World Weightlifting Championships | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Sports event |
Date(s) | November |
Frequency | Annual, apart from Summer Olympic years |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | 28 March 1891 (1891-03-28) |
Organised by | IWF |
The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually (except for years of the Summer Olympic Games) by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the IWF was founded in 1905, but World Championship events began before its foundation. The first recognized World Championship event was held in 1891, and was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.
Athletes today compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women):
- Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
- Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.
Competitions
Men
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
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I | 1891 | 28 March | London, United Kingdom | 7 | 6 |
II | 1898 | 31 July β 1 August | Vienna, Austria | 11 | 3 |
III | 1899 | 4β5 April | Milan, Italy | 5 | 3 |
IV | 1903 | 1β3 October | Paris, France | 18 | 5 |
V | 1904 | 18 April | Vienna, Austria | 13 | 4 |
VI | 1905 | 8β10 April | Berlin, Germany | 41 | 4 |
VII | 1905 | 11β13 June | Duisburg, Germany | 7 | 2 |
VIII | 1905 | 16 & 30 December | Paris, France | 16 | 1 |
IX | 1906 | 18 March | Lille, France | 33 | 4 |
X | 1907 | 19 May | Frankfurt, Germany | 23 | 3 |
XI | 1908 | 8β9 December | Vienna, Austria | 23 | 2 |
XII | 1909 | 3 October & 2 December | Vienna, Austria | 23 | 3 |
XIII | 1910 | 4β6 June | DΓΌsseldorf, Germany | 57 | 5 |
XIV | 1910 | 9β10 October | Vienna, Austria | 15 | 2 |
XV | 1911 | 29β30 April | Stuttgart, Germany | 36 | 3 |
XVI | 1911 | 13β14 May | Berlin, Germany | 27 | 2 |
XVII | 1911 | 26 June | Dresden, Germany | 21 | 3 |
XVIII | 1911 | 29 June β 2 July | Vienna, Austria | 32 | 3 |
XIX | 1913 | 28β29 July | Breslau, Germany | 40 | 4 |
XX | 1920 | 4β8 September | Vienna, Austria | 74 | 4 |
XXI | 1922 | 29β30 April | Tallinn, Estonia | 33 | 4 |
XXII | 1923 | 8β9 September | Vienna, Austria | 76 | 7 |
XXIII | 1937 | 10β12 September | Paris, France | 50 | 10 |
XXIV | 1938 | 21β23 October | Vienna, Germany | 38 | 11 |
XXV | 1946 | 18β19 October | Paris, France | 79 | 13 |
XXVI | 1947 | 26β27 September | Philadelphia, United States | 39 | 12 |
XXVII | 1949 | 4β6 September | Scheveningen, Netherlands | 38 | 13 |
XXVIII | 1950 | 13β15 October | Paris, France | 56 | 17 |
XXIX | 1951 | 26β28 October | Milan, Italy | 62 | 14 |
XXX | 1953 | 26β30 August | Stockholm, Sweden | 70 | 19 |
XXXI | 1954 | 7β10 October | Vienna, Austria | 100 | 23 |
XXXII | 1955 | 12β16 October | Munich, West Germany | 108 | 25 |
XXXIII | 1957 | 8β12 November | Tehran, Iran | 76 | 21 |
XXXIV | 1958 | 16β21 September | Stockholm, Sweden | 96 | 27 |
XXXV | 1959 | 29 September β 4 October | Warsaw, Poland | 85 | 19 |
XXXVI | 1961 | 20β25 September | Vienna, Austria | 120 | 33 |
XXXVII | 1962 | 16β22 September | Budapest, Hungary | 113 | 27 |
XXXVIII | 1963 | 16β22 September | Stockholm, Sweden | 134 | 32 |
XXXIX | 1964 | 11β18 October | Tokyo, Japan | 149 | 42 |
XL | 1965 | 27 October β 3 November | Tehran, Iran | 85 | 24 |
XLI | 1966 | 15β21 October | East Berlin, East Germany | 117 | 28 |
XLII | 1968 | 13β19 October | Mexico City, Mexico | 160 | 55 |
XLIII | 1969 | 20β28 September | Warsaw, Poland | 166 | 37 |
XLIV | 1970 | 12β20 September | Columbus, United States | 129 | 28 |
XLV | 1971 | 18β26 September | Lima, Peru | 144 | 30 |
XLVI | 1972 | 27 August β 6 September | Munich, West Germany | 188 | 54 |
XLVII | 1973 | 15β23 September | Havana, Cuba | 189 | 39 |
XLVIII | 1974 | 21β29 September | Manila, Philippines | 143 | 32 |
XLIX | 1975 | 15β23 September | Moscow, Soviet Union | 169 | 33 |
L | 1976 | 18β27 July | Montreal, Canada | 173 | 46 |
LI | 1977 | 17β25 September | Stuttgart, West Germany | 186 | 44 |
LII | 1978 | 4β8 October | Gettysburg, United States | 185 | 35 |
LIII | 1979 | 3β11 November | Thessaloniki, Greece | 189 | 39 |
LIV | 1980 | 20β30 July | Moscow, Soviet Union | 173 | 40 |
LV | 1981 | 13β20 September | Lille, France | 194 | 35 |
LVI | 1982 | 18β26 September | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | 205 | 38 |
LVII | 1983 | 22β31 October | Moscow, Soviet Union | 187 | 32 |
LVIII | 1984 | 29 July β 8 August | Los Angeles, United States | 187 | 48 |
LIX | 1985 | 23 August β 1 September | SΓΆdertΓ€lje, Sweden | 195 | 38 |
LX | 1986 | 8β15 November | Sofia, Bulgaria | 193 | 41 |
LXI | 1987 | 6β13 September | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | 168 | 29 |
LXII | 1989 | 16β23 September | Piraeus, Greece | 220 | 37 |
LXIII | 1990 | 10β18 November | Budapest, Hungary | 182 | 38 |
- The weightlifting tournaments held during Summer Olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
Women
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
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I | 1987 | 30 October β 1 November | Daytona Beach, United States | 100 | 22 |
II | 1988 | 2β4 December | Jakarta, Indonesia | 103 | 23 |
III | 1989 | 24β26 November | Manchester, United Kingdom | 133 | 25 |
IV | 1990 | 26 May β 3 June | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 109 | 25 |
Combined
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | Men | Women | |||
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M | W | # Athletes | # Countries | # Athletes | # Countries | |||
LXIV | V | 1991 | 27 September β 6 October | Donaueschingen, Germany | 200 | 40 | 108 | 24 |
β | VI | 1992 | 16β24 May | Varna, Bulgaria | β | β | 110 | 25 |
LXV | VII | 1993 | 11β21 November | Melbourne, Australia | 195 | 57 | 94 | 25 |
LXVI | VIII | 1994 | 17β27 November | Istanbul, Turkey | 242 | 52 | 105 | 30 |
LXVII | IX | 1995 | 16β26 November | Guangzhou, China | 345 | 63 | 93 | 26 |
β | X | 1996 | 3β11 May | Warsaw, Poland | β | β | 102 | 24 |
LXVIII | XI | 1997 | 6β14 December | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 189 | 51 | 143 | 39 |
LXIX | XII | 1998 | 10β15 November | Lahti, Finland | 210 | 53 | 122 | 35 |
LXX | XIII | 1999 | 21β28 November | Piraeus, Greece | 395 | 79 | 231 | 51 |
LXXI | XIV | 2001 | 4β11 November | Antalya, Turkey | 153 | 47 | 114 | 34 |
LXXII | XV | 2002 | 18β26 November | Warsaw, Poland | 170 | 47 | 115 | 37 |
LXXIII | XVI | 2003 | 14β22 November | Vancouver, Canada | 297 | 59 | 208 | 47 |
LXXIV | XVII | 2005 | 9β17 November | Doha, Qatar | 169 | 58 | 112 | 42 |
LXXV | XVIII | 2006 | 30 September β 7 October | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 298 | 58 | 186 | 39 |
LXXVI | XIX | 2007 | 17β26 September | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 355 | 70 | 225 | 53 |
LXXVII | XX | 2009 | 20β29 November | Goyang, South Korea | 196 | 57 | 133 | 38 |
LXXVIII | XXI | 2010 | 17β26 September | Antalya, Turkey | 312 | 63 | 203 | 50 |
LXXIX | XXII | 2011 | 5β13 November | Paris, France | 307 | 75 | 212 | 61 |
LXXX | XXIII | 2013 | 20β27 October | WrocΕaw, Poland | 168 | 49 | 124 | 37 |
LXXXI | XXIV | 2014 | 8β16 November | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 307 | 62 | 219 | 51 |
LXXXII | XXV | 2015 | 20β28 November | Houston, United States | 324 | 76 | 261 | 72 |
LXXXIII | XXVI | 2017 | 28 November β 5 December | Anaheim, United States | 176 | 54 | 139 | 44 |
LXXXIV | XXVII | 2018 | 1β10 November | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 272 | 68 | 310 | 73 |
LXXXV | XXVIII | 2019 | 18β27 September | Pattaya, Thailand | 313 | 84 | 275 | 79 |
LXXXVI | XXIX | 2021 | 7β17 December | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 235 | 64 | 179 | 54 |
LXXXVII | XXX | 2022 | 5β16 December | BogotΓ‘, Colombia | 267 | 79 | 270 | 76 |
LXXXVIII | XXXI | 2023 | 4β17 September | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 365 | 105 | 354 | 94 |
LXXXIX | XXXII | 2024 | 4β14 December | Manama, Bahrain | ||||
XC | XXXIII | 2025 | FΓΈrde, Norway | |||||
XCI | XXXIV | 2026 | Ningbo, China | |||||
XCII | XXXV | 2027 | Yerevan, Armenia | |||||
XCIII | XXXVI | 2028 | Caracas, Venezuela |
All-time medal table
Total
All-time big (total) medal count below updated after the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 197 | 95 | 46 | 338 |
2 | Soviet Union | 151 | 90 | 33 | 274 |
3 | Bulgaria | 80 | 82 | 65 | 227 |
4 | United States | 42 | 54 | 33 | 129 |
5 | Russia | 39 | 48 | 34 | 121 |
6 | Austria | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 |
7 | Poland | 25 | 38 | 57 | 120 |
8 | Iran | 25 | 15 | 28 | 68 |
9 | Germany | 24 | 34 | 27 | 85 |
10 | Chinese Taipei | 18 | 22 | 25 | 65 |
11 | Turkey | 15 | 19 | 17 | 51 |
12 | Kazakhstan | 15 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
13 | Egypt | 14 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
14 | North Korea | 13 | 22 | 24 | 59 |
15 | South Korea | 13 | 21 | 26 | 60 |
16 | Hungary | 11 | 38 | 42 | 91 |
17 | Thailand | 10 | 19 | 21 | 50 |
18 | Greece | 10 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
19 | Japan | 10 | 13 | 28 | 51 |
20 | Colombia | 9 | 16 | 14 | 39 |
21 | Georgia | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
22 | Belarus | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
23 | Ukraine | 8 | 7 | 19 | 34 |
24 | Cuba | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
25 | Romania | 7 | 13 | 14 | 34 |
26 | France | 7 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
27 | Indonesia | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
28 | Armenia | 5 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
29 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
30 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
31 | Qatar | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
32 | East Germany | 4 | 19 | 29 | 52 |
33 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
34 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
35 | India | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
36 | West Germany | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
37 | Estonia | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
38 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
39 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
40 | Italy | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
41 | Vietnam | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
42 | Norway | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
43 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
44 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
45 | Australia | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
46 | Latvia | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
47 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
48 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
49 | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
50 | Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
51 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
52 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
53 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
55 | Mongolia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
56 | Belgium | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
57 | Ecuador | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
58 | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
59 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
60 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
61 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
62 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
63 | Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Madagascar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
70 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
72 | Russian Weightlifting Federation | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
73 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
76 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
β | Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (77 entries) | 873 | 873 | 871 | 2,617 |
Big and small medals
All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 588 | 277 | 152 | 1,017 |
2 | Soviet Union | 331 | 208 | 93 | 632 |
3 | Bulgaria | 226 | 224 | 189 | 639 |
4 | Russia | 119 | 133 | 91 | 343 |
5 | Poland | 64 | 99 | 124 | 287 |
6 | United States | 60 | 93 | 79 | 232 |
7 | Iran | 55 | 43 | 52 | 150 |
8 | North Korea | 49 | 66 | 58 | 173 |
9 | Turkey | 49 | 56 | 47 | 152 |
10 | Chinese Taipei | 47 | 72 | 72 | 191 |
11 | Hungary | 39 | 89 | 107 | 235 |
12 | Germany | 36 | 43 | 36 | 115 |
13 | South Korea | 34 | 69 | 81 | 184 |
14 | Thailand | 34 | 52 | 51 | 137 |
15 | Kazakhstan | 34 | 31 | 28 | 93 |
16 | Austria | 32 | 27 | 34 | 93 |
17 | Georgia | 30 | 11 | 11 | 52 |
18 | Greece | 26 | 43 | 41 | 110 |
19 | Cuba | 26 | 22 | 36 | 84 |
20 | Egypt | 26 | 19 | 27 | 72 |
21 | Belarus | 25 | 26 | 33 | 84 |
22 | Japan | 24 | 50 | 74 | 148 |
23 | Colombia | 24 | 41 | 55 | 120 |
24 | Romania | 24 | 29 | 44 | 97 |
25 | Ukraine | 22 | 29 | 48 | 99 |
26 | East Germany | 20 | 61 | 71 | 152 |
27 | Uzbekistan | 20 | 17 | 15 | 52 |
28 | Armenia | 17 | 33 | 40 | 90 |
29 | Indonesia | 16 | 24 | 31 | 71 |
30 | West Germany | 13 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
31 | France | 12 | 21 | 33 | 66 |
32 | Finland | 12 | 11 | 22 | 45 |
33 | Qatar | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
34 | Norway | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
35 | Vietnam | 9 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
36 | India | 8 | 28 | 15 | 51 |
37 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
38 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 14 | 40 | 59 |
39 | Great Britain | 5 | 12 | 23 | 40 |
40 | Australia | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 |
41 | Turkmenistan | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
42 | Spain | 5 | 6 | 17 | 28 |
43 | Switzerland | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
44 | Chile | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
45 | Italy | 4 | 13 | 17 | 34 |
46 | Estonia | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
47 | Philippines | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
48 | Russian Weightlifting Federation | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
49 | Belgium | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
50 | Sweden | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
51 | Myanmar | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
52 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 16 | 20 |
53 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
54 | Latvia | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
55 | Moldova | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
56 | Bahrain | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
57 | Albania | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
58 | Lithuania | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
59 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
60 | Canada | 1 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
61 | Ecuador | 1 | 8 | 26 | 35 |
62 | Nigeria | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 |
63 | Mongolia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
64 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
65 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
β | Individual Neutral Athletes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
66 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
67 | Croatia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
68 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Madagascar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
70 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
71 | Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
72 | Nauru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
75 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
76 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
80 | Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Micronesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
82 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
83 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
84 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
CIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (89 entries) | 2,266 | 2,262 | 2,260 | 6,788 |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Multiple medalists
The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result. Boldface denotes active weightlifters and highest medal count among all weightlifters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Weightlifter | Country | Gender | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Vasily Alekseyev | Soviet Union | M | +110 kg | 1970 | 1977 | 8 | β | β | 8 |
2 | Naim (Naum) SΓΌleymanoΔlu (Suleymanov, Shalamanov) |
Bulgaria Turkey |
M | 56 kg / 60 kg / 64 kg | 1983 | 1995 | 7 | 1 | β | 8 |
Yurik Vardanyan | Soviet Union | M | 75 kg / 82.5 kg / 90 kg | 1977 | 1985 | 7 | 1 | β | 8 | |
4 | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | M | +105 kg / +109 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 7 | β | β | 7 |
5 | Josef Grafl | Austria | M | Open / +80 kg | 1904 | 1913 | 6 | 2 | β | 8 |
6 | Tommy Kono | United States | M | 75 kg / 82.5 kg | 1953 | 1962 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
7 | John Davis | United States | M | 82.5 kg / +82.5 kg / +90 kg | 1938 | 1953 | 6 | 1 | β | 7 |
8 | Yoshinobu Miyake | Japan | M | 56 kg / 60 kg | 1961 | 1968 | 6 | β | 1 | 7 |
David Rigert | Soviet Union | M | 82.5 kg / 90 kg / 100 kg | 1970 | 1978 | 6 | β | 1 | 7 | |
10 | Waldemar Baszanowski | Poland | M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1961 | 1971 | 5 | 5 | β | 10 |
11 | Arkady Vorobyov | Soviet Union | M | 82.5 kg / 90 kg | 1950 | 1961 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
12 | Pete George | United States | M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1947 | 1955 | 5 | 2 | β | 7 |
Halil Mutlu | Turkey | M | 54 kg / 56 kg / 62 kg | 1993 | 2003 | 5 | 2 | β | 7 | |
Yanko Rusev | Bulgaria | M | 60 kg / 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1977 | 1983 | 5 | 2 | β | 7 | |
15 | Mohammad Nassiri | Iran | M | 56 kg / 52 kg | 1966 | 1976 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
16 | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | F | 58 kg / 59 kg | 2013 | 2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
17 | Chen Lijun | China | M | 62 kg / 67 kg | 2013 | 2023 | 5 | 1 | β | 6 |
Viktor Kurentsov | Soviet Union | M | 75 kg | 1964 | 1970 | 5 | 1 | β | 6 | |
LΓΌ Xiaojun | China | M | 77 kg / 81 kg | 2009 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | β | 6 | |
20 | Anatoly Khrapaty | Soviet Union Kazakhstan |
M | 90 kg / 91 kg / 99 kg | 1985 | 1995 | 5 | β | 2 | 7 |
Stanley Stanczyk | United States | M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg / 82.5 kg | 1946 | 1954 | 5 | β | 2 | 7 | |
22 | Vladimir Stogov | Soviet Union | M | 56 kg | 1955 | 1962 | 5 | β | 1 | 6 |
23 | Deng Wei | China | F | 58 kg / 63 kg / 64 kg | 2010 | 2019 | 5 | β | β | 5 |
Om Yun-chol | North Korea | M | 56 kg / 55 kg | 2013 | 2019 | 5 | β | β | 5 |
See also
- Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
- List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (men)
- List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (women)
- Youth World Weightlifting Championships
- Junior World Weightlifting Championships
Notes
- ^ At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), weightifters from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under the name and the modified flag of the Russian Weightifting Federation (RWF).
- ^ At the 2023 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, weightifters from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.
References
- ^ "Weightlifting History". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- "122 years since the first World Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- Siegman, Joseph M. (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.