2010 Summer Youth Olympics medal table
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. The event was the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, and it saw 3,531 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age competing in 201 events in 26 sports. This medal table ranks the 204 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes. The Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) prior to the Games, but Kuwaiti athletes were allowed to participate and the country is listed in the table, bearing the Olympic flag.
From left to right: Silver medallist Rick van den Oever (Netherlands), gold medallist Ibrahim Sabry (Egypt) and bronze medallist Bolot Tsybzhitov (Russia) on the podium with their medals won in the boys' event in archery.
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, was the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic Games-based event for young athletes. Held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, it was the first International Olympic Committee–sanctioned event held in Southeast Asia. The Games featured about 3,600 athletes aged 14–18 from 204 nations, who competed in 201 events in 26 sports. No official medal tables were published, but the most successful nation was China, followed by Russia; hosts Singapore did not win any gold medals. Most unique features of the YOG, such as mixed-NOCs teams and the Culture and Education Programme (CEP), made their debut at the 2010 Games.
A Youth Olympic Lane along the Ayer Rajah Expressway in the direction of Tuas, near the National University of Singapore. These lanes were used by vehicles ferrying YOG athletes, and these vehicles must be given way to.
Lyo and Merly, the Games mascots, on a billboard in the Tanjong Pagar GRC
The torch relay in the northeast of Singapore on 10 August 2010
Volunteers at the opening ceremony