2020 Winter Youth Olympics facts for kids
| Host city | Lausanne, Switzerland | ||
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| Motto | Start Now | ||
| Nations | 79 | ||
| Athletes | 1,788 | ||
| Events | 81 | ||
| Opening | 9 January | ||
| Closing | 22 January | ||
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Gina Zehnder
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| Stadium | Vaudoise Aréna | ||
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The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (French: Les IIIe Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver; German: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; Italian: III Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali; Romansh: Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020, was the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of the International Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020.
Medal table
By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
In the Boys' combined event in alpine skiing, two gold medals were awarded for a first place tie. No silver medal was awarded for the event. In the Boys' monobob on bobsleigh,also two gold medals were awarded for a first place tie,and no silver medal was awarded.
* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia (RUS) |
10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 |  Switzerland (SUI)* |
10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) |
9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| – |  Mixed-NOCs (MIX) |
6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) |
6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 |  Austria (AUT) |
6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 |  Germany (GER) |
5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 |  South Korea (KOR) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |  Norway (NOR) |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 |  China (CHN) |
3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) |
2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 |  United States (USA) |
2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 |  Italy (ITA) |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 |  Netherlands (NED) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 |  Romania (ROU) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Canada (CAN) |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 |  Latvia (LAT) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Finland (FIN) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 |  Spain (ESP) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 |  Australia (AUS) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Estonia (EST) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 |  Slovenia (SLO) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 |  Israel (ISR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Slovakia (SVK) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 |  Colombia (COL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 |  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 | |
| Totals (33 entries) | 83 | 79 | 81 | 243 | |
 Youth Olympic Games |
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| Summer Games: Singapore 2010, Nanjing 2014, Buenos Aires 2018, 2022 | ||
| Winter Games: Innsbruck 2012, Lillehammer 2016, Lausanne 2020, 2024 |
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| Buenos Aires 2018 — Lausanne 2020 — 2022 |
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Images for kids
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The opening ceremony in the Vaudoise Aréna.
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The circular "Vortex" building which houses the Olympic village on the Lausanne campus (it will later become a student residence).
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Yodli, mascot of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
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See also
In Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de Lausana 2020 para niños
