2023 World Championships
Host citySaudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates4–17 September[1]
Main venuePrince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex (Green Hall)[2]
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The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023.[1][3]

The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[4] The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one.[5][6]

Schedule

Men's events
Date → Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Sat 16 Sun 17
Event ↓
16:30
21:30
11:30
19:00
11:30
16:30
16:00
19:00
14:00
11:30
16:30
19:00
09:00
11:30
14:00
21:30
11:30
14:00
16:30
19:00
20:30
09:00
14:00
16:30
21:30
11:30
19:00
14:00
19:00
09:00
11:30
14:00
16:30
55 kg B A
61 kg D C B A
67 kg B A
73 kg D C B A
81 kg C B A
89 kg E D C B A
96 kg C B A
102 kg D C B A
109 kg B A
+109 kg D C B A
Women's events
Date → Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16
Event ↓
11:30
14:00
19:00
14:00
16:30
21:30
14:00
19:00
09:30
11:30
13:30
16:30
19:00
09:00
14:00
16:30
19:00
09:00
21:30
18:30
11:30
19:00
09:00
14:00
16:30
21:30
11:30
14:30
16:30
19:00
09:30
11:30
16:30
45 kg A
49 kg D C B A
55 kg C B A
59 kg E D C B A
64 kg D C B A
71 kg E D C B A
76 kg C B A
81 kg C B A
87 kg B A
+87 kg C B A

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China74213
2 Thailand2013
3 Chinese Taipei2002
 Egypt2002
5 Colombia1304
6 South Korea1225
7 Uzbekistan1113
8 Italy1102
 Vietnam1102
10 Georgia1001
 Iran1001
12 Indonesia0202
13 Ecuador0123
 United States0123
15 Armenia0112
16 Madagascar0101
 Nigeria0101
 Ukraine0101
19 Turkey0022
20 Australia0011
 Azerbaijan0011
 Bahrain0011
 Iraq0011
 Mexico0011
 Venezuela0011
–Individual Neutral Athletes [a]0011
Totals (25 entries)20202060

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2010333
2 Thailand5139
3 Egypt5117
4 Chinese Taipei5106
5 South Korea47718
6 Uzbekistan4217
7 Vietnam3306
8 Georgia3014
9 Colombia29314
10 Iran2013
11 Armenia1348
 United States1348
13 Indonesia1304
 Italy1304
15 Iraq1012
–Individual Neutral Athletes [a]1012
16 Norway1001
17 Madagascar0303
18 Ecuador0279
19 Ukraine0224
20 Nigeria0213
21 Bulgaria0202
22 Bahrain0112
23 Moldova0101
 Qatar0101
25 Turkey0055
26 Azerbaijan0033
 Venezuela0033
28 Australia0022
 Mexico0022
30 Latvia0011
 Malaysia0011
 Romania0011
 Turkmenistan0011
Totals (33 entries)606060180

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg (details)
Snatch Lại Gia Thành
 Vietnam		 123 kg Ngô Sơn Đỉnh
 Vietnam		 117 kg Thada Somboon-uan
 Thailand		 116 kg
Clean & Jerk Lại Gia Thành
 Vietnam		 146 kg Ngô Sơn Đỉnh
 Vietnam		 144 kg Natthawat Chomchuen
 Thailand		 143 kg
Total Lại Gia Thành
 Vietnam		 269 kg Ngô Sơn Đỉnh
 Vietnam		 261 kg Natthawat Chomchuen
 Thailand		 259 kg
61 kg (details)
Snatch Li Fabin
 China		 141 kg Sergio Massidda
 Italy		 137 kg Shota Mishvelidze
 Georgia		 136 kg
Clean & Jerk Hampton Morris
 United States		 168 kg Li Fabin
 China		 167 kg Aniq Kasdan
 Malaysia		 166 kg
Total Li Fabin
 China		 308 kg Sergio Massidda
 Italy		 302 kg Ding Hongjie
 China		 301 kg
67 kg (details)
Snatch Chen Lijun
 China		 153 kg Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia		 146 kg Gor Sahakyan
 Armenia		 142 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Lijun
 China		 180 kg Francisco Mosquera
 Colombia		 176 kg Lee Sang-yeon
 South Korea		 176 kg
Total Chen Lijun
 China		 333 kg Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia		 321 kg Gor Sahakyan
 Armenia		 312 kg
73 kg (details)
Snatch Wei Yinting
 China		 157 kg Weeraphon Wichuma
 Thailand		 154 kg Ritvars Suharevs
 Latvia		 154 kg
Clean & Jerk Weeraphon Wichuma
 Thailand		 195 kg Bak Joo-hyo
 South Korea		 187 kg Muhammed Furkan Özbek
 Turkey		 187 kg
Total Weeraphon Wichuma
 Thailand		 349 kg Wei Yinting
 China		 337 kg Muhammed Furkan Özbek
 Turkey		 334 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov
 Uzbekistan		 164 kg Oscar Reyes
 Italy		 163 kg Rafik Harutyunyan
 Armenia		 162 kg
Clean & Jerk Rahmat Erwin Abdullah
 Indonesia		 209 kg
WR 		Bozhidar Andreev
 Bulgaria		 195 kg Gaýgysyz Töräýew
 Turkmenistan		 193 kg
Total Oscar Reyes
 Italy		 356 kg Rahmat Erwin Abdullah
 Indonesia		 354 kg Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov
 Uzbekistan		 352 kg
89 kg (details)
Snatch Andranik Karapetyan
 Armenia		 175 kg Marin Robu
 Moldova		 173 kg Keydomar Vallenilla
 Venezuela		 171 kg
Clean & Jerk Mirmostafa Javadi
 Iran		 215 kg Li Dayin
 China		 213 kg Keydomar Vallenilla
 Venezuela		 210 kg
Total Mirmostafa Javadi
 Iran		 384 kg Li Dayin
 China		 383 kg Keydomar Vallenilla
 Venezuela		 381 kg
96 kg (details)
Snatch Qasim Al-Lami
 Iraq		 175 kg Karim Abokahla
 Egypt		 174 kg Won Jong-beom
 South Korea		 172 kg
Clean & Jerk Karim Abokahla
 Egypt		 213 kg Won Jong-beom
 South Korea		 212 kg Mahmoud Hassan
 Egypt		 209 kg
Total Karim Abokahla
 Egypt		 387 kg Won Jong-beom
 South Korea		 384 kg Qasim Al-Lami
 Iraq		 379 kg
102 kg (details)
Snatch Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Individual Neutral Athletes		 183 kg Garik Karapetyan
 Armenia		 183 kg Jang Yeon-hak
 South Korea		 182 kg
Clean & Jerk Liu Huanhua
 China		 224 kg Fares El-Bakh
 Qatar		 218 kg Jang Yeon-hak
 South Korea		 217 kg
Total Liu Huanhua
 China		 404 kg Jang Yeon-hak
 South Korea		 399 kg Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Individual Neutral Athletes		 394 kg
109 kg (details)
Snatch Akbar Djuraev
 Uzbekistan		 189 kg Hristo Hristov
 Bulgaria		 181 kg Dadash Dadashbayli
 Azerbaijan		 180 kg
Clean & Jerk Ruslan Nurudinov
 Uzbekistan		 227 kg Akbar Djuraev
 Uzbekistan		 226 kg Dadash Dadashbayli
 Azerbaijan		 223 kg
Total Akbar Djuraev
 Uzbekistan		 415 kg Ruslan Nurudinov
 Uzbekistan		 407 kg Dadash Dadashbayli
 Azerbaijan		 403 kg
+109 kg (details)
Snatch Lasha Talakhadze
 Georgia		 220 kg Gor Minasyan
 Bahrain		 213 kg Varazdat Lalayan
 Armenia		 212 kg
Clean & Jerk Lasha Talakhadze
 Georgia		 253 kg Simon Martirosyan
 Armenia		 250 kg Ali Davoudi
 Iran		 249 kg
Total Lasha Talakhadze
 Georgia		 473 kg Varazdat Lalayan
 Armenia		 460 kg Gor Minasyan
 Bahrain		 459 kg

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
45 kg (details)
Snatch Sirivimon Pramongkhol
 Thailand		 78 kg Rosina Randafiarison
 Madagascar		 77 kg Cansu Bektaş
 Turkey		 75 kg
Clean & Jerk Sirivimon Pramongkhol
 Thailand		 101 kg Rosina Randafiarison
 Madagascar		 93 kg Cansu Bektaş
 Turkey		 87 kg
Total Sirivimon Pramongkhol
 Thailand		 179 kg Rosina Randafiarison
 Madagascar		 170 kg Cansu Bektaş
 Turkey		 162 kg
49 kg (details)
Snatch Hou Zhihui
 China		 95 kg Jiang Huihua
 China		 95 kg Mihaela Cambei
 Romania		 90 kg
Clean & Jerk Jiang Huihua
 China		 120 kg
WR 		Hou Zhihui
 China		 116 kg Jourdan Delacruz
 United States		 112 kg
Total Jiang Huihua
 China		 215 kg
WR 		Hou Zhihui
 China		 211 kg Jourdan Delacruz
 United States		 200 kg
55 kg (details)
Snatch Chen Guan-ling
 Chinese Taipei		 91 kg Rohelys Galvis
 Colombia		 90 kg Irene Borrego
 Mexico		 89 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Guan-ling
 Chinese Taipei		 112 kg Rohelys Galvis
 Colombia		 111 kg Rosalba Morales
 Colombia		 110 kg
Total Chen Guan-ling
 Chinese Taipei		 203 kg Rohelys Galvis
 Colombia		 201 kg Irene Borrego
 Mexico		 199 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch Luo Shifang
 China		 107 kg Kamila Konotop
 Ukraine		 106 kg Pei Xinyi
 China		 102 kg
Clean & Jerk Luo Shifang
 China		 136 kg Kuo Hsing-chun
 Chinese Taipei		 130 kg Kamila Konotop
 Ukraine		 130 kg
Total Luo Shifang
 China		 243 kg Kamila Konotop
 Ukraine		 236 kg Pei Xinyi
 China		 232 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch Natalia Llamosa
 Colombia		 101 kg Julieth Rodríguez
 Colombia		 101 kg Ruth Ayodele
 Nigeria		 100 kg
Clean & Jerk Park Min-kyung
 South Korea		 123 kg Ruth Ayodele
 Nigeria		 122 kg Natalia Llamosa
 Colombia		 122 kg
Total Natalia Llamosa
 Colombia		 223 kg Ruth Ayodele
 Nigeria		 222 kg Park Min-kyung
 South Korea		 220 kg
71 kg (details)
Snatch Liao Guifang
 China		 120 kg Angie Palacios
 Ecuador		 117 kg Olivia Reeves
 United States		 111 kg
Clean & Jerk Liao Guifang
 China		 153 kg
WR 		Olivia Reeves
 United States		 142 kg Angie Palacios
 Ecuador		 138 kg
Total Liao Guifang
 China		 273 kg
WR 		Angie Palacios
 Ecuador		 255 kg Olivia Reeves
 United States		 253 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch Sara Ahmed
 Egypt		 108 kg Kim Su-hyeon
 South Korea		 106 kg Hellen Escobar
 Colombia		 106 kg
Clean & Jerk Sara Ahmed
 Egypt		 138 kg Hellen Escobar
 Colombia		 136 kg Bella Paredes
 Ecuador		 135 kg
Total Sara Ahmed
 Egypt		 246 kg Hellen Escobar
 Colombia		 242 kg Bella Paredes
 Ecuador		 240 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch Wang Zhouyu
 China		 122 kg Liang Xiaomei
 China		 122 kg Neisi Dajomes
 Ecuador		 115 kg
Clean & Jerk Liang Xiaomei
 China		 159 kg
WR 		Wang Zhouyu
 China		 155 kg Eileen Cikamatana
 Australia		 146 kg
Total Liang Xiaomei
 China		 281 kg Wang Zhouyu
 China		 277 kg Eileen Cikamatana
 Australia		 256 kg
87 kg (details)
Snatch Lo Ying-yuan
 Chinese Taipei		 112 kg Jung A-ram
 South Korea		 107 kg Anastasiia Manievska
 Ukraine		 106 kg
Clean & Jerk Solfrid Koanda
 Norway		 156 kg Yeinny Geles
 Colombia		 138 kg Jung A-ram
 South Korea		 134 kg
Total Lo Ying-yuan
 Chinese Taipei		 245 kg Yeinny Geles
 Colombia		 244 kg Jung A-ram
 South Korea		 241 kg
+87 kg (details)
Snatch Park Hye-jeong
 South Korea		 124 kg Son Young-hee
 South Korea		 122 kg Lisseth Ayoví
 Ecuador		 121 kg
Clean & Jerk Park Hye-jeong
 South Korea		 165 kg Mary Theisen-Lappen
 United States		 160 kg Lisseth Ayoví
 Ecuador		 155 kg
Total Park Hye-jeong
 South Korea		 289 kg Mary Theisen-Lappen
 United States		 277 kg Lisseth Ayoví
 Ecuador		 276 kg

Team ranking

Participating nations

A total of 719 competitors from 117 nations participated.[12]

North Korea entered a team in July 2023,[15] but was disqualified due to not allowing independent anti-doping testers into the country.[16]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c As a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian weightlifters participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (Athlètes Individuels Neutres in French) according to an IOC decision implemented by the IWF.[7] No Russian athlete agreed to participate as neutrals.[8][9] No flag at all was used for the delegation, not even the IWF flag.[10] The IWF does not include the medals won by these weightlifters in the official medal table, they results does not counted in the team rankings.[11]
  2. ^ The IWF continues to recognize the de jure Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[13]
  3. ^ The team competed under the IWF flag and the Olympic Anthem, and used the country code WRT.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Saudi Arabia to host 2023 world weightlifting champs". Arab News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ Barker, Philip (22 February 2023). "SOPC awards ceremony celebrates achievements of Saudi Arabia's sports stars in 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting Qualification System Paris 2024" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (10 November 2022). "Record entries for IWF World Championships as weightlifters take first steps to Paris 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (13 October 2022). "Exclusive: IWF plans two platforms at Paris qualifying events to cope with huge entry numbers". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  7. ^ Participation for Individual Neutral Athletes Personnel stillmed.olympics.com
  8. ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139667/pedro-adrega-interim-chief
  9. ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137177/russia-out-of-paris-weightlifting
  10. ^ https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete_name=LAPTSEU+Henadz&athlete_gender=all&athlete_nation=all
  11. ^ Results book iwf.sport
  12. ^ "Start Book" (PDF). IWF. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  13. ^ https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete_name=NAZARI+Zubair&athlete_gender=all&athlete_nation=all
  14. ^ "Weightlifting for Refugees | IWF Refugee Team" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  15. ^ "North Korea set to return at IWF World Championships - if they turn up". 7 July 2023.
  16. ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141524/north-korean-opens-up-to-foreigners

External links

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