World weightlifting championships

The world weightlifting championships for men have existed since 1891, those for women since 1987. The organization and control of the implementation is the responsibility of the world weightlifting organization, the International Weightlifting Federation .

Event cycle

The world championships have been held annually since 1937, although the competitions were suspended between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War . Only in the years of the Summer Olympics are there generally no world championships. The women's competitions introduced in 1987 were an exception to this, until they were finally included in the Olympic program in 2000 . In the six games between 1964 and 1984, the Olympic weightlifting competitions had World Cup status.

Weight classes

The number of weight classes for men was gradually increased from three to ten from 1913 to 1977, but the classes were again reduced in 1998. This was done with a view to the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Sydney , at which women's weightlifting was to celebrate its premiere. The men are currently competing in eight and the women in seven different weight classes ( see table ).

Weight class	Men	Women
1.	up to 56 kg	up to 48 kg
2.	up to 62 kg	up to 53 kg
3.	up to 69 kg	up to 58 kg
4th	up to 77 kg	up to 63 kg
5.	up to 85 kg	up to 69 kg
6th	up to 94 kg	up to 75 kg
7th	up to 105 kg	over 75 kg
8th.	over 105 kg

List of world championships

year	venue	date	Men		Women
			Attendees	Nations	Participants	Nations
1891	London , UK	28 Mar 1891	007th	06th
1898	Vienna , Austria	July 31, 1898 - Aug. 1, 1898 0	011	03
1899	Milan , Italy	0Apr 4, 1899 - Apr 5, 1899 0	005	03
1903	Paris , France	0Oct. 1, 1903 - Oct. 3, 1903 0	018th	05
1904	Vienna , Austria	Apr 18, 1904	013	04th
1905	Berlin , German Empire	0Apr 8, 1905 - Apr 10, 1905	041	04th
1905	Duisburg , German Empire	June 11, 1905 - June 13, 1905	007th	02
1905	Paris , France	Dec 16, 1905 - Dec 30, 1905	016	01
1906	Lille , France	18 Mar 1906	033	04th
1907	Frankfurt am Main , German Empire	May 19, 1907	023	03
1908	Vienna , Austria	0Dec 8, 1908 - Dec 9, 1908 0	023	02
1909	Vienna , Austria	0Oct. 3, 1909 and Dec. 2, 1909 0	023	03
1910	Düsseldorf , German Empire	0June 4, 1910 - June 6, 1910 0	057	05
1910	Vienna , Austria	0Oct 9, 1910 - Oct 10, 1910	015th	02
1911	Stuttgart , German Empire	Apr 29, 1911 - Apr 30, 1911	036	03
1911	Berlin , German Empire	May 13, 1911 - May 14, 1911	027	02
1911	Dresden , German Empire	June 26, 1911	021st	03
1911	Vienna , Austria	June 29, 1911 - July 2, 1911 0	032	03
1913	Breslau , German Empire	July 28, 1913 - July 29, 1913	040	04th
1920	Vienna , Austria	04th Sep 1920 - Sep 8 1920 0	074	04th
1922	Tallinn , Estonia	Apr 29, 1922 - Apr 30, 1922	033	04th
1923	Vienna , Austria	08 Sep 1923 - Sep 9 1923 0	076	07th
1937	Paris , France	Sep 10 1937 - Sep 12 1937	050	10
1938	Vienna , German Empire	Oct. 21, 1938 - Oct. 23, 1938	038	11
1946	Paris , France	Oct 18, 1946 - Oct 19, 1946	079	13
1947	Philadelphia , USA	26 Sep 1947 - Sep 27 1947	039	12
1949	Scheveningen , the Netherlands	04th Sep 1949 - Sep 6 1949 0	038	13
1950	Paris , France	Oct 13, 1950 - Oct 15, 1950	056	17th
1951	Milan , Italy	Oct. 26, 1951 - Oct. 28, 1951	062	14th
1953	Stockholm , Sweden	Aug 26, 1953 - Aug 30, 1953	070	19th
1954	Vienna , Austria	0Oct 7, 1954 - Oct 10, 1954	100	23
1955	Munich , FR Germany	Oct 12, 1955 - Oct 16, 1955	108	25th
1957	Tehran , Iran	0Nov 8, 1957 - Nov 12, 1957	076	21st
1958	Stockholm , Sweden	16 Sep 1958 - Sep 21 1958	096	27
1959	Warsaw , Poland	29 Sep 1959 - Oct 4, 1959 0	085	19th
1961	Vienna , Austria	Sep 20 1961 - Sep 25 1961	120	33
1962	Budapest , Hungary	16 Sep 1962 - Sep 22 1962	113	27
1963	Stockholm , Sweden	0Sep 7 1963 - Sep 13 1963	134	32
1964 *	Tokyo , Japan	Oct 11, 1964 - Oct 18, 1964	149	42
1965	Tehran , Iran	Oct. 27, 1965 - Nov. 3, 1965 0	085	24
1966	Berlin , GDR	Oct 15, 1966 - Oct 21, 1966	117	28
1967	The title fights in Tokyo were canceled due to problems between Japan and the GDR .
1968 *	Mexico City , Mexico	Oct 13, 1968 - Oct 19, 1968	160	55
1969	Warsaw , Poland	Sep 20 1969 - Sep 28 1969	166	37
1970	Columbus , USA	Sep 12 1970 - Sep 20 1970	129	28
1971	Lima , Peru	Sep 18 1971 - Sep 26 1971	144	30th
1972 *	Munich , FR Germany	Aug. 27, 1972 - Sep. 6 1972 0	188	54
1973	Havana , Cuba	Sep 15 1973 - Sep 23 1973	189	39
1974	Manila , Philippines	21 Sep 1974 - Sep 29 1974	143	32
1975	Moscow , USSR	Sep 15 1975 - Sep 23 1975	169	33
1976 *	Montreal , Canada	July 18, 1976 - July 27, 1976	173	46
1977	Stuttgart , FR Germany	17 Sep 1977 - Sep 25 1977	186	44
1978	Gettysburg , USA	0Oct. 4, 1978 - Oct. 8, 1978 0	185	35
1979	Saloniki , Greece	0Nov 3, 1979 - Nov 11, 1979	189	39
1980 *	Moscow , USSR	July 20, 1980 - July 30, 1980	173	40
1981	Lille , France	13 Sep 1981 - Sep 20 1981	194	35
1982	Ljubljana , Yugoslavia	Sep 18 1982 - Sep 26 1982	205	38
1983	Moscow , USSR	Oct 22, 1983 - Oct 31, 1983	187	32
1984 *	Los Angeles , USA	July 29, 1984 - Aug. 8, 1984 0	187	48
1985	Södertälje , Sweden	23 Aug 1985 - 1 Sep 1985 0	195	38
1986	Sofia , Bulgaria	0Nov 8, 1986 - Nov 15, 1986	193	41
1987	Ostrava , Czechoslovakia	06 Sep 1987 - Sep 13 1987	168	29
1987	Daytona Beach , USA	Oct. 30, 1987 - Nov. 1, 1987 0			100	22nd
1988	Jakarta , Indonesia	0Dec 2, 1988 - Dec 4, 1988 0			103	23
1989	Athens , Greece	16 Sep 1989 - 23 Sep 1989	220	37
1989	Manchester , UK	Nov 24, 1989 - Nov 26, 1989			133	25th
1990	Sarajevo , Yugoslavia	May 26, 1990-3 June 1990 0			109	25th
1990	Budapest , Hungary	Nov 10, 1990 - Nov 18, 1990	182	38
1991	Donaueschingen , Germany	27 Sep 1991 - Oct 6, 1991 0	200	40	108	24
1992	Varna , Bulgaria	May 16, 1992 - May 24, 1992			110	25th
1993	Melbourne , Australia	Nov 11, 1993-21 Nov 1993	195	57	094	25th
1994	Istanbul , Turkey	Nov 17, 1994 - Nov 27, 1994	242	52	105	30th
1995	Guangzhou , China	Nov 17, 1995 - Nov 26, 1995	345	63	093	26th
1996	Warsaw , Poland	0May 3, 1996 - May 11, 1996			102	24
1997	Chiang Mai , Thailand	0Dec 6, 1997 - Dec 14, 1997	189	51	143	39
1998	Lahti , Finland	Nov 10, 1998 - Nov 15, 1998	210	53	122	35
1999	Athens , Greece	Nov 21, 1999 - Nov 28, 1999	395	79	231	51
2001	Antalya , Turkey	0Nov 4, 2001 - Nov 11, 2001	153	47	114	34
2002	Warsaw , Poland	Nov 18, 2002 - Nov 26, 2002	170	47	115	37
2003	Vancouver , Canada	Nov 14, 2003 - Nov 22, 2003	297	59	208	47
2005	Doha , Qatar	0Nov 9, 2005 - Nov 17, 2005	169	58	112	42
2006	Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic	June 30, 2006 - October 7, 2006 0	298	58	186	39
2007	Chiang Mai , Thailand	17 Sep 2007 - Sep 26 2007	355	70	225	53
2009	Goyang , South Korea	Nov 17, 2009 - Nov 27, 2009	196	57	133	38
2010	Antalya , Turkey	Sep 18 2010 - Sep 30 2010	312	63	203	50
2011	Paris , France	0Nov 5, 2011 - Nov 13, 2011	307	75	212	61
2013	Wroclaw , Poland	Oct 20, 2013 - Oct 27, 2013	168	49	124	37
2014	Almaty , Kazakhstan	0Nov 8, 2014 - Nov 16, 2014	315	63	223	52
2015	Houston , USA	Nov 20, 2015 - Nov 28, 2015	324	76	261	72
2017	Anaheim , USA	Nov 28, 2017 - Dec 5, 2017 0
2018	Ashgabat , Turkmenistan	0Nov 1, 2018 - Nov 10, 2018

^* In 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 the Olympic Games represented the World Championships at the same time.

All-time medal table (big and small table)

All-time Big (total) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk and Press) medal count below is until the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships .

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	494	223	126	843
2	Soviet Union	331	208	93	632
3	Bulgaria	222	219	174	625
4th	Russia	114	132	89	335
5	Poland	64	98	122	284
6th	United States	54	78	71	203
7th	Germany	49	57	50	156
8th	Turkey	46	53	39	138
9	Iran	44	33	44	121
10	Hungary	39	89	107	235
11	North Korea	37	49	48	134
12	Chinese Taipei	35	66	71	172
13	Kazakhstan	35	22nd	27	84
14th	Austria	32	27	34	93
15th	Greece	26th	43	42	111
16	Cuba	26th	20th	36	82
17th	Japan	23	47	70	140
18th	Belarus	23	15th	27	65
19th	German Democratic Republic	20th	61	70	151
20th	South Korea	19th	49	64	132
21st	Romania	19th	25th	37	81
22nd	Thailand	17th	39	39	95
23	Ukraine	16	24	41	81
24	Egypt	15th	14th	21st	50
25th	Georgia	13	5	5	23
26th	Colombia	12	20th	23	55
27	Finland	12	11	22nd	45
28	France	11	21st	34	66
29	Qatar	10	5	9	24
30th	Armenia	9	14th	24	37
31	India	7th	26th	15th	48
32	Azerbaijan	7th	6th	5	18th
33	Indonesia	6th	15th	29	50
34	Uzbekistan	6th	6th	5	17th
35	Czechoslovakia	5	14th	40	59
36	Vietnam	5	8th	10	23
37	United Kingdom	5	7th	20th	32
38	Australia	5	7th	12	24
39	Norway	5	5	4th	14th
40	Switzerland	5	5	3	13
41	Estonia	4th	5	6th	15th
42	Chile	4th	1	0	5
43	Italy	3	10	15th	28
44	Belgium	3	8th	4th	15th
45	Spain	3	4th	13	20th
46	Sweden	3	4th	10	17th
47	Myanmar	3	2	8th	13
48	Slovakia	3	1	4th	8th
49	Latvia	2	5	13	20th
50	Turkmenistan	2	4th	3	9
51	Albania	2	2	1	5
52	Canada	1	8th	8th	17th
53	Nigeria	1	4th	9	14th
54	Ecuador	1	4th	8th	13
55	Moldova	1	3	5	9
56	Lithuania	1	3	2	6th
57	Philippines	1	1	6th	8th
58	Venezuela	1	1	2	4th
59	Croatia	0	4th	0	4th
60	Dominican Republic	0	3	7th	10
61	Denmark	0	3	0	3
62	Lebanon	0	2	2	4th
63	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
64	New Zealand	0	2	0	2
65	Mexico	0	1	6th	7th
66	Argentina	0	1	1	2
67	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
68	Nauru	0	2	0	2
69	Micronesia	0	1	0	1
70	Guyana	0	1	0	1
71	Macau	0	0	3	3
72	Tunisia	0	0	3	3
73	CIS	0	0	1	1
74	Iraq	0	0	1	1
75	Israel	0	0	1	1
76	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
Total		1966	1962	1960	5888

• Source:
• http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF - Page 80 - 82
• From 2009 to 2017 medals add from wikipedia pages (IWF Results Page).

Eternal medal table

This list shows the medal wins of men and women by nationality from 1891 up to and including the 2019 title fights . Medal wins in tearing, pushing and pushing are not recorded, so only those achieved in the all-around competition.

As of October 7, 2019

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	182	87	45	314
2	Soviet Union	152	90	31	273
3	Bulgaria	78	81	65	224
4th	United States	41	50	32	123
5	Russia	39	48	35	122
6th	Austria	32	27	31	90
7th	Germany with the GDR	31	59	58	148
8th	Poland	25th	36	56	117
9	Iran	23	12	28	63
10	Chinese Taipei	15th	20th	24	58
11	Kazakhstan	15th	9	7th	31
12	Turkey	14th	20th	15th	49
13	North Korea	13	23	23	59
14th	Hungary	11	36	40	87
15th	Greece	10	15th	11	36
16	Japan	10	12	26th	48
17th	Egypt	10	12	14th	36
18th	Belarus	8th	9	7th	24
19th	Cuba	8th	5	11	24
20th	South Korea	7th	17th	20th	44
21st	Thailand	7th	14th	19th	40
22nd	France	7th	11	19th	37
23	Ukraine	7th	5	17th	29
24	Romania	6th	13	12	31
25th	Armenia	5	8th	7th	20th
26th	Colombia	5	6th	8th	19th
27	Great Britain	5	3	9	17th
28	Georgia	5	3	3	11
29	Switzerland	4th	4th	2	10
30th	Finland	4th	2	10	16
31	Qatar	4th	2	3	9
32	India	3	8th	5	16
33	Indonesia	3	7th	10	20th
34	Czechoslovakia	3	3	15th	21st
35	Estonia	3	3	7th	13
36	Azerbaijan	3	2	4th	9
37	Spain	2	2	3	6th
38	Italy	1	5	9	15th
39	Latvia	1	3	7th	11
40	Vietnam	1	3	5	9
41	Vietnam	1	3	4th	8th
42	Norway	1	3	0	4th
42	Turkmenistan	1	3	0	4th
44	Canada	1	2	4th	7th
45	Sweden	1	1	6th	8th
46	Uzbekistan	1	1	3	5
47	Chile	1	1	0	2
48	Slovakia	1	0	1	2
49	Belgium	0	4th	3	7th
50	Denmark	0	3	0	3
51	Ecuador	0	2	5	7th
52	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
53	Nigeria	0	1	3	4th
54	Moldova	0	1	2	3
55	Argentina	0	1	1	2
55	Lithuania	0	1	1	2
57	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
	Albania	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
62	Myanmar	0	0	5	5
62	Dominican Republic	0	0	5	5
64	Philippines	0	0	3	3
65	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
64	Iraq	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Total		811	810	808	2429

* Russia is the legal successor to the USSR.

The most successful participants

This list shows the athletes who have won the most World Cup medals in Olympic duels (until 1972 triathlon ). Women are not yet represented in the list.

Athlete	Nation (s)	gender				Total
Vasily Alexeyev	USSR	M.	8th	0	0	8th
Jurik Vardanyan	USSR	M.	7th	1	0	8th
Naim Suleymanoglu	Bulgaria / Turkey	M.	7th	1	0	8th
Josef Grafl	Austria	M.	6th	2	0	8th
Tommy Kono	United States	M.	6th	1	1	8th
John Davis	United States	M.	6th	1	0	7th
Yoshinobu Miyake	Japan	M.	6th	0	1	7th
David Rigert	USSR	M.	6th	0	1	7th
Waldemar Baszanowski	Poland	M.	5	5	0	10
Arkady Vorobyov	USSR	M.	5	2	1	8th
Pete George	United States	M.	5	2	0	7th
Yanko Russew	Bulgaria	M.	5	2	0	7th
Halil Mutlu	Turkey	M.	5	2	0	7th
Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	M.	5	1	3	9
Viktor Kurentsov	USSR	M.	5	1	0	6th
Stanley Stanczyk	United States	M.	5	0	2	7th
Anatoly Chrapaty	USSR / Kazakhstan	M.	5	0	2	7th
Vladimir Stogov	USSR	M.	5	0	1	6th

Web links

• The World Championships Men overview on Lift Up (English)
• IMF statistics ( Memento from December 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics ( PDF , 30.4 MB)
• Database IWRP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Historical calendar of the ÖGV ( Memento from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ The 1967 World Championships were to take place in Tokyo. The Japanese government banned both the raising of the GDR flag and the playing of the GDR national anthem at the World Cup when an East German athlete won. The GDR, in turn, insisted on hoisting its flag and playing the anthem. Since there was no agreement, the Japanese Association finally canceled the World Cup.