World Weightlifting Championships | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Sports event |
Date(s) | November |
Frequency | Annual, apart from Summer Olympic years |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | 28 March 1891 |
Organised by | IWF |
The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.[1]
Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women):
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | 1891 | 28 March | ![]() |
7 | 6 |
II | 1898 | 31 July – 1 August | ![]() |
11 | 3 |
III | 1899 | 4–5 April | ![]() |
5 | 3 |
IV | 1903 | 1–3 October | ![]() |
18 | 5 |
V | 1904 | 18 April | ![]() |
13 | 4 |
VI | 1905 | 8–10 April | ![]() |
41 | 4 |
VII | 1905 | 11–13 June | ![]() |
7 | 2 |
VIII | 1905 | 16 & 30 December | ![]() |
16 | 1 |
IX | 1906 | 18 March | ![]() |
33 | 4 |
X | 1907 | 19 May | ![]() |
23 | 3 |
XI | 1908 | 8–9 December | ![]() |
23 | 2 |
XII | 1909 | 3 October & 2 December | ![]() |
23 | 3 |
XIII | 1910 | 4–6 June | ![]() |
57 | 5 |
XIV | 1910 | 9–10 October | ![]() |
15 | 2 |
XV | 1911 | 29–30 April | ![]() |
36 | 3 |
XVI | 1911 | 13–14 May | ![]() |
27 | 2 |
XVII | 1911 | 26 June | ![]() |
21 | 3 |
XVIII | 1911 | 29 June – 2 July | ![]() |
32 | 3 |
XIX | 1913 | 28–29 July | ![]() |
40 | 4 |
XX | 1920 | 4–8 September | ![]() |
74 | 4 |
XXI | 1922 | 29–30 April | ![]() |
33 | 4 |
XXII | 1923 | 8–9 September | ![]() |
76 | 7 |
XXIII | 1937 | 10–12 September | ![]() |
50 | 10 |
XXIV | 1938 | 21–23 October | ![]() |
38 | 11 |
XXV | 1946 | 18–19 October | ![]() |
79 | 13 |
XXVI | 1947 | 26–27 September | ![]() |
39 | 12 |
XXVII | 1949 | 4–6 September | ![]() |
38 | 13 |
XXVIII | 1950 | 13–15 October | ![]() |
56 | 17 |
XXIX | 1951 | 26–28 October | ![]() |
62 | 14 |
XXX | 1953 | 26–30 August | ![]() |
70 | 19 |
XXXI | 1954 | 7–10 October | ![]() |
100 | 23 |
XXXII | 1955 | 12–16 October | ![]() |
108 | 25 |
XXXIII | 1957 | 8–12 November | ![]() |
76 | 21 |
XXXIV | 1958 | 16–21 September | ![]() |
96 | 27 |
XXXV | 1959 | 29 September – 4 October | ![]() |
85 | 19 |
XXXVI | 1961 | 20–25 September | ![]() |
120 | 33 |
XXXVII | 1962 | 16–22 September | ![]() |
113 | 27 |
XXXVIII | 1963 | 16–22 September | ![]() |
134 | 32 |
XXXIX | 1964 | 11–18 October | ![]() |
149 | 42 |
XL | 1965 | 27 October – 3 November | ![]() |
85 | 24 |
XLI | 1966 | 15–21 October | ![]() |
117 | 28 |
XLII | 1968 | 13–19 October | ![]() |
160 | 55 |
XLIII | 1969 | 20–28 September | ![]() |
166 | 37 |
XLIV | 1970 | 12–20 September | ![]() |
129 | 28 |
XLV | 1971 | 18–26 September | ![]() |
144 | 30 |
XLVI | 1972 | 27 August – 6 September | ![]() |
188 | 54 |
XLVII | 1973 | 15–23 September | ![]() |
189 | 39 |
XLVIII | 1974 | 21–29 September | ![]() |
143 | 32 |
XLIX | 1975 | 15–23 September | ![]() |
169 | 33 |
L | 1976 | 18–27 July | ![]() |
173 | 46 |
LI | 1977 | 17–25 September | ![]() |
186 | 44 |
LII | 1978 | 4–8 October | ![]() |
185 | 35 |
LIII | 1979 | 3–11 November | ![]() |
189 | 39 |
LIV | 1980 | 20–30 July | ![]() |
173 | 40 |
LV | 1981 | 13–20 September | ![]() |
194 | 35 |
LVI | 1982 | 18–26 September | ![]() |
205 | 38 |
LVII | 1983 | 22–31 October | ![]() |
187 | 32 |
LVIII | 1984 | 29 July – 8 August | ![]() |
187 | 48 |
LIX | 1985 | 23 August – 1 September | ![]() |
195 | 38 |
LX | 1986 | 8–15 November | ![]() |
193 | 41 |
LXI | 1987 | 6–13 September | ![]() |
168 | 29 |
LXII | 1989 | 16–23 September | ![]() |
220 | 37 |
LXIII | 1990 | 10–18 November | ![]() |
182 | 38 |
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | 1987 | 30 October – 1 November | ![]() |
100 | 22 |
II | 1988 | 2–4 December | ![]() |
103 | 23 |
III | 1989 | 24–26 November | ![]() |
133 | 25 |
IV | 1990 | 26 May – 3 June | ![]() |
109 | 25 |
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | Men | Women | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | W | # Athletes | # Countries | # Athletes | # Countries | |||
LXIV | V | 1991 | 27 September – 6 October | ![]() |
200 | 40 | 108 | 24 |
— | VI | 1992 | 16–24 May | ![]() |
— | — | 110 | 25 |
LXV | VII | 1993 | 11–21 November | ![]() |
195 | 57 | 94 | 25 |
LXVI | VIII | 1994 | 17–27 November | ![]() |
242 | 52 | 105 | 30 |
LXVII | IX | 1995 | 16–26 November | ![]() |
345 | 63 | 93 | 26 |
— | X | 1996 | 3–11 May | ![]() |
— | — | 102 | 24 |
LXVIII | XI | 1997 | 6–14 December | ![]() |
189 | 51 | 143 | 39 |
LXIX | XII | 1998 | 10–15 November | ![]() |
210 | 53 | 122 | 35 |
LXX | XIII | 1999 | 21–28 November | ![]() |
395 | 79 | 231 | 51 |
LXXI | XIV | 2001 | 4–11 November | ![]() |
153 | 47 | 114 | 34 |
LXXII | XV | 2002 | 18–26 November | ![]() |
170 | 47 | 115 | 37 |
LXXIII | XVI | 2003 | 14–22 November | ![]() |
297 | 59 | 208 | 47 |
LXXIV | XVII | 2005 | 9–17 November | ![]() |
169 | 58 | 112 | 42 |
LXXV | XVIII | 2006 | 30 September – 7 October | ![]() |
298 | 58 | 186 | 39 |
LXXVI | XIX | 2007 | 17–26 September | ![]() |
355 | 70 | 225 | 53 |
LXXVII | XX | 2009 | 20–29 November | ![]() |
196 | 57 | 133 | 38 |
LXXVIII | XXI | 2010 | 17–26 September | ![]() |
312 | 63 | 203 | 50 |
LXXIX | XXII | 2011 | 5–13 November | ![]() |
307 | 75 | 212 | 61 |
LXXX | XXIII | 2013 | 20–27 October | ![]() |
168 | 49 | 124 | 37 |
LXXXI | XXIV | 2014 | 8–16 November | ![]() |
307 | 62 | 219 | 51 |
LXXXII | XXV | 2015 | 20–28 November | ![]() |
324 | 76 | 261 | 72 |
LXXXIII | XXVI | 2017 | 28 November – 5 December | ![]() |
176 | 54 | 139 | 44 |
LXXXIV | XXVII | 2018 | 1–10 November | ![]() |
272 | 68 | 310 | 73 |
LXXXV | XXVIII | 2019 | 18–27 September | ![]() |
313 | 84 | 275 | 79 |
LXXXVI | XXIX | 2021 | 7–17 December | ![]() |
235 | 64 | 179 | 54 |
LXXXVII | XXX | 2022 | 5–16 December | ![]() |
267 | 79 | 270 | 76 |
LXXXVIII | XXXI | 2023 | ![]() |
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LXXXIX | XXXII | 2025 | ![]() |
All-time big (total) medal count below updated after Day 8 of the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 188 | 90 | 44 | 322 |
2 | ![]() | 151 | 90 | 33 | 274 |
3 | ![]() | 80 | 82 | 65 | 227 |
4 | ![]() | 42 | 52 | 31 | 125 |
5 | ![]() | 39 | 48 | 34 | 121 |
6 | ![]() | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 |
7 | ![]() | 25 | 38 | 57 | 120 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 34 | 27 | 85 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 28 | 66 |
10 | ![]() | 16 | 22 | 25 | 63 |
11 | ![]() | 15 | 19 | 15 | 49 |
12 | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
13 | ![]() | 13 | 22 | 24 | 59 |
14 | ![]() | 12 | 19 | 23 | 54 |
15 | ![]() | 11 | 38 | 42 | 91 |
16 | ![]() | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 |
17 | ![]() | 10 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
18 | ![]() | 10 | 13 | 28 | 51 |
19 | ![]() | 8 | 19 | 19 | 46 |
20 | ![]() | 8 | 13 | 13 | 34 |
21 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
22 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 19 | 33 |
23 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
24 | ![]() | 7 | 13 | 14 | 34 |
25 | ![]() | 7 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
26 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
27 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
![]() | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | |
29 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
30 | ![]() | 4 | 19 | 29 | 52 |
31 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
32 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
33 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
34 | ![]() | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
35 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
36 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
37 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
38 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
39 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
40 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
41 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
42 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
43 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
44 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
45 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
46 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
47 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
48 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
49 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
50 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
51 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
52 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
54 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
56 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
57 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
58 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
59 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
60 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
61 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
62 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
63 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
69 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
71 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
72 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
73 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (76 entries) | 846 | 846 | 844 | 2536 |
All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after Day 8 of the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 563 | 265 | 148 | 976 |
2 | ![]() | 331 | 208 | 93 | 632 |
3 | ![]() | 226 | 222 | 189 | 637 |
4 | ![]() | 119 | 133 | 91 | 343 |
5 | ![]() | 64 | 99 | 124 | 287 |
6 | ![]() | 59 | 86 | 75 | 220 |
7 | ![]() | 52 | 41 | 51 | 144 |
8 | ![]() | 49 | 66 | 58 | 173 |
9 | ![]() | 49 | 56 | 42 | 147 |
10 | ![]() | 42 | 71 | 72 | 185 |
11 | ![]() | 39 | 89 | 107 | 235 |
12 | ![]() | 36 | 43 | 36 | 115 |
13 | ![]() | 33 | 31 | 28 | 92 |
14 | ![]() | 32 | 27 | 34 | 93 |
15 | ![]() | 30 | 62 | 72 | 164 |
16 | ![]() | 29 | 51 | 45 | 125 |
17 | ![]() | 26 | 43 | 41 | 110 |
18 | ![]() | 26 | 22 | 36 | 84 |
19 | ![]() | 25 | 26 | 33 | 84 |
20 | ![]() | 24 | 50 | 74 | 148 |
21 | ![]() | 24 | 29 | 43 | 96 |
22 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 10 | 43 |
23 | ![]() | 22 | 32 | 50 | 104 |
24 | ![]() | 21 | 26 | 46 | 93 |
25 | ![]() | 20 | 61 | 71 | 152 |
26 | ![]() | 18 | 18 | 26 | 62 |
27 | ![]() | 16 | 29 | 33 | 78 |
28 | ![]() | 15 | 21 | 31 | 67 |
29 | ![]() | 13 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
30 | ![]() | 13 | 14 | 13 | 40 |
31 | ![]() | 12 | 21 | 33 | 66 |
32 | ![]() | 12 | 11 | 22 | 45 |
33 | ![]() | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
34 | ![]() | 8 | 28 | 15 | 51 |
35 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
36 | ![]() | 6 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
37 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
38 | ![]() | 5 | 14 | 40 | 59 |
39 | ![]() | 5 | 10 | 23 | 38 |
40 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
41 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
42 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 17 | 27 |
43 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
44 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
45 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
46 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
47 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
48 | ![]() | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
49 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
50 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
51 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
52 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
53 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
54 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
55 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
56 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
57 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
58 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
59 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
60 | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
61 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 |
62 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
63 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
64 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
65 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
66 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
67 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
68 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
69 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
70 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
73 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
74 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
76 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
80 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
81 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (88 entries) | 2185 | 2181 | 2179 | 6545 |
The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result. Boldface denotes active weightlifters and highest medal count among all weightlifters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Weightlifter | Country | Gender | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vasily Alekseyev | ![]() |
M | +110 kg | 1970 | 1977 | 8 | – | – | 8 |
2 | Naim (Naum) Süleymanoğlu (Suleymanov, Shalamanov) |
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M | 56 kg / 60 kg / 64 kg | 1983 | 1995 | 7 | 1 | – | 8 |
Yurik Vardanyan | ![]() |
M | 75 kg / 82.5 kg / 90 kg | 1977 | 1985 | 7 | 1 | – | 8 | |
4 | Josef Grafl | ![]() |
M | Open / +80 kg | 1904 | 1913 | 6 | 2 | – | 8 |
5 | Tommy Kono | ![]() |
M | 75 kg / 82.5 kg | 1953 | 1962 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
6 | John Davis | ![]() |
M | 82.5 kg / +82.5 kg / +90 kg | 1938 | 1953 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
7 | Yoshinobu Miyake | ![]() |
M | 56 kg / 60 kg | 1961 | 1968 | 6 | – | 1 | 7 |
David Rigert | ![]() |
M | 82.5 kg / 90 kg / 100 kg | 1970 | 1978 | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | |
9 | Waldemar Baszanowski | ![]() |
M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1961 | 1971 | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
10 | Tatiana Kashirina | ![]() |
F | +75 kg / +87 kg | 2009 | 2019 | 5 | 3 | – | 8 |
11 | Arkady Vorobyov | ![]() |
M | 82.5 kg / 90 kg | 1950 | 1961 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
12 | Pete George | ![]() |
M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1947 | 1955 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
Halil Mutlu | ![]() |
M | 54 kg / 56 kg / 62 kg | 1993 | 2003 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
Yanko Rusev | ![]() |
M | 60 kg / 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1977 | 1983 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
15 | Mohammad Nassiri | ![]() |
M | 56 kg / 52 kg | 1966 | 1976 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
16 | Kuo Hsing-chun | ![]() |
F | 58 kg / 59 kg | 2013 | 2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
17 | Viktor Kurentsov | ![]() |
M | 75 kg | 1964 | 1970 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
Lü Xiaojun | ![]() |
M | 77 kg / 81 kg | 2009 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
19 | Anatoly Khrapaty | ![]() ![]() |
M | 90 kg / 91 kg / 99 kg | 1985 | 1995 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 |
Stanley Stanczyk | ![]() |
M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg / 82.5 kg | 1946 | 1954 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
21 | Vladimir Stogov | ![]() |
M | 56 kg | 1955 | 1962 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
22 | Deng Wei | ![]() |
F | 58 kg / 63 kg / 64 kg | 2010 | 2019 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Om Yun-chol | ![]() |
M | 56 kg / 55 kg | 2013 | 2019 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
Lasha Talakhadze | ![]() |
M | +105 kg / +109 kg | 2015 | 2021 | 5 | – | – | 5 |