
biathlon					2	2		1				1	6th
Bobsleigh	bob										2		2
	skeleton									2			2
Curling								1				1	2
ice Hockey							1		1			2	4th
Ice skating	figure skating					2	2				1		5
	Speed ​​skating			2		2		1		2			7th
	Short track				2		2				1		5
Luge					1	2	1						4th
Skiing	Freestyle skiing				2	2				2			6th
	Alpine skiing			2	2		1	1	1	1	1		9
	Nordic skiing	Nordic combination					1			1			2
		Cross-country skiing		2			2		2				6th
		Ski jumping					2		1				3
	Snowboard				2	2	1			2			7th
Closing ceremony
Medal decisions			0	6th	11	12	13	4th	5	10	5	4th	70
February			12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
			Fr.	Sat	So	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So	total

Innovative sports competitions

In addition to the traditional competitions in Olympic winter sports, completely new competition formats were also contested. Cross-disciplinary and cross-gender competitions as well as mixed team competitions in which athletes from different nations formed a team are intended to promote team spirit and mutual understanding among young people. An overview of the innovative Lillehammer 2016 competitions:

discipline	competition
biathlon	mixed team relay (1 girl, 1 boy)
Bobsledding	Monobob girls & boys
Freestyle	Ski Slopestyle girls & boys
Snowboard	Snowboard cross girls & boys
Cross-country skiing	Cross country cross girls & boys
Combined disciplines	Nordic Team Event (mixed), Team Ski-Snowboard Cross (mixed)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lillehammer 2016 World Youth Olympics. In: aroundtherings.com. Retrieved March 17, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Lillehammer 2016 mascot Sjogg. (No longer available online.) In: en.lillehammer2016.no. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015 ; accessed on March 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ In the run-up to Lillehammer 2016. In: issuu.com. Retrieved March 17, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Youth Olympic Village 2016. (No longer available online.) In: idrett.no. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011 ; accessed on March 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. In: lillehammer2016.com. Retrieved February 12, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Schedule of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (No longer available online.) In: en.lillehammer2016.no. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Youth Olympic Games - Lillehammer 2016 ( English ) In: lillehammer2016.com . Retrieved February 15, 2016.