World Weightlifting Championships 2011

“Weightlifting” pictogram.

The 2011 World Weightlifting Championships took place from November 5th to 13th, 2011 at Disneyland Paris near the French capital Paris . It was the 79th men's world championship and also the 22nd women's. The event was part of qualifying for the London 2012 Olympics.

Men

Class up to 56 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-56 kg	Duel	Wu Jingbiao	292 kg	Zhao Chaojun	284 kg	Valentin Xristov	276 kg
	Tear	Wu Jingbiao	133 kg	Zhao Chaojun	128 kg	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn	125 kg
	Bump	Wu Jingbiao	159 kg	Zhao Chaojun	156 kg	Valentin Xristov	154 kg

Class up to 62 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-62 kg	Duel	Zhang Jie	321 kg	Kim Un-guk	320 kg	Eko Yuli Irawan	310 kg
	Tear	Kim Un-guk	150 kg	Zhang Jie	145 kg	Bünyamin Sezer	141 kg
	Bump	Zhang Jie	176 kg	Eko Yuli Irawan	171 kg	Kim Un-guk	170 kg

Class up to 69 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-69 kg	Duel	Tang Deshang	341 kg	Oleg Chen	336 kg	Wu Chao	335 kg
	Tear	Mete Binay	157 kg	Oleg Chen	156 kg	Tang Deshang	155 kg
	Bump	Tang Deshang	186 kg	Wu Chao	185 kg	Won Jeong-Sik	182 kg

The German participant Simon Brandhuber landed with 296 kg in a duel in 34th place.

Class up to 77 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-77 kg	Duel	Lu Xiaojun	375 kg	Su Dajin	372 kg	Sa Jae-Hyouk	360 kg
	Tear	Lu Xiaojun	170 kg	Su Dajin	166 kg	Tigran Geworg Martirosjan	166 kg
	Bump	Su Dajin	206 kg	Lu Xiaojun	205 kg	Sa Jae-Hyouk	203 kg

The German participant Jakob Neufeld landed with 331 kg in a duel in 14th place.

Class up to 85 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-85 kg	Duel	Kianoush Rostami	382 kg	Benjamin Hennequin	378 kg	Adrian Zieliński	376 kg
	Tear	Andrei Rybakou	178 kg	Adrian Zieliński	174 kg	Kianoush Rostami	173 kg
	Bump	Kianoush Rostami	209 kg	Benjamin Hennequin	208 kg	Yoelmis Hernandez	205 kg

The German participant Tom Schwarzbach landed with 359 kg in a duel in 12th place.

Class up to 94 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-94 kg	Duel	Ilya Ilyin	407 kg	Artem Ivanov	407 kg	Saeid Mohammadpour	402 kg
	Tear	Alexander Ivanov	186 kg	Artem Ivanov	186 kg	Kim Min-jae	182 kg
	Bump	Ilya Ilyin	226 kg	Ruslan Nurudinov	221 kg	Saeid Mohammadpour	221 kg

Class up to 105 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-105 kg	Duel	Khadzhimurat Akkayev	430 kg	Dmitri Klokow	428 kg	Oleksiy Torokhtiy	410 kg
	Tear	Khadzhimurat Akkayev	198 kg	Dmitri Klokow	196 kg	Gia Machavariani	187 kg
	Bump	Khadzhimurat Akkayev	232 kg	Dmitri Klokow	232 kg	Oleksiy Torokhtiy	229 kg

The German participant Robby Behn landed with 360 kg in a duel in 18th place.

Class over 105 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
+105 kg	Duel	Behdad Salimikordasiabi	464 kg	Sajjad Anoushiravani	439 kg	Jeon Sang-Guen	433 kg
	Tear	Behdad Salimikordasiabi	214 kg	Ihor Shymechko	200 kg	Sajjad Anoushiravani	198 kg
	Bump	Behdad Salimikordasiabi	250 kg	Sajjad Anoushiravani	241 kg	Jeon Sang-Guen	241 kg

The German participant Almir Velagic landed with 411 kg in a duel in 9th place.

Women

Class up to 48 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-48 kg	Duel	Tian Yuan	207 kg	Panida Khamsri	187 kg	Nurdan Karagöz	183 kg
	Tear	Tian Yuan	090 kg	Genny Pagliaro	083 kg	Marzena Karpińska	082 kg
	Bump	Tian Yuan	117 kg	Panida Khamsri	107 kg	Nurdan Karagöz	103 kg

Class up to 53 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-53 kg	Duel	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	227 kg	Aylin Daşdelen	219 kg	Ji Jing	214 kg
	Tear	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	097 kg	Yudelquis Maridalin	095 kg	Hsu Shu-ching	093 kg
	Bump	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	130 kg	Aylin Daşdelen	126 kg	Ji Jing	121 kg

The German participant Julia Rohde landed with 191 kg in a duel in 14th place.

Class up to 58 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-58 kg	Duel	Nastassja Novikawa	237 kg	Li Xueying	236 kg	Pimsiri Sirikaew	230 kg
	Tear	Li Xueying	103 kg	Nastassja Novikawa	101 kg	Romela Begaj	100 kg
	Bump	Nastassja Novikawa	136 kg	Li Xueying	133 kg	Pimsiri Sirikaew	131 kg

The German participant Christin Ulrich landed in a duel in 15th place with 199 kg, Sabine Kusterer was 21st with 192 kg.

Class up to 63 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-63 kg	Duel	Svetlana Zarukayeva	255 kg	Maija Manesa	248 kg	Ouyang Xiaofang	246 kg
	Tear	Svetlana Zarukayeva	117 kg	Ouyang Xiaofang	113 kg	Maija Manesa	109 kg
	Bump	Maija Manesa	139 kg	Svetlana Zarukayeva	138 kg	Roxana Cocoș	136 kg

Class up to 69 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-69 kg	Duel	Oksana Slivenko	266 kg	Xiang Yanmei	264 kg	Tatiana Matveeva	253 kg
	Tear	Oksana Slivenko	118 kg	Xiang Yanmei	116 kg	Huang Shih-Hsu	116 kg
	Bump	Oksana Slivenko	148 kg	Xiang Yanmei	148 kg	Tatiana Matveeva	143 kg

The German participant Anett Goppold landed with 200 kg in a duel in 28th place.

Class up to 75 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-75 kg	Duel	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	293 kg	Svetlana Podobedowa	287 kg	Kim Un-Ju	265 kg
	Tear	Svetlana Podobedowa	131 kg	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	130 kg	Iryna Kulesha	121 kg
	Bump	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	163 kg	Svetlana Podobedowa	156 kg	Kim Un-Ju	151 kg

The German participant Yvonne Kranz landed with 220 kg in a duel in 16th place, Mandy Wedow was 19 with 217 kg.

Class over 75 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
+75 kg	Duel	Zhou Lulu	328 kg	Tatiana Kashirina	322 kg	Mariam Usman	283 kg
	Tear	Tatiana Kashirina	147 kg	Zhou Lulu	146 kg	Hripsime Khurschudjan	125 kg
	Bump	Zhou Lulu	182 kg	Tatiana Kashirina	175 kg	Mariam Usman	156 kg

The German participant Kathleen Schöppe landed with 237 kg in a duel in 15th place.

Medal table

All medals

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	16	15th	5	36
2	Russia	12	9	2	23
3	Kazakhstan	7th	3	1	11
4th	Iran	5	2	4th	11
5	Belarus	3	1	1	5
6th	Turkey	1	2	3	6th
7th	North Korea	1	1	3	5
8th	Ukraine	0	3	5	8th
9	Thailand	0	2	2	4th
10	France	0	2	0	0
11	Poland	0	1	2	3
12	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
13	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
16	South Korea	0	0	6th	6th
17th	Azerbaijan	0	0	2	2
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
19th	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Total		45	45	45	135

Duel

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	6th	4th	3	13
2	Russia	4th	3	1	8th
3	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	4th
4th	Iran	2	1	1	4th
5	Belarus	1	0	0	1
6th	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
7th	North Korea	0	1	1	2
	Thailand	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
10	France	0	1	0	1
11	South Korea	0	0	2	2
12	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		15th	15th	15th	45

doping

The Tunisian Khalil El-Maaoui (56 kg), the Tajike Nizom Sangov (62 kg), the Slovak Karol Samko (77 kg) and the Czech Libor Wälzer (105 kg) as well as the Albanian Shqiponja Brahja (48 kg), the Malayin Raihan Yusoff (53 kg), the Nigerian Hadiza Zakari (75 kg) and the Ukrainian Olha Korobka (3rd place +75 kg) were disqualified for doping .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 13, 2011)

Web links

• Official website of the 2011 World Cup in Paris
• http://www.iwf.net/news/news_doc/2011_World_Weightlifting_Championships-presentation.pdf (link not available)
• Results