The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries. It has been held since 1969 for men and 1988 for women. In 2008 the championships provided the official qualification for Asian competitors in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

List tournaments

Year	Edition		Venue
	M	W
1957	1		Tehran, Iran
1964	2		Tokyo, Japan
1965	3		Tehran, Iran
1971	4		Manila, Philippines
1973			Tel Aviv, Israel
1974[a]			Tehran, Iran
1976	8		Bangkok, Thailand
1977	9		Baghdad, Iraq
1978[a]	10		Bangkok, Thailand
1979	11		Tokyo, Japan
1980	12		Seoul, South Korea
1981	13		Nagoya, Japan
1982[a]	14		New Delhi, India
1983	15		Damascus, Syria
1984	16		Tabriz, Iran
1985	17		Jiangxi, China
1986[a]	18		Seoul, South Korea
1987	19		Ageo, Japan
1988	20		Shilong, China
		1	Jakarta, Indonesia
1989	21		Tehran, Iran
		2	Shanghai, China
1990[a]	22	3	Beijing, China
1991	23		Kamisu, Japan
		4	Manado, Indonesia
1992	24		Fuzhou, China
		5	Chiang Mai, Thailand
1993	25		Tabriz, Iran
		6	Shilong, China
1994[a]	26	7	Hiroshima, Japan
1995	27	8	Busan, South Korea
1996	28	9	Yachiyo, Japan
1997	29	10	Yangzhou, China
1998[a]	30	11	Bangkok, Thailand
1999	31	12	Wuhan, China
2000	32	13	Osaka, Japan
2001	33	14	Jeonju, South Korea
2002[a]	34	15	Busan, South Korea
2003	35	16	Qinhuangdao, China
2004	36	17	Almaty, Kazakhstan
2005	37	18	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2007	38	19	Tai'an, China
2008	39	20	Kanazawa, Japan
2009	40	21	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
2010[a]	41	22	Guangzhou, China
2011	42	23	Tongling, China
2012	43	24	Pyeongtaek, South Korea
2013	44	25	Astana, Kazakhstan
2015	45	26	Phuket, Thailand
2016	46	27	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2017	47	28	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
2019	48	29	Ningbo, China
2020[b]	49	30	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2022	50	31	Manama, Bahrain
2023	51	32	Jinju, South Korea
2024			Tashkent, Uzbekistan