Weightlifting at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro – Pavilion 2
Dates	6–16 August 2016
No. of events	15
Competitors	260 from 94 nations
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Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification List of weightlifters
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories.^[1] Bulgaria^[2] and Russia^[3] were banned from participating in the sport for systematic doping.

Events

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Competition schedule

There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Weightlifting program:

• Morning session: 10:00–14:00 BRT
• Afternoon session: 15:30–17:30 BRT
• Evening session: 19:00–21:00 BRT

Qualification

Similar to 2012 format, a total of 260 athletes qualified through a combination of team and individual spots. Host nation Brazil had already guaranteed three automatic places for men and two for women, while ten spots (six for men and four for women) were entitled to the athletes through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, leaving the remaining berths up for grabs in both the men's and women's competitions respectively.^[4][5]

Participation

Participating nations

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	6	1	0	7
2	Thailand	2	1	2	5
3	Iran	2	0	0	2
4	North Korea	1	3	0	4
5	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
	Colombia	1	0	1	2
	Georgia	1	0	1	2
8	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
9	Armenia	0	2	0	2
	Belarus	0	2	0	2
	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
12	Kazakhstan	0	1	4	5
13	Egypt	0	1	1	2
14	Philippines	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
16	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		15	15	15	45

Olympic records broken

Five Olympic records were broken.^[6]

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg details	Long Qingquan  China WR	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	Sinphet Kruaithong  Thailand
62 kg details	Óscar Figueroa  Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	Farkhad Kharki  Kazakhstan
69 kg details [a]	Shi Zhiyong  China	Daniyar Ismayilov  Turkey	Luis Javier Mosquera  Colombia
77 kg details [b]	Lü Xiaojun  China WR	Mohamed Ihab  Egypt	Chatuphum Chinnawong  Thailand
85 kg details [c]	Kianoush Rostami  Iran WR OR	Tian Tao  China OR	Denis Ulanov  Kazakhstan
94 kg details	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	Vadzim Straltsou  Belarus	Aurimas Didžbalis  Lithuania
105 kg details	Ruslan Nurudinov  Uzbekistan OR	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	Aleksandr Zaychikov  Kazakhstan
+105 kg details	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia WR OR	Gor Minasyan  Armenia	Irakli Turmanidze  Georgia

• ^{Men's 69kg} Kyrgyzstan's Izzat Artykov originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for strychnine.^[7][8]
• ^{Men's 77kg} On 22 March 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that the original gold medalist Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, was disqualified due to a doping offence.^[9]
• ^{Men's 85kg} On 8 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that the original bronze medalist Gabriel Sincraian, of Romania, was disqualified after he tested positive for exogenous Testosterone.^[10]

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Sopita Tanasan  Thailand	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani  Indonesia	Hiromi Miyake  Japan
53 kg details	Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei	Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines	Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea
58 kg details	Sukanya Srisurat  Thailand OR	Pimsiri Sirikaew  Thailand	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei
63 kg details	Deng Wei  China WR	Choe Hyo-sim  North Korea	Karina Goricheva  Kazakhstan
69 kg details	Xiang Yanmei  China	Zhazira Zhapparkul  Kazakhstan	Sara Ahmed  Egypt
75 kg details	Rim Jong-sim  North Korea	Darya Naumava  Belarus	Lydia Valentín  Spain
+75 kg details	Meng Suping  China	Kim Kuk-hyang  North Korea	Sarah Robles  United States