The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by
International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...
(IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by
Edward Lawrence Levy of England.
Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women):
*Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
*Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.
Competitions
Men
* 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
Combined
All-time medal table
Total
All-time big (total) medal count below updated after the
2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
Big and small medals
All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after the
2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
* Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Multiple medalists
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.
See also
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Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, 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
Event ...
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List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (men)
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List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (women)
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IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships
The IWF Youth World Championships is organised by the International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting ...
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IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships
The IWF Junior World Championships is organised by the International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlif ...
References
External links
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics
Database IWRP
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Weightlifting competitions
World championships