International weightlifting competition
World Weightlifting Championships Status Active Genre Sports event Date(s) November Frequency Annual, apart from Summer Olympic years Location(s) Various Inaugurated 28 March 1891 (1891-03-28 ) Organised by IWF
The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.[1]
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
No.
Year
Dates
City and host country
# Athletes
# Countries
I
1891
28 March
London , United Kingdom
7
6
II
1898
31 July – 1 August
Vienna , Austria
11
3
III
1899
4–5 April
Milan , Italy
5
3
IV
1903
1–3 October
Paris , France
18
5
V
1904
18 April
Vienna , Austria
13
4
VI
1905
8–10 April
Berlin , Germany
41
4
VII
1905
11–13 June
Duisburg , Germany
7
2
VIII
1905
16 & 30 December
Paris , France
16
1
IX
1906
18 March
Lille , France
33
4
X
1907
19 May
Frankfurt , Germany
23
3
XI
1908
8–9 December
Vienna , Austria
23
2
XII
1909
3 October & 2 December
Vienna , Austria
23
3
XIII
1910
4–6 June
Düsseldorf , Germany
57
5
XIV
1910
9–10 October
Vienna , Austria
15
2
XV
1911
29–30 April
Stuttgart , Germany
36
3
XVI
1911
13–14 May
Berlin , Germany
27
2
XVII
1911
26 June
Dresden , Germany
21
3
XVIII
1911
29 June – 2 July
Vienna , Austria
32
3
XIX
1913
28–29 July
Breslau , Germany
40
4
XX
1920
4–8 September
Vienna , Austria
74
4
XXI
1922
29–30 April
Tallinn , Estonia
33
4
XXII
1923
8–9 September
Vienna , Austria
76
7
XXIII
1937
10–12 September
Paris , France
50
10
XXIV
1938
21–23 October
Vienna , Germany
38
11
XXV
1946
18–19 October
Paris , France
79
13
XXVI
1947
26–27 September
Philadelphia , United States
39
12
XXVII
1949
4–6 September
Scheveningen , Netherlands
38
13
XXVIII
1950
13–15 October
Paris , France
56
17
XXIX
1951
26–28 October
Milan , Italy
62
14
XXX
1953
26–30 August
Stockholm , Sweden
70
19
XXXI
1954
7–10 October
Vienna , Austria
100
23
XXXII
1955
12–16 October
Munich , West Germany
108
25
XXXIII
1957
8–12 November
Tehran , Iran
76
21
XXXIV
1958
16–21 September
Stockholm , Sweden
96
27
XXXV
1959
29 September – 4 October
Warsaw , Poland
85
19
XXXVI
1961
20–25 September
Vienna , Austria
120
33
XXXVII
1962
16–22 September
Budapest , Hungary
113
27
XXXVIII
1963
16–22 September
Stockholm , Sweden
134
32
XXXIX
1964
11–18 October
Tokyo , Japan
149
42
XL
1965
27 October – 3 November
Tehran , Iran
85
24
XLI
1966
15–21 October
East Berlin , East Germany
117
28
XLII
1968
13–19 October
Mexico City , Mexico
160
55
XLIII
1969
20–28 September
Warsaw , Poland
166
37
XLIV
1970
12–20 September
Columbus , United States
129
28
XLV
1971
18–26 September
Lima , Peru
144
30
XLVI
1972
27 August – 6 September
Munich , West Germany
188
54
XLVII
1973
15–23 September
Havana , Cuba
189
39
XLVIII
1974
21–29 September
Manila , Philippines
143
32
XLIX
1975
15–23 September
Moscow , Soviet Union
169
33
L
1976
18–27 July
Montreal , Canada
173
46
LI
1977
17–25 September
Stuttgart , West Germany
186
44
LII
1978
4–8 October
Gettysburg , United States
185
35
LIII
1979
3–11 November
Thessaloniki , Greece
189
39
LIV
1980
20–30 July
Moscow , Soviet Union
173
40
LV
1981
13–20 September
Lille , France
194
35
LVI
1982
18–26 September
Ljubljana , Yugoslavia
205
38
LVII
1983
22–31 October
Moscow , Soviet Union
187
32
LVIII
1984
29 July – 8 August
Los Angeles , United States
187
48
LIX
1985
23 August – 1 September
Södertälje , Sweden
195
38
LX
1986
8–15 November
Sofia , Bulgaria
193
41
LXI
1987
6–13 September
Ostrava , Czechoslovakia
168
29
LXII
1989
16–23 September
Athens , Greece
220
37
LXIII
1990
10–18 November
Budapest , Hungary
182
38
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
No.
Year
Dates
City and host country
Men
Women
M
W
# Athletes
# Countries
# Athletes
# Countries
LXIV
V
1991
27 September – 6 October
Donaueschingen , Germany
200
40
108
24
—
VI
1992
16–24 May
Varna , Bulgaria
—
—
110
25
LXV
VII
1993
11–21 November
Melbourne , Australia
195
57
94
25
LXVI
VIII
1994
17–27 November
Istanbul , Turkey
242
52
105
30
LXVII
IX
1995
16–26 November
Guangzhou , China
345
63
93
26
—
X
1996
3–11 May
Warsaw , Poland
—
—
102
24
LXVIII
XI
1997
6–14 December
Chiang Mai , Thailand
189
51
143
39
LXIX
XII
1998
10–15 November
Lahti , Finland
210
53
122
35
LXX
XIII
1999
21–28 November
Athens , Greece
395
79
231
51
LXXI
XIV
2001
4–11 November
Antalya , Turkey
153
47
114
34
LXXII
XV
2002
18–26 November
Warsaw , Poland
170
47
115
37
LXXIII
XVI
2003
14–22 November
Vancouver , Canada
297
59
208
47
LXXIV
XVII
2005
9–17 November
Doha , Qatar
169
58
112
42
LXXV
XVIII
2006
30 September – 7 October
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
298
58
186
39
LXXVI
XIX
2007
17–26 September
Chiang Mai , Thailand
355
70
225
53
LXXVII
XX
2009
20–29 November
Goyang , South Korea
196
57
133
38
LXXVIII
XXI
2010
17–26 September
Antalya , Turkey
312
63
203
50
LXXIX
XXII
2011
5–13 November
Paris , France
307
75
212
61
LXXX
XXIII
2013
20–27 October
Wrocław , Poland
168
49
124
37
LXXXI
XXIV
2014
8–16 November
Almaty , Kazakhstan
307
62
219
51
LXXXII
XXV
2015
20–28 November
Houston , United States
324
76
261
72
LXXXIII
XXVI
2017
28 November – 5 December
Anaheim , United States
176
54
139
44
LXXXIV
XXVII
2018
1–10 November
Ashgabat , Turkmenistan
272
68
310
73
LXXXV
XXVIII
2019
18–27 September
Pattaya , Thailand
313
84
275
79
LXXXVI
XXIX
2021
Lima , Peru
LXXXVII
XXX
2022
Chongqing , China
All-time medal table
Total
All-time big (total) medal count below updated after the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships .
Big and small medals
All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships .
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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