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Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
Governing bodyIWF
Events15 (men: 8; women: 7)
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.

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.

1920–1936 1948 1952–1968 1972–1976 1980–1992 1996 2000–2016
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg 		Heavyweight
+90 kg 		Super heavyweight
+110 kg 		Super heavyweight
+108 kg 		Super heavyweight
+105 kg
Heavyweight
90–110 kg 		Heavyweight
100–110 kg
Heavyweight
99–108 kg
Heavyweight
94–105 kg
First-heavyweight
90–100 kg
First-heavyweight
91–99 kg
Middle-heavyweight
85–94 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
69–77 kg
Middleweight
70–76 kg
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
Lightweight
64–70 kg
Lightweight
62–69 kg
Lightweight
60-67.5 kg
Featherweight
59–64 kg
Featherweight
56–62 kg
Featherweight
−60 kg 		Featherweight
56–60 kg
Bantamweight
54–59 kg
Bantamweight
−56 kg 		Bantamweight
52–56 kg 		Bantamweight
−56 kg
Flyweight
−54 kg
Flyweight
−52 kg
5 6 7 9 10 10 8
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 Years
Super heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X 12
Heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
First-heavyweight X X X X X 5
Middle-heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 17
Light-heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
Middleweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
Lightweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
Featherweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
Bantamweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
Flyweight X X X X X X X 7
Classes 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 174

Women's events

Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, with seven weight classes which have not changed since.

Weight class 00 04 08 12 16 Years
+75 kg X X X X X 5
75 kg X X X X X 5
69 kg X X X X X 5
63 kg X X X X X 5
58 kg X X X X X 5
53 kg X X X X X 5
48 kg X X X X X 5
Classes 7 7 7 7 7 35

Medal table

1  Soviet Union (URS) 39 21 2 62
2  China (CHN) 29 13 8 50
3  United States (USA) 16 16 11 43
4  Bulgaria (BUL) 12 16 8 36
5  France (FRA) 9 3 3 15
6  Turkey (TUR) 8 1 2 11
7  Germany (GER) 6 7 7 20
8  Greece (GRE) 6 5 4 15
9  Poland (POL) 5 6 21 32
10  Iran (IRI) 5 5 6 16
11  Italy (ITA) 5 4 5 14
12  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 5 4 1 10
13  Unified Team (EUN) 5 4 0 9
14  Egypt (EGY) 5 2 2 9
15  North Korea (PRK) 4 4 5 13
16  Russia (RUS) 3 13 10 26
17  South Korea (KOR) 3 4 4 11
18  Austria (AUT) 3 4 2 9
19  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3 2 3 8
 Ukraine (UKR) 3 2 3 8
21  Thailand (THA) 3 1 3 7
22  Hungary (HUN) 2 9 9 20
23  Romania (ROU) 2 7 4 13
24  Japan (JPN) 2 3 8 13
25  West Germany (FRG) 2 2 3 7
26  Cuba (CUB) 2 1 2 5
27  East Germany (GDR) 1 4 6 11
28  Belarus (BLR) 1 3 6 10
29  Estonia (EST) 1 3 3 7
 Great Britain (GBR) 1 3 3 7
31  Colombia (COL) 1 2 1 4
 Belgium (BEL) 1 2 1 4
33  Denmark (DEN) 1 2 0 3
34  Australia (AUS) 1 1 2 4
35  Finland (FIN) 1 0 2 3
36  Croatia (CRO) 1 0 1 2
 Georgia (GEO) 1 0 1 2
38  Mexico (MEX) 1 0 0 1
 Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
40  Indonesia (INA) 0 3 5 8
41  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 2 4 6
42  Switzerland (SUI) 0 2 2 4
43  Canada (CAN) 0 2 1 3
44  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 1 2 3
45  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 1 2
 Latvia (LAT) 0 1 1 2
47  Lebanon (LIB) 0 1 0 1
 Luxembourg (LUX) 0 1 0 1
 Nigeria (NGR) 0 1 0 1
 Singapore (SIN) 0 1 0 1
 Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 0 1
52  Armenia (ARM) 0 0 5 5
53  Sweden (SWE) 0 0 4 4
54  Netherlands (NED) 0 0 3 3
55  Moldova (MDA) 0 0 2 2
56  Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 0 1 1
 Iraq (IRQ) 0 0 1 1
 India (IND) 0 0 1 1
 Qatar (QAT) 0 0 1 1
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 1 1
Total 200 196 197 593

Nations

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 Albania (ALB)       1 3 1 1 2 3 4 7
 Algeria (ALG)       3 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 9
 American Samoa (ASA)       2 1 1 1 1 5
 Argentina (ARG)       3 3 1 8 5 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 13
 Armenia (ARM)       10 4 4 6 6 5
 Aruba (ARU)       1 1 1 3
 Australia (AUS)       2 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 5 4 4 4 7 12 2 2 2 17
 Austria (AUT)       15 10 2 10 6 4 2 4 3 1 6 5 3 6 1 1 16
 Azerbaijan (AZE)       2 4 5 5 6 5
 Barbados (BAR)       1 1 2
 Belarus (BLR)       9 5 8 10 8 5
 Belgium (BEL)       7 8 8 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 15
 Belize (BIZ)       1 1
 Bolivia (BOL)       1 1 1 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)       1 1
 Brazil (BRA)       3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 13
 British West Indies (BWI)       1 1
 Bulgaria (BUL)       3 7 5 5 9 9 10 6 10 10 9 9 2 13
 Cameroon (CMR)       2 1 1 2 1 2 6
 Canada (CAN)       5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 3 2 2 2 2 5 3 16
 Chile (CHI)       1 1 2 3
 China (CHN)       10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)       4 7 1 4 4 7 5 4 8
 Colombia (COL)       2 3 2 2 5 3 4 5 3 9 10 8 12
 Comoros (COM)       1 1
 Cook Islands (COK)       2 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Costa Rica (CRC)       3 1 2
 Croatia (CRO)       1 1 2
 Cuba (CUB)       3 1 1 1 5 6 9 9 8 5 5 2 6 4 14
 Czech Republic (CZE)       2 1 1 1 1 5
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)       2 6 7 2 6 4 1 3 2 1 3 7 10 5 5 15
 Cyprus (CYP)       1 1
 Denmark (DEN) 1       5 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 12
 Dominican Republic (DOM)       2 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 11
 East Germany (GDR)       3 8 7 9 4 5
 Ecuador (ECU)       1 3 1 2 2 4 6
 Egypt (EGY)       1 1 2 8 8 6 7 5 3 2 10 5 5 1 2 5 5 8 17
 El Salvador (ESA)       2 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Estonia (EST)       3 8 4 4 4
 Fiji (FIJ)       1 1 1 1 2 5
 Finland (FIN)       1 4 7 1 2 4 5 9 5 7 5 4 4 2 1 1 1 17
 France (FRA)       10 14 10 5 8 9 5 3 6 2 5 3 8 4 2 4 6 2 3 5 4 4 22
 Georgia (GEO)       1 3 2 3 3 5
 Germany (GER) 1   1     10 4 10 5 10 10 5 4 5 5 12
 Ghana (GHA)       1 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 1       2 10 5 5 10 5 5 7 5 7 9 8 10 10 10 6 1 1 2 1 5 22
 Greece (GRE) 3   1     1 1 2 4 4 5 9 4 5 10 8 10 4 1 16
 Guam (GUM)       2 1 1 3
 Guatemala (GUA)       1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 10
 Guyana (GUY)       2 1 2 1 1 1 6
 Haiti (HAI)       1 1
 Honduras (HON)       1 1 2
 Hong Kong (HKG)       1 1
 Hungary (HUN) 1       2 3 2 5 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 1 1 17
 Iceland (ISL)       1 2 1 3 4
 India (IND)       1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 5 3 3 2 17
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)       1 1
 Indonesia (INA)       1 1 2 3 1 1 3 5 4 1 3 6 5 6 14
 Iran (IRI)       5 7 7 5 5 4 3 7 5 6 6 3 6 13
 Iraq (IRQ)       5 7 1 5 2 5 1 1 1 9
 Ireland (IRL)       2 1 2
 Israel (ISR)       2 3 1 1 3 1 6
 Italy (ITA)       5 15 6 4 4 1 6 4 7 2 3 6 1 3 3 6 3 2 4 4 1 21
 Jamaica (JAM)       2 1 1 3
 Japan (JPN)       1 5 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 7 8 4 6 5 15
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)       7 6 3 8 8 5
 Kenya (KEN)       1 4 1 1 1 5
 Kiribati (KIR)       1 1 1 3
 Kuwait (KUW)       1 1 2
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)       2 1 1 1 4
 Latvia (LAT)       4 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 8
 Lebanon (LIB)       1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 9
 Libya (LBA)       2 2 1 2 4
 Lithuania (LTU)       1 1 1 1 1 5
 Luxembourg (LUX)       3 4 3 2 2 5
 Madagascar (MAD)       1 1 2
 Malaysia (MAL)       3 2 2
 Malaysia (MAS)       6 2 1 1 4
 Mauritius (MRI)       1 2 1 1 1 5
 Mexico (MEX)       3 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 14
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)       1 1 1 1 4
 Moldova (MDA)       5 3 3 5 2 5
 Monaco (MON)       1 1 2
 Mongolia (MGL)       4 3 2 1 1 5
 Morocco (MAR)       4 2 1 1 1 5
 Myanmar (MYA)       1 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 1 9
 Nauru (NRU)       3 2 3 1 1 5
 Nepal (NEP)       2 2 1 1 1 5
 Netherlands (NED)       5 3 10 2 2 1 6
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)       5 3 2 1 4
 New Zealand (NZL)       1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 1 13
 Nicaragua (NCA)       1 2 2 2 1 1 1 7
 Nigeria (NGR)       2 6 4 1 1 5 2 3 2 9
 North Korea (PRK)       1 3 5 10 2 4 4 7 8 9
 Norway (NOR)       3 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 8
 Pakistan (PAK)       2 1 3 2 1 1 2 7
 Palau (PLW)       1 1 2
 Panama (PAN)       1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 11
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)       2 1 1 1 1 1 2 7
 Peru (PER)       3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 8
 Philippines (PHI)       1 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 11
 Poland (POL)       4 5 7 7 7 9 9 10 7 9 5 9 7 10 9 15
 Portugal (POR)       1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 9
 Puerto Rico (PUR)       3 2 4 6 6 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 13
 Qatar (QAT)       2 2 2
 Republic of China (ROC)       3 3 2 7 5 1 6
 Romania (ROU)       4 2 2 2 1 10 10 4 6 5 5 7 5 4 14
 Russia (RUS)       9 9 9 10 10 5
 Samoa (SAM)       2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 8
 San Marino (SMR)       1 1 2
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)       1 4 1 3
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)       1 1
 Seychelles (SEY)       1 1 1 1 4
 Sierra Leone (SLE)       1 1 2
 Singapore (SIN)       3 3 1 2 1 1 6
 Slovakia (SVK)       3 1 3 1 1 5
 Solomon Islands (SOL)       1 1 1 1 1 1 6
 South Africa (RSA)       2 4 3 3 1 1 1 7
 South Korea (KOR)       8 4 6 7 7 6 1 9 10 10 7 8 8 9 10 15
 Soviet Union (URS)       7 7 6 7 7 9 9 10 9 9
 Spain (ESP)       2 1 1 4 6 6 1 3 2 2 2 11
 Sri Lanka (SRI)       1 1 1 3
 Sudan (SUD)       2 1 1 3
 Swaziland (SWZ)       1 2 2
 Sweden (SWE)       6 5 2 2 4 7 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 6 3 5 2 17
 Switzerland (SUI)       2 9 10 5 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 11
 Syria (SYR)       4 2 1 1 1 2 6
 Tajikistan (TJK)       1 1
 Thailand (THA)       4 2 1 1 1 1 5 5 7 7 10
 Tonga (TGA)       1 1 1 1 4
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)       1 2 2 2 1 5
 Tunisia (TUN)       2 1 1 2 2 2 6
 Turkey (TUR)       1 1 1 2 2 4 5 6 9 7 9 6 9 13
 Turkmenistan (TKM)       1 1 2 3 4
 Tuvalu (TUV)       1 1 2
 Uganda (UGA)       2 2 1 1 1 5
 Ukraine (UKR)       7 10 9 9 9 5
 Unified Team (EUN)       10 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA)       2 7 6 3
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)       1 1
 United States (USA)   3     10 10 12 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 10 6 5 6 3 19
 Uruguay (URU)       1 1 1 3
 Uzbekistan (UZB)       5 2 3 2 6 5
 Venezuela (VEN)       2 1 1 3 1 2 3 7 3 9
 Vietnam (VIE)       1 2 2 3
 Virgin Islands (ISV)       1 1
 West Germany (FRG)       5 7 6 6 7 5
 Yugoslavia (YUG)       2 2 2
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)       1 1
No. of nations 5 3 14 16 19 8 15 30 41 34 53 42 55 54 46 39 48 62 69 77 76 79 84 84 148
No. of athletes 7 5 53 107 95 29 80 120 142 105 172 149 160 188 173 172 186 226 244 243 246 249 253 259 2710

See also

References

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