2018 World Championships

Host city	Ashgabat
Dates	1–10 November
Main venue	Ashgabat Weightlifting Arena
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The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018.^[1][2] This was the first World Championship after the IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all world records. As a result, this World Championship saw a total of 31 senior men's world records and 41 senior women's world records set.

To celebrate the event, then-President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow lifted a golden weight bar, albeit without any actual weights, during a cabinet meeting while his subordinates applauded him. The bizarre scene, broadcast on state media, was met with ridicule by worldwide press.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 kg (details)
Snatch	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	120 kg	Arli Chontey  Kazakhstan	120 kg	Josué Brachi  Spain	115 kg
Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	162 kg WR	Lại Gia Thành  Vietnam	142 kg	Angel Rusev  Bulgaria	140 kg
Total	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	282 kg	Arli Chontey  Kazakhstan	258 kg	Mirco Scarantino  Italy	252 kg
61 kg (details)
Snatch	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	143 kg	Li Fabin  China	142 kg	Qin Fulin  China	139 kg
Clean & Jerk	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	174 kg WR	Qin Fulin  China	169 kg	Francisco Mosquera  Colombia	169 kg
Total	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	317 kg WR	Li Fabin  China	310 kg	Qin Fulin  China	308 kg
67 kg (details)
Snatch	Huang Minhao  China	152 kg	Chen Lijun  China	150 kg	Julio Mayora  Venezuela	147 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Lijun  China	182 kg	Doston Yokubov  Uzbekistan	180 kg	Óscar Figueroa  Colombia	178 kg
Total	Chen Lijun  China	332 kg WR	Huang Minhao  China	323 kg	Julio Mayora  Venezuela	322 kg
73 kg (details)
Snatch	Shi Zhiyong  China	164 kg WR	Vadzim Likharad  Belarus	156 kg	Feng Lüdong  China	155 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Zhiyong  China	196 kg WR	Won Jeong-sik  South Korea	195 kg	Ri Chong-song  North Korea	187 kg
Total	Shi Zhiyong  China	360 kg WR	Won Jeong-sik  South Korea	348 kg	Vadzim Likharad  Belarus	343 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch	Mohamed Ehab  Egypt	173 kg WR	Lü Xiaojun  China	172 kg	Li Dayin  China	168 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Dayin  China	204 kg	Lü Xiaojun  China	202 kg	Mohamed Ehab  Egypt	200 kg
Total	Lü Xiaojun  China	374 kg WR	Mohamed Ehab  Egypt	373 kg	Li Dayin  China	372 kg
89 kg (details)
Snatch	Arley Méndez  Chile	169 kg	Pavel Khadasevich  Belarus	169 kg	Jhor Moreno  Colombia	168 kg
Clean & Jerk	Artem Okulov  Russia	206 kg	Hakob Mkrtchyan  Armenia	205 kg	Keydomar Vallenilla  Venezuela	204 kg
Total	Artem Okulov  Russia	372 kg	Pavel Khadasevich  Belarus	371 kg	Revaz Davitadze  Georgia	371 kg
96 kg (details)
Snatch	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	186 kg WR	Tian Tao  China	181 kg	Yauheni Tsikhantsou  Belarus	180 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	230 kg WR	Tian Tao  China	226 kg	Fares El-Bakh  Qatar	217 kg
Total	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	416 kg WR	Tian Tao  China	407 kg	Nicolae Onică  Romania	391 kg
102 kg (details)
Snatch	Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan	180 kg	Ali Hashemi  Iran	179 kg	Dmytro Chumak  Ukraine	176 kg
Clean & Jerk	Reza Beiranvand  Iran	218 kg	Dmytro Chumak  Ukraine	217 kg	Ali Hashemi  Iran	217 kg
Total	Ali Hashemi  Iran	396 kg	Dmytro Chumak  Ukraine	393 kg	Reza Beiranvand  Iran	393 kg
109 kg (details)
Snatch	Yang Zhe  China	196 kg	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	195 kg	Rodion Bochkov  Russia	190 kg
Clean & Jerk	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	240 kg WR	Arkadiusz Michalski  Poland	228 kg	Ruslan Nurudinov  Uzbekistan	227 kg
Total	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	435 kg WR	Yang Zhe  China	419 kg	Arkadiusz Michalski  Poland	403 kg
+109 kg (details)
Snatch	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	217 kg WR	Gor Minasyan  Armenia	205 kg	Irakli Turmanidze  Georgia	203 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	257 kg WR	Gor Minasyan  Armenia	245 kg	Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew  Turkmenistan	240 kg
Total	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	474 kg WR	Gor Minasyan  Armenia	450 kg	Fernando Reis  Brazil	436 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
45 kg (details)
Snatch	Chiraphan Nanthawong  Thailand	76 kg	Ýulduz Jumabaýewa  Turkmenistan	75 kg	Alessandra Pagliaro  Italy	70 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ýulduz Jumabaýewa  Turkmenistan	104 kg	Chiraphan Nanthawong  Thailand	95 kg	Katherin Echandía  Venezuela	90 kg
Total	Ýulduz Jumabaýewa  Turkmenistan	179 kg	Chiraphan Nanthawong  Thailand	171 kg	Katherin Echandía  Venezuela	157 kg
49 kg (details)
Snatch	Hou Zhihui  China	93 kg WR	Jiang Huihua  China	92 kg	Beatriz Pirón  Dominican Republic	84 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hou Zhihui  China	115 kg	Jiang Huihua  China	114 kg	Elena Andrieș  Romania	105 kg
Total	Hou Zhihui  China	208 kg WR	Jiang Huihua  China	206 kg	Elena Andrieș  Romania	188 kg
55 kg (details)
Snatch	Li Yajun  China	102 kg WR	Zhang Wanqiong  China	101 kg	Muattar Nabieva  Uzbekistan	98 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Wanqiong  China	124 kg WR	Li Yajun  China	123 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan	120 kg
Total	Li Yajun  China	225 kg WR	Zhang Wanqiong  China	225 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan	213 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	105 kg WR	Hoàng Thị Duyên  Vietnam	103 kg	Rebeka Koha  Latvia	103 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Guiming  China	133 kg WR	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	132 kg	Mikiko Ando  Japan	131 kg
Total	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	237 kg WR	Chen Guiming  China	231 kg	Rebeka Koha  Latvia	227 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch	Deng Wei  China	112 kg WR	Loredana Toma  Romania	110 kg	Karina Goricheva  Kazakhstan	107 kg
Clean & Jerk	Deng Wei  China	140 kg WR	Rim Un-sim  North Korea	134 kg	Mercedes Pérez  Colombia	127 kg
Total	Deng Wei  China	252 kg WR	Rim Un-sim  North Korea	239 kg	Loredana Toma  Romania	234 kg
71 kg (details)
Snatch	Zhang Wangli  China	115 kg	Nadezda Likhacheva  Kazakhstan	112 kg	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	111 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Wangli  China	152 kg WR	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	141 kg	Mattie Rogers  United States	133 kg
Total	Zhang Wangli  China	267 kg WR	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	252 kg	Nadezda Likhacheva  Kazakhstan	242 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch	Rim Jong-sim  North Korea	119 kg	Wang Zhouyu  China	118 kg	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	117 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wang Zhouyu  China	152 kg	Rim Jong-sim  North Korea	150 kg	Leydi Solís  Colombia	146 kg
Total	Wang Zhouyu  China	270 kg	Rim Jong-sim  North Korea	269 kg	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	259 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch	Lydia Valentín  Spain	113 kg	Raushan Meshitkhanova  Kazakhstan	108 kg	Darya Naumava  Belarus	108 kg
Clean & Jerk	Darya Naumava  Belarus	137 kg	Tamara Salazar  Ecuador	137 kg	Lydia Valentín  Spain	136 kg
Total	Lydia Valentín  Spain	249 kg	Darya Naumava  Belarus	245 kg	Tamara Salazar  Ecuador	242 kg
87 kg (details)
Snatch	Ao Hui  China	117 kg	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic	116 kg	Kim Un-ju  North Korea	111 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kim Un-ju  North Korea	152 kg	Ao Hui  China	151 kg	María Fernanda Valdés  Chile	140 kg
Total	Ao Hui  China	268 kg	Kim Un-ju  North Korea	263 kg	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic	254 kg
+87 kg (details)
Snatch	Tatiana Kashirina  Russia	145 kg WR	Meng Suping  China	143 kg	Kim Kuk-hyang  North Korea	130 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tatiana Kashirina  Russia	185 kg WR	Meng Suping  China	184 kg	Kim Kuk-hyang  North Korea	165 kg
Total	Tatiana Kashirina  Russia	330 kg WR	Meng Suping  China	327 kg	Kim Kuk-hyang  North Korea	295 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	8	2	19
2	Iran	2	0	1	3
3	Russia	2	0	0	2
4	North Korea	1	3	1	5
5	Armenia	1	1	0	2
6	Georgia	1	0	1	2
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
	Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
11	Belarus	0	2	1	3
12	Egypt	0	2	0	2
13	Kazakhstan	0	1	2	3
14	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
17	Romania	0	0	3	3
18	Ecuador	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
20	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		20	20	20	60

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	26	23	5	54
2	North Korea	5	5	5	15
3	Iran	5	1	2	8
4	Russia	5	0	1	6
5	Georgia	3	0	2	5
6	Indonesia	3	0	0	3
7	Armenia	2	5	0	7
8	Turkmenistan	2	1	1	4
9	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	3
10	Spain	2	0	2	4
11	Belarus	1	4	3	8
12	Egypt	1	3	2	6
13	Thailand	1	2	0	3
14	Uzbekistan	1	1	2	4
15	Chile	1	0	1	2
16	Kazakhstan	0	4	4	8
17	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
18	South Korea	0	2	0	2
	Vietnam	0	2	0	2
20	Romania	0	1	4	5
21	Ecuador	0	1	3	4
22	Dominican Republic	0	1	2	3
23	Poland	0	1	1	2
24	Colombia	0	0	5	5
	Venezuela	0	0	5	5
26	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Latvia	0	0	2	2
28	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		60	60	60	180

Team ranking

Men[edit] Rank Team Points 1  China 724 2  Belarus 468 3  Iran 452 4  Russia 434 5  Georgia 395 6  South Korea 391

Women[edit] Rank Team Points 1  China 797 2  Kazakhstan 488 3  Russia 483 4  United States 462 5  Mexico 421 6  North Korea 368

Participating nations

A total of 582 competitors from 85 nations participated.