This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2020.

2020 Summer Olympics (Weightlifting)

2020 Summer Paralympics (Powerlifting)

World weightlifting championships and cups

• January 27 – 31: Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome
• March 14 – 21: 2020 IWF World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest
• October 20 – 24: 2020 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in Gangjin
• November 11 – 18: 2020 IWF World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Lima

Continental and regional weightlifting championships

• February 13 – 19: 2020 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent
• February 25 – 29: 2020 West Asian Weightlifting Championships in Dubai
• February 27 – March 3: 2020 East Asian Weightlifting Championships in Seoul (debut event)
• March 18 – 23: 2020 South American, Ibero-American & OPEN Senior Weightlifting Championships in Cali
• April 4 – 12: 2020 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow
• April 13 – 20: 2020 African Weightlifting Championships in Côte d'Or
• April 16 – 25: 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Nur-Sultan
• April 17 – 24: 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo
• April 21 – 25: 2020 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in  Nauru (location TBA)
• September 10 – 20: 2020 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi