Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeWLF
Governing bodyIWF
Events14 (men: 7; women: 7)
Games

Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
118962 Denmark
 Great Britain
2
319042 United States
4
5
6
719205 France
819245 Italy
919285 Germany
1019325 France
1119365 Egypt
12
13
1419486 United States
1519527 United States
1619567 United States
Games Year Events Best Nation
1719607 Soviet Union
1819647 Soviet Union
1919687 Soviet Union
2019729 Bulgaria
2119769 Soviet Union
22198010 Soviet Union
23198410 China
24198810 Soviet Union
25199210 Unified Team
26199610 Greece
27200015 China
28200415 China
29200815 China
30201215 China
31201615 China
32202014 China

Events

Men's events

In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights.

1896
1904

When the sport returned to the Olympic Games in 1920, the competition was structured as a set of weight classes. The number of classes and weight limits for each class have changed several times, as shown in the following table.

1920–193619481952–19681972–19761980–199219962000–20162020
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Super heavyweight
+110 kg
Super heavyweight
+108 kg
Super heavyweight
+105 kg
Super heavyweight
+109 kg
Heavyweight
90–110 kg
Heavyweight
100–110 kg
Heavyweight
99–108 kg
Heavyweight
96–109 kg
Heavyweight
94–105 kg
First-heavyweight
90–100 kg
First-heavyweight
91–99 kg
Middle-heavyweight
85–94 kg
Middle-heavyweight
81–96 kg
Middle-heavyweight
83–91 kg
Middle-heavyweight
82.5–90 kg
Light-heavyweight
77–85 kg
Light-heavyweight
76–83 kg
Light-heavyweight
75–82.5 kg
Middleweight
73–81 kg
Middleweight
69–77 kg
Middleweight
70–76 kg
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
Lightweight
64–70 kg
Lightweight
67–73 kg
Lightweight
62–69 kg
Lightweight
60–67.5 kg
Featherweight
59–64 kg
Featherweight
61–67 kg
Featherweight
56–62 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Featherweight
56–60 kg
Bantamweight
54–59 kg
Bantamweight
61 kg
Bantamweight
56 kg
Bantamweight
52–56 kg
Bantamweight
56 kg
Flyweight
54 kg
Flyweight
52 kg
5679101087
Weight class 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
Super heavyweight +110 +110 +110 +110 +110 +110 +108 +105 +105 +105 +105 +105 +109 +102 14
Heavyweight +82.5 +82.5 +82.5 +82.5 +82.5 +82.5 +90 +90 +90 +90 +90 110 110 110 110 110 110 108 105 105 105 105 105 109 102 25
First-heavyweight 100 100 100 100 99 5
Middle-heavyweight 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 91 94 94 94 94 94 96 18
Light-heavyweight 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 83 85 85 85 85 85 89 24
Middleweight 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 81 24
Lightweight 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.5 70 69 69 69 69 69 73 73 25
Featherweight 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 64 62 62 62 62 62 67 24
Bantamweight 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 59 56 56 56 56 56 61 61 20
Flyweight 52 52 52 52 52 52 54 7
Total 555556777779910101010108888875186
Lift 96 04 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
One
hand
lifts
One hand lift X 1
All-around dumbbell X 1
Clean and jerk X 1
Snatch X 1
Two
hand
lifts
Two hand lift X X 2
Clean and jerk X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Clean and press X X X X X X
Military press X
Snatch X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Totals Biathlon X X X X X X X X X X X
Triathlon X X X X X X
Mixed totals X 1

Women's events

Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney,[1] with seven weight classes.

Weight class 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
+75..+87 kg +75 +75 +75 +75 +75 +87 +81 7
75..87 kg 75 75 75 75 75 87 81 7
69..76 kg 69 69 69 69 69 76 71 7
63..64 kg 63 63 63 63 63 64 6
58..59 kg 58 58 58 58 58 59 59 7
53..55 kg 53 53 53 53 53 55 6
48..49 kg 48 48 48 48 48 49 49 7
Total 777777547

Medal table

Sources:[2]

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Court of Arbitration for Sport decision of March 2022 to disqualify a gold medalist in the weightlifting men's 77kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics (medals in this event have not yet been reallocated as of May 2023).

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3921262
2 China (CHN)3816862
3 United States (USA)16171144
4 Bulgaria (BUL)1217837
5 Iran (IRI)96520
6 France (FRA)93315
7 Turkey (TUR)81211
8 Germany (GER)67922
9 Poland (POL)662234
10 Greece (GRE)65415
11 North Korea (PRK)58518
12 Italy (ITA)55717
13 Unified Team (EUN)5409
14 Egypt (EGY)53614
15 Thailand (THA)52714
16 Russia (RUS)47718
17 Chinese Taipei (TPE)42410
18 South Korea (KOR)36615
19 Austria (AUT)3429
20 Czechoslovakia (TCH)3238
21 Georgia (GEO)3137
22 Hungary (HUN)29920
23 Romania (ROU)26311
24 Colombia (COL)2439
25 Japan (JPN)231015
26 West Germany (FRG)2237
27 Canada (CAN)2215
28 Cuba (CUB)2158
29 Ukraine (UKR)2125
30 Uzbekistan (UZB)2013
31 East Germany (GDR)14611
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)14611
33 Belarus (BLR)1438
 Great Britain (GBR)1438
35 Estonia (EST)1337
36 Belgium (BEL)1214
37 Denmark (DEN)1203
38 Australia (AUS)1124
39 Spain (ESP)1113
40 Ecuador (ECU)1102
 Philippines (PHI)1102
42 Mexico (MEX)1034
43 Finland (FIN)1023
44 Croatia (CRO)1012
 Qatar (QAT)1012
46 Norway (NOR)1001
47 Indonesia (INA)07815
48 Armenia (ARM)0426
49 Switzerland (SUI)0224
50 Venezuela (VEN)0213
51 Latvia (LAT)0123
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0123
53 Argentina (ARG)0112
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0112
 India (IND)0112
 Nigeria (NGR)0112
 Vietnam (VIE)0112
58 Lebanon (LIB)0101
 Luxembourg (LUX)0101
 Samoa (SAM)0101
 Singapore (SIN)0101
 Turkmenistan (TKM)0101
63 Sweden (SWE)0044
64 Netherlands (NED)0033
65 Cameroon (CMR)0011
 Iraq (IRQ)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Syria (SYR)0011
Totals (68 entries)228225226679

Nations

Nation9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Years
 Albania (ALB)   1311234229
 Algeria (ALG)   3222312112111
 American Samoa (ASA)   21111117
 Argentina (ARG)   3318522123221114
 Armenia (ARM)   104466727
 Aruba (ARU)   1113
 Australia (AUS)   2377723354447122222519
 Austria (AUT)   15102106424316536111218
 Azerbaijan (AZE)   245565
 Barbados (BAR)   112
 Belarus (BLR)   958108827
 Belgium (BEL)   7883212121132111217
 Belize (BIZ)   11
 Bolivia (BOL)   1113
 Botswana (BOT)   11
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)   11
 Brazil (BRA)   32112122111125215
 British West Indies (BWI)   11
 Bulgaria (BUL)   3755991061010992214
 Cameroon (CMR)   21121227
 Canada (CAN)   5533344473222253217
 Chile (CHI)   11224
 China (CHN)   1010101010101010109
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)   4714475479
 Colombia (COL)   2322534539108913
 Comoros (COM)   11
 Cook Islands (COK)   21111117
 Costa Rica (CRC)   312
 Croatia (CRO)   1113
 Cuba (CUB)   31115699855264215
 Cyprus (CYP)   112
 Czech Republic (CZE)   2111116
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)   267264132137105515
 Denmark (DEN)1   5114331112212
 Dominican Republic (DOM)   21214112112312
 East Germany (GDR)   387945
 Ecuador (ECU)   13122437
 Egypt (EGY)   1128867532105512558918
 El Salvador (ESA)   21111117
 Estonia (EST)   384415
 Fiji (FIJ)   1111226
 Finland (FIN)   14712459575442111218
 France (FRA)   1014105895362538424623544523
 Georgia (GEO)   1323346
 Germany (GER)1 1  10410510105455513
 Ghana (GHA)   112
 Great Britain (GBR)1   21055105575798101010611215223
 Greece (GRE)3 1  1124459451081041117
 Guam (GUM)   2113
 Guatemala (GUA)   1112111112111
 Guyana (GUY)   2121116
 Haiti (HAI)   112
 Honduras (HON)   1113
 Hong Kong (HKG)   11
 Hungary (HUN)1   2325779910101077711118
 Iceland (ISL)   12134
 India (IND)   122312111242353322118
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)   11
 Indonesia (INA)   11231135413656715
 Iran (IRI)   5775543756636514
 Iraq (IRQ)   571525111110
 Ireland (IRL)   212
 Israel (ISR)   23113117
 Italy (ITA)   5156441647236133632441222
 Jamaica (JAM)   2113
 Japan (JPN)   15777999101078465716
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)   7638886
 Kenya (KEN)   1411116
 Kiribati (KIR)   11114
 Kuwait (KUW)   112
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)   211125
 Latvia (LAT)   4125311129
 Lebanon (LIB)   1211213119
 Libya (LBA)   22124
 Lithuania (LTU)   11111117
 Luxembourg (LUX)   343225
 Madagascar (MAD)   1113
 Malaysia (MAL)   322
 Malaysia (MAS)   621115
 Malta (MLT)   11
 Marshall Islands (MHL)   11
 Mauritius (MRI)   1211116
 Mexico (MEX)   32111321311122415
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)   11114
 Moldova (MDA)   5335226
 Monaco (MON)   112
 Mongolia (MGL)   4321126
 Morocco (MAR)   4211126
 Myanmar (MYA)   1232311319
 Nauru (NRU)   3231116
 Nepal (NEP)   221115
 Netherlands (NED)   53102216
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)   53214
 New Zealand (NZL)   1111123331221214
 Nicaragua (NCA)   122211118
 Nigeria (NGR)   264115232110
 North Korea (PRK)   1351024478810
 Norway (NOR)   311421118
 Pakistan (PAK)   21321127
 Palau (PLW)   112
 Panama (PAN)   1112223211111
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)   211111218
 Peru (PER)   3121111129
 Philippines (PHI)   12221332311212
 Poland (POL)   45777991079597109516
 Portugal (POR)   1111112119
 Puerto Rico (PUR)   3246621211211114
 Qatar (QAT)   2213
 Republic of China (ROC)   3327516
 Romania (ROU)   4222110104655754415
 Russia (RUS)   99910105
 Samoa (SAM)   2121111229
 San Marino (SMR)   112
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)   14114
 Serbia (SRB)   11
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)   11
 Seychelles (SEY)   111115
 Sierra Leone (SLE)   112
 Singapore (SIN)   3312116
 Slovakia (SVK)   3131116
 Solomon Islands (SOL)   11111117
 South Africa (RSA)   24331117
 South Korea (KOR)   846776191010788910716
 Soviet Union (URS)   77677991099
 Spain (ESP)   21146613222412
 Sri Lanka (SRI)   11114
 Sudan (SUD)   2113
 Swaziland (SWZ)   122
 Sweden (SWE)   652247113225663521119
 Switzerland (SUI)   29105343111111
 Syria (SYR)   42111217
 Tajikistan (TJK)   11
 Thailand (THA)   4211115577911
 Tonga (TGA)   11114
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)   122215
 Tunisia (TUN)   21122227
 Turkey (TUR)   1112245697969414
 Turkmenistan (TKM)   112325
 Tuvalu (TUV)   112
 Uganda (UGA)   221115
 Ukraine (UKR)   71099986
 Unified Team (EUN)   101
 United Team of Germany (EUA)   2763
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)   112
 United States (USA)   1010127777799101010106563420
 Uruguay (URU)   11114
 Uzbekistan (UZB)   5232656
 Venezuela (VEN)   211312373410
 Vietnam (VIE)   12244
 Virgin Islands (ISV)   11
 West Germany (FRG)   576675
 Yugoslavia (YUG)   222
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)   11
No. of nations53141619815304134534255544639486269777679848494148
No. of athletes75531079529801201421051721491601881731721862262442432462492532592602710
Year9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals. 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
1Pyrros Dimas GreeceM82.5 kg / 83 kg / 85 kg19922004314
2Lü Xiaojun ChinaM77 kg / 81 kg201220203-3
Akakios Kakiasvilis
(Kakhi Kakhiashvili)
 Unified Team
 Greece
M90 kg / 99 kg / 94 kg1992200033
Halil Mutlu TurkeyM54 kg / 56 kg1996200433
Naim Süleymanoğlu TurkeyM60 kg / 64 kg1988199633
6Louis Hostin FranceM82.5 kg19281936213
Tommy Kono United StatesM67.5 kg / 75 kg / 82.5 kg19521960213
Yoshinobu Miyake JapanM56 kg / 60 kg19601968213
9Arkady Vorobyov Soviet UnionM82.5 kg / 90 kg19521960213
10Vasily Alekseyev Soviet UnionM+110 kg1972197622
Waldemar Baszanowski PolandM67.5 kg1964196822
Chen Yanqing ChinaF58 kg2004200822
John Davis United StatesM+82.5 kg / +90 kg1948195222
Hsu Shu-ching Chinese TaipeiF53 kg2012201622
Aleksandr Kurlovich Soviet Union
 Unified Team
M+110 kg1988199222
Long Qingquan ChinaM56 kg2008201622
Norair Nurikyan BulgariaM56 kg / 60 kg1972197622
Hossein Rezazadeh IranM+105 kg2000200422
Shi Zhiyong ChinaM69 kg / 73 kg2016202022
Lasha Talakhadze GeorgiaM+105 kg / +109 kg2016202022
Charles Vinci United StatesM56 kg1956196022
Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet UnionM+90 kg1964196822
Zhan Xugang ChinaM70 kg / 77 kg1996200022
Rim Jong-Sim North KoreaF69 kg / 75 kg2012201622

See also

References

  1. "Ola Rio 2016". 4 February 2022.
  2. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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