This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2009.

World weightlifting championships

• May 19 – ?: 2009 World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai^[1]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 14 – ?: 2009 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest^[2]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• November 19 – 29: 2009 World Weightlifting Championships in Goyang^[3]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Continental & regional weightlifting championships

• March 18 – ?: 2009 European Union Weightlifting Championships in Ciechanów^[4]
  • Men's 56 kg winner: Maciej Przepiórkiewicz
  • Men's 62 kg winner: Damian Wisniewski
  • Men's 69 kg winner: Isaac Julian Morillas Sanchez
  • Men's 77 kg winner: Roman Klis
  • Women's 48 kg winner: María Cabrera
  • Women's 53 kg winner: Marzena Karpińska
  • Women's 58 kg winner: Joanna Łochowska
  • Women's 63 kg winner: Sheila Ramos Gonzalez
• April 4 – ?: 2009 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest^[5]
  •  Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• May 9 – ?: 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Taldıqorğan^[6]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• May 12 – ?: 2009 Oceania Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Darwin^[7][8]
  • Senior:  Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Junior:  Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 3 – ?: 2009 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Chicago^[9]
  •  Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• July 1 – ?: 2009 GCC Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Fujairah^[10][11]
  • Senior (Men only):  Saudi Arabia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Junior (Men only):  Saudi Arabia won the gold medal tally. Saudi Arabia and  Kuwait won 8 overall medals each.
• July 25 – ?: 2009 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Landskrona^[12]
  •  Bulgaria and  Turkey won 3 gold medals each.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
• July 31 – ?: 2009 African Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Kampala^[13][14][15]
  • Senior:  Tunisia won the gold medal tally.  Cameroon won the overall medal tally.
  • Junior:  Cameroon,  Egypt, and  South Africa won 3 gold medals each. Cameroon, Egypt, South Africa,  Tunisia, and  Uganda won 6 overall medals each.
  • Youth:  Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 6 – ?: 2009 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Eilat^[16]
  •  Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 11 – ?: 2009 European U23 Weightlifting Championships in Władysławowo^[17]
  •  Poland won the gold medal tally.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
• October 19 – ?: 2009 Commonwealth Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Penang^[18][19]
  • Senior:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Junior:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 20 – ?: 2009 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in  Puerto Rico^[20]
  •  Puerto Rico won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• December 16 – ?: 2009 Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Dubai^[21]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.