World Weightlifting Championships
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 15 weight categories (8 for men and 7 for women):
- Men categories: 56 kg, 62 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 85 kg, 94 kg, 105 kg and +105 kg.
- Women categories: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg and +75 kg.
Competitions
Men
# | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | 1891 | March 28 | ![]() |
7 | 6 |
II | 1898 | July 31 – August 1 | ![]() |
11 | 3 |
III | 1899 | April 4–5 | ![]() |
5 | 3 |
IV | 1903 | October 1–3 | ![]() |
18 | 5 |
V | 1904 | April 18 | ![]() |
13 | 4 |
VI | 1905 | April 8–10 | ![]() |
41 | 4 |
VII | 1905 | June 11–13 | ![]() |
7 | 2 |
VIII | 1905 | December 16 & 30 | ![]() |
16 | 1 |
IX | 1906 | March 18 | ![]() |
33 | 4 |
X | 1907 | May 19 | ![]() |
23 | 3 |
XI | 1908 | December 8–9 | ![]() |
23 | 2 |
XII | 1909 | October 3 & December 2 | ![]() |
23 | 3 |
XIII | 1910 | June 4–6 | ![]() |
57 | 5 |
XIV | 1910 | October 9–10 | ![]() |
15 | 2 |
XV | 1911 | April 29–30 | ![]() |
36 | 3 |
XVI | 1911 | May 13–14 | ![]() |
27 | 2 |
XVII | 1911 | June 26 | ![]() |
21 | 3 |
XVIII | 1911 | June 29 – July 2 | ![]() |
32 | 3 |
XIX | 1913 | July 28–29 | ![]() |
40 | 4 |
XX | 1920 | September 4–8 | ![]() |
74 | 4 |
XXI | 1922 | April 29–30 | ![]() |
33 | 4 |
XXII | 1923 | September 8–9 | ![]() |
76 | 7 |
XXIII | 1937 | September 10–12 | ![]() |
50 | 10 |
XXIV | 1938 | October 21–23 | ![]() |
38 | 11 |
XXV | 1946 | October 18–19 | ![]() |
79 | 13 |
XXVI | 1947 | September 26–27 | ![]() |
39 | 12 |
XXVII | 1949 | September 4–6 | ![]() |
38 | 13 |
XXVIII | 1950 | October 13–15 | ![]() |
56 | 17 |
XXIX | 1951 | October 26–28 | ![]() |
62 | 14 |
XXX | 1953 | August 26–30 | ![]() |
70 | 19 |
XXXI | 1954 | October 7–10 | ![]() |
100 | 23 |
XXXII | 1955 | October 12–16 | ![]() |
108 | 25 |
XXXIII | 1957 | November 8–12 | ![]() |
76 | 21 |
XXXIV | 1958 | September 16–21 | ![]() |
96 | 27 |
XXXV | 1959 | September 29 – October 4 | ![]() |
85 | 19 |
XXXVI | 1961 | September 20–25 | ![]() |
120 | 33 |
XXXVII | 1962 | September 16–22 | ![]() |
113 | 27 |
XXXVIII | 1963 | September 16–22 | ![]() |
134 | 32 |
XXXIX | 1964 | October 11–18 | ![]() |
149 | 42 |
XL | 1965 | October 27 – November 3 | ![]() |
85 | 24 |
XLI | 1966 | October 15–21 | ![]() |
117 | 28 |
XLII | 1968 | October 13–19 | ![]() |
160 | 55 |
XLIII | 1969 | September 20–28 | ![]() |
166 | 37 |
XLIV | 1970 | September 12–20 | ![]() |
129 | 28 |
XLV | 1971 | September 18–26 | ![]() |
144 | 30 |
XLVI | 1972 | August 27 – September 6 | ![]() |
188 | 54 |
XLVII | 1973 | September 15–23 | ![]() |
189 | 39 |
XLVIII | 1974 | September 21–29 | ![]() |
143 | 32 |
XLIX | 1975 | September 15–23 | ![]() |
169 | 33 |
L | 1976 | July 18–27 | ![]() |
173 | 46 |
LI | 1977 | September 17–25 | ![]() |
186 | 44 |
LII | 1978 | October 4–8 | ![]() |
185 | 35 |
LIII | 1979 | November 3–11 | ![]() |
189 | 39 |
LIV | 1980 | July 20–30 | ![]() |
173 | 40 |
LV | 1981 | September 13–20 | ![]() |
194 | 35 |
LVI | 1982 | September 18–26 | ![]() |
205 | 38 |
LVII | 1983 | October 22–31 | ![]() |
187 | 32 |
LVIII | 1984 | July 29 – August 8 | ![]() |
187 | 48 |
LIX | 1985 | August 23 – September 1 | ![]() |
195 | 38 |
LX | 1986 | November 8–15 | ![]() |
193 | 41 |
LXI | 1987 | September 6–13 | ![]() |
168 | 29 |
LXII | 1989 | September 16–23 | ![]() |
220 | 37 |
LXIII | 1990 | November 10–18 | ![]() |
182 | 38 |
- The weightlifting tournaments held during Summer Olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
Women
# | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | 1987 | October 30 – November 1 | ![]() |
100 | 22 |
II | 1988 | December 2–4 | ![]() |
103 | 23 |
III | 1989 | November 24–26 | ![]() |
133 | 25 |
IV | 1990 | May 26 – June 3 | ![]() |
109 | 25 |
Combined
# | Year | Dates | City and host country | Men | Women | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | W | # Athletes | # Countries | # Athletes | # Countries | |||
LXIV | V | 1991 | September 27 – October 6 | ![]() |
200 | 40 | 108 | 24 |
— | VI | 1992 | May 16–24 | ![]() |
— | — | 110 | 25 |
LXV | VII | 1993 | November 11–21 | ![]() |
195 | 57 | 94 | 25 |
LXVI | VIII | 1994 | November 17–27 | ![]() |
242 | 52 | 105 | 30 |
LXVII | IX | 1995 | November 16–26 | ![]() |
345 | 63 | 93 | 26 |
— | X | 1996 | May 3–11 | ![]() |
— | — | 102 | 24 |
LXVIII | XI | 1997 | December 6–14 | ![]() |
189 | 51 | 143 | 39 |
LXIX | XII | 1998 | November 10–15 | ![]() |
210 | 53 | 122 | 35 |
LXX | XIII | 1999 | November 21–28 | ![]() |
395 | 79 | 231 | 51 |
LXXI | XIV | 2001 | November 4–11 | ![]() |
153 | 47 | 114 | 34 |
LXXII | XV | 2002 | November 18–26 | ![]() |
170 | 47 | 115 | 37 |
LXXIII | XVI | 2003 | November 14–22 | ![]() |
297 | 59 | 208 | 47 |
LXXIV | XVII | 2005 | November 9–17 | ![]() |
169 | 58 | 112 | 42 |
LXXV | XVIII | 2006 | September 30 – October 7 | ![]() |
298 | 58 | 186 | 39 |
LXXVI | XIX | 2007 | September 17–26 | ![]() |
355 | 70 | 225 | 53 |
LXXVII | XX | 2009 | November 20–29 | ![]() |
196 | 57 | 133 | 38 |
LXXVIII | XXI | 2010 | September 17–26 | ![]() |
312 | 63 | 203 | 50 |
LXXIX | XXII | 2011 | November 5–13 | ![]() |
307 | 75 | 212 | 61 |
LXXX | XXIII | 2013 | October 20–27 | ![]() |
168 | 49 | 124 | 37 |
LXXXI | XXIV | 2014 | November 8–16 | ![]() |
307 | 62 | 219 | 51 |
LXXXII | XXV | 2015 | November 20–28 | ![]() |
324 | 76 | 261 | 72 |
LXXXIII | XXVI | 2017 | November 28 – December 5 | ![]() |
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LXXXIV | XXVII | 2018 | ![]() |
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LXXXV | XXVIII | 2019 | ![]() |
All-time medal table
All-time big (total) medal count below is until the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 165 | 74 | 37 | 276 |
2 | ![]() | 151 | 90 | 33 | 274 |
3 | ![]() | 79 | 82 | 63 | 224 |
4 | ![]() | 39 | 49 | 29 | 117 |
5 | ![]() | 37 | 47 | 33 | 117 |
6 | ![]() | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 |
7 | ![]() | 27 | 39 | 30 | 96 |
8 | ![]() | 25 | 37 | 56 | 118 |
9 | ![]() | 19 | 10 | 24 | 53 |
10 | ![]() | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
11 | ![]() | 14 | 20 | 15 | 49 |
12 | ![]() | 12 | 20 | 24 | 56 |
13 | ![]() | 11 | 38 | 42 | 91 |
14 | ![]() | 10 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
15 | ![]() | 10 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
16 | ![]() | 10 | 11 | 27 | 48 |
17 | ![]() | 9 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
18 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
19 | ![]() | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 |
20 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
21 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
22 | ![]() | 6 | 15 | 20 | 41 |
23 | ![]() | 5 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
24 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
25 | ![]() | 4 | 19 | 29 | 52 |
26 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
27 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
28 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
29 | ![]() | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 |
30 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
31 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
32 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
33 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
34 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
35 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
36 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
37 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
38 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
39 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
40 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
41 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
42 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
43 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
44 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
45 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
46 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
47 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
48 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
49 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
50 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
51 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
53 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
54 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
56 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
59 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
60 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
61 | ![]() | 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 | |
Total | 757 | 757 | 755 | 2269 |
Multiple medalists
The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result.
Athlete | Country | Gender | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vasily Alekseyev | ![]() | M | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Yurik Vardanyan | ![]() | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Naim Süleymanoğlu | ![]() ![]() | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Josef Grafl | ![]() | M | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Tommy Kono | ![]() | M | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
John Davis | ![]() | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Yoshinobu Miyake | ![]() | M | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
David Rigert | ![]() | M | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Waldemar Baszanowski | ![]() | M | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Arkady Vorobyov | ![]() | M | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Pete George | ![]() | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Yanko Rusev | ![]() | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Halil Mutlu | ![]() | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Mohammad Nassiri | ![]() | M | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Viktor Kurentsov | ![]() | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Stanley Stanczyk | ![]() | M | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Anatoly Khrapaty | ![]() ![]() | M | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Vladimir Stogov | ![]() | M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
See also
- Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
- List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (men)
- List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (women)
References
External links
- International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics
- Database IWRP
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