World Weightlifting Championships

The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.[1]

World Weightlifting Championships
StatusActive
GenreSports event
Date(s)November
FrequencyAnnual, apart from Summer Olympic years
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated28 March 1891 (1891-03-28)
Organised byIWF

Athletes 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.YearDatesCity and host country# Athletes# Countries
I 1891 28 March London, United Kingdom 7 6
II 1898 31 July – 1 August Vienna, Austria 11 3
III 1899 4–5 April Milan, Italy 5 3
IV 1903 1–3 October Paris, France 18 5
V 1904 18 April Vienna, Austria 13 4
VI 1905 8–10 April Berlin, Germany 41 4
VII 1905 11–13 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 8–9 December Vienna, Austria 23 2
XII 1909 3 October & 2 December Vienna, Austria 23 3
XIII 1910 4–6 June Düsseldorf, Germany 57 5
XIV 1910 9–10 October Vienna, Austria 15 2
XV 1911 29–30 April Stuttgart, Germany 36 3
XVI 1911 13–14 May Berlin, Germany 27 2
XVII 1911 26 June Dresden, Germany 21 3
XVIII 1911 29 June – 2 July Vienna, Austria 32 3
XIX 1913 28–29 July Breslau, Germany 40 4
XX 1920 4–8 September Vienna, Austria 74 4
XXI 1922 29–30 April Tallinn, Estonia 33 4
XXII 1923 8–9 September Vienna, Austria 76 7
XXIII 1937 10–12 September Paris, France 50 10
XXIV 1938 21–23 October Vienna, Germany 38 11
XXV 1946 18–19 October Paris, France 79 13
XXVI 1947 26–27 September Philadelphia, United States 39 12
XXVII 1949 4–6 September Scheveningen, Netherlands 38 13
XXVIII 1950 13–15 October Paris, France 56 17
XXIX 1951 26–28 October Milan, Italy 62 14
XXX 1953 26–30 August Stockholm, Sweden 70 19
XXXI 1954 7–10 October Vienna, Austria 100 23
XXXII 1955 12–16 October Munich, West Germany 108 25
XXXIII 1957 8–12 November Tehran, Iran 76 21
XXXIV 1958 16–21 September Stockholm, Sweden 96 27
XXXV 1959 29 September – 4 October Warsaw, Poland 85 19
XXXVI 1961 20–25 September Vienna, Austria 120 33
XXXVII 1962 16–22 September Budapest, Hungary 113 27
XXXVIII 1963 16–22 September Stockholm, Sweden 134 32
XXXIX 1964 11–18 October Tokyo, Japan 149 42
XL 1965 27 October – 3 November Tehran, Iran 85 24
XLI 1966 15–21 October East Berlin, East Germany 117 28
XLII 1968 13–19 October Mexico City, Mexico 160 55
XLIII 1969 20–28 September Warsaw, Poland 166 37
XLIV 1970 12–20 September Columbus, United States 129 28
XLV 1971 18–26 September Lima, Peru 144 30
XLVI 1972 27 August – 6 September Munich, West Germany 188 54
XLVII 1973 15–23 September Havana, Cuba 189 39
XLVIII 1974 21–29 September Manila, Philippines 143 32
XLIX 1975 15–23 September Moscow, Soviet Union 169 33
L 1976 18–27 July Montreal, Canada 173 46
LI 1977 17–25 September Stuttgart, West Germany 186 44
LII 1978 4–8 October Gettysburg, United States 185 35
LIII 1979 3–11 November Thessaloniki, Greece 189 39
LIV 1980 20–30 July Moscow, Soviet Union 173 40
LV 1981 13–20 September Lille, France 194 35
LVI 1982 18–26 September Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 205 38
LVII 1983 22–31 October Moscow, Soviet Union 187 32
LVIII 1984 29 July – 8 August Los Angeles, United States 187 48
LIX 1985 23 August – 1 September Södertälje, Sweden 195 38
LX 1986 8–15 November Sofia, Bulgaria 193 41
LXI 1987 6–13 September Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 168 29
LXII 1989 16–23 September Athens, Greece 220 37
LXIII 1990 10–18 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.YearDatesCity and host country# Athletes# Countries
I 1987 30 October – 1 November Daytona Beach, United States 100 22
II 1988 2–4 December Jakarta, Indonesia 103 23
III 1989 24–26 November Manchester, United Kingdom 133 25
IV 1990 26 May – 3 June Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 109 25

Combined

No.YearDatesCity and host countryMenWomen
MW # Athletes# Countries # Athletes# Countries
LXIV V 1991 27 September – 6 October Donaueschingen, Germany 200 40 108 24
VI 1992 16–24 May Varna, Bulgaria 110 25
LXV VII 1993 11–21 November Melbourne, Australia 195 57 94 25
LXVI VIII 1994 17–27 November Istanbul, Turkey 242 52 105 30
LXVII IX 1995 16–26 November Guangzhou, China 345 63 93 26
X 1996 3–11 May Warsaw, Poland 102 24
LXVIII XI 1997 6–14 December Chiang Mai, Thailand 189 51 143 39
LXIX XII 1998 10–15 November Lahti, Finland 210 53 122 35
LXX XIII 1999 21–28 November Athens, Greece 395 79 231 51
LXXI XIV 2001 4–11 November Antalya, Turkey 153 47 114 34
LXXII XV 2002 18–26 November Warsaw, Poland 170 47 115 37
LXXIII XVI 2003 14–22 November Vancouver, Canada 297 59 208 47
LXXIV XVII 2005 9–17 November Doha, Qatar 169 58 112 42
LXXV XVIII 2006 30 September – 7 October Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 298 58 186 39
LXXVI XIX 2007 17–26 September Chiang Mai, Thailand 355 70 225 53
LXXVII XX 2009 20–29 November Goyang, South Korea 196 57 133 38
LXXVIII XXI 2010 17–26 September Antalya, Turkey 312 63 203 50
LXXIX XXII 2011 5–13 November Paris, France 307 75 212 61
LXXX XXIII 2013 20–27 October Wrocław, Poland 168 49 124 37
LXXXI XXIV 2014 8–16 November Almaty, Kazakhstan 307 62 219 51
LXXXII XXV 2015 20–28 November Houston, United States 324 76 261 72
LXXXIII XXVI 2017 28 November – 5 December Anaheim, United States 176 54 139 44
LXXXIV XXVII 2018 1–10 November Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 272 68 310 73
LXXXV XXVIII 2019 18–27 September Pattaya, Thailand 313 84 275 79
LXXXVI XXIX 2021 Lima, Peru
LXXXVII XXX 2022 Chongqing, China

All-time medal table

Total

All-time big (total) medal count below updated after the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China1848742313
2 Soviet Union1519033274
3 Bulgaria798264225
4 United States415131123
5 Russia394833120
6 Austria32273190
7 Poland253857120
8 Germany24342785
9 Iran23132763
10 Chinese Taipei15202459
11 Turkey15201550
12 Kazakhstan147728
13 North Korea13222459
14 Hungary11384291
15 Greece10151136
16 Egypt10131437
17 Japan10122749
18 Belarus88824
19 Cuba851124
20 South Korea7182045
21 France7112038
22 Ukraine761831
23 Romania6131534
24 Georgia62412
25 Armenia58821
26 Colombia571022
27 Great Britain53917
28 East Germany4192952
29 Thailand4151635
30  Switzerland44210
31 Finland421016
32 Qatar42410
33 Azerbaijan4138
34 India38516
35 Indonesia371020
36 West Germany35311
37 Estonia34613
38 Czechoslovakia331521
39 Spain2237
40 Turkmenistan2204
41 Italy15915
42 Latvia13711
43 Vietnam1359
44 Australia1348
45 Norway1304
46 Canada1247
47 Sweden1168
48 Uzbekistan1135
49 Chile1102
50 Slovakia1012
51 Belgium0437
52 Denmark0303
53 Ecuador0257
54 Netherlands0202
55 Nigeria0134
56 Moldova0123
57 Argentina0112
58 Croatia0101
 Guyana0101
 Lebanon0101
 Lithuania0101
 New Zealand0101
63 Dominican Republic0055
 Myanmar0055
65 Philippines0033
 Venezuela0033
67 Iraq0011
 Macau0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (70 nations)8138138112437

Big and small medals

All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China549259142950
2 Soviet Union33120893632
3 Bulgaria222220188630
4 Russia11913391343
5 Poland6499124287
6 United States578372212
7 Iran503748135
8 North Korea496657172
9 Turkey485539142
10 Hungary3989107235
11 Chinese Taipei396771177
12 Germany364336115
13 Austria32273493
14 Kazakhstan32262583
15 Greece264341110
16 Cuba26223684
17 Belarus25263283
18 Japan244772143
19 Romania22284393
20 South Korea215662139
21 Georgia215935
22 East Germany206171152
23 Thailand18413998
24 Ukraine17254486
25 Colombia16203470
26 Egypt16172659
27 Armenia15252868
28 West Germany13141542
29 Finland12112245
30 France11213365
31 Indonesia10173057
32 Qatar1071128
33 Azerbaijan85720
34 India7261548
35 Uzbekistan781126
36 Czechoslovakia5144059
37 Vietnam5111531
38 Great Britain572133
39 Australia571224
40 Spain551727
41 Norway55414
42  Switzerland55313
43 Chile5117
44 Turkmenistan46212
45 Estonia45615
46 Italy3101730
47 Belgium38415
48 Sweden341017
49 Myanmar32813
50 Slovakia3148
51 Latvia251522
52 Lithuania2215
53 Canada18817
54 Ecuador151521
55 Nigeria14914
56 Moldova13610
57 Venezuela11911
58 Philippines11810
59 Albania1135
60 Dominican Republic04913
61 Croatia0404
62 Denmark0303
63 Lebanon0224
64 Nauru0202
 Netherlands0202
 New Zealand0202
67 Mexico0145
68 Argentina0112
 Puerto Rico0112
70 Guyana0101
Micronesia0101
72 Macau0033
 Tunisia0033
74 Mongolia0022
 Saudi Arabia0022
76 Algeria0011
 CIS0011
 Iraq0011
 Israel0011
 United Arab Republic0011
Totals (80 nations)2086208220786246

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
1Vasily Alekseyev Soviet UnionM+110 kg1970197788
2Naim Süleymanoğlu (Suleymanov) Bulgaria
 Turkey
M56 kg / 60 kg / 64 kg19831995718
Yurik Vardanyan Soviet UnionM75 kg / 82.5 kg / 90 kg19771985718
4Josef Grafl AustriaMOpen / +80 kg19041913628
5Tommy Kono United StatesM75 kg / 82.5 kg195319626118
6John Davis United StatesM82.5 kg / +82.5 kg / +90 kg19381953617
7Yoshinobu Miyake JapanM56 kg / 60 kg19611968617
David Rigert Soviet UnionM82.5 kg / 90 kg / 100 kg19701978617
9Waldemar Baszanowski PolandM67.5 kg / 75 kg196119715510
10Tatiana Kashirina RussiaF+75 kg / +87 kg20092019538
11Arkady Vorobyov Soviet UnionM82.5 kg / 90 kg195019615218
12Pete George United StatesM67.5 kg / 75 kg19471955527
Halil Mutlu TurkeyM54 kg / 56 kg / 62 kg19932003527
Yanko Rusev BulgariaM60 kg / 67.5 kg / 75 kg19771983527
15Mohammad Nassiri IranM56 kg / 52 kg196619765139
16Viktor Kurentsov Soviet UnionM75 kg19641970516
Lü Xiaojun ChinaM77 kg / 81 kg20092019516
18Anatoly Khrapaty Soviet Union
 Kazakhstan
M90 kg / 91 kg / 99 kg19851995527
Stanley Stanczyk United StatesM67.5 kg / 75 kg / 82.5 kg19461954527
20Vladimir Stogov Soviet UnionM56 kg19551962516
21Deng Wei ChinaF58 kg / 63 kg / 64 kg2010201955
Om Yun-chol North KoreaM56 kg / 55 kg2013201955

See also

References

  1. Siegman, Joseph M. (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.
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