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World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

Summary

International weightlifting competition

Field	Value
name	World Weightlifting Championships
status	Active
genre	Sports event
frequency	Annual, apart from Summer Olympic years
first
founder_name	Weightlifting association of six different countries
last	2025
prev	2024
next	2026
organised	IWF
member	193
website	https://iwf.sport/events/world-championships/
current	2025

The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually (except for years of the Summer Olympic Games) by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the IWF was founded in 1905, but World Championship events began before its foundation. The first recognized World Championship event was held in 1891, and was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.

Athletes today compete in a total of 16 weight categories (8 for men and 8 for women):

Men categories: 60 kg, 65 kg, 71 kg, 79 kg, 88 kg, 94 kg, 110 kg and +110 kg.
Women categories: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 86 kg and +86 kg.

Competitions

Men

No.	Year	Dates	City and host country	# Athletes	# Countries
I	1891	28 March	GBR London, United Kingdom	7	6
II	1898	31 July – 1 August	AUT Vienna, Austria	11	3
III	1899	4–5 April	ITA Milan, Italy	5	3
IV	1903	1–3 October	FRA Paris, France	18	5
V	1904	18 April	AUT Vienna, Austria	13	4
VI	1905	8–10 April	GER Berlin, Germany	41	4
VII	1905	11–13 June	GER Duisburg, Germany	7	2
VIII	1905	16 & 30 December	FRA Paris, France	16	1
IX	1906	18 March	FRA Lille, France	33	4
X	1907	19 May	GER Frankfurt, Germany	23	3
XI	1908	8–9 December	AUT Vienna, Austria	23	2
XII	1909	3 October & 2 December	AUT Vienna, Austria	23	3
XIII	1910	4–6 June	GER Düsseldorf, Germany	57	5
XIV	1910	9–10 October	AUT Vienna, Austria	15	2
XV	1911	29–30 April	GER Stuttgart, Germany	36	3
XVI	1911	13–14 May	GER Berlin, Germany	27	2
XVII	1911	26 June	GER Dresden, Germany	21	3
XVIII	1911	29 June – 2 July	AUT Vienna, Austria	32	3
XIX	1913	28–29 July	GER Breslau, Germany	40	4
XX	1920	4–8 September	AUT Vienna, Austria	74	4
XXI	1922	29–30 April	EST Tallinn, Estonia	33	4
XXII	1923	8–9 September	AUT Vienna, Austria	76	7
XXIII	1937	10–12 September	FRA Paris, France	50	10
XXIV	1938	21–23 October	GER Vienna, Germany	38	11
XXV	1946	18–19 October	FRA Paris, France	79	13
XXVI	1947	26–27 September	USA Philadelphia, United States	39	12
XXVII	1949	4–6 September	NED Scheveningen, Netherlands	38	13
XXVIII	1950	13–15 October	FRA Paris, France	56	17
XXIX	1951	26–28 October	ITA Milan, Italy	62	14
XXX	1953	26–30 August	SWE Stockholm, Sweden	70	19
XXXI	1954	7–10 October	AUT Vienna, Austria	100	23
XXXII	1955	12–16 October	FRG Munich, West Germany	108	25
XXXIII	1957	8–12 November	IRI Tehran, Iran	76	21
XXXIV	1958	16–21 September	SWE Stockholm, Sweden	96	27
XXXV	1959	29 September – 4 October	POL Warsaw, Poland	85	19
XXXVI	1961	20–25 September	AUT Vienna, Austria	120	33
XXXVII	1962	16–22 September	HUN Budapest, Hungary	113	27
XXXVIII	1963	16–22 September	SWE Stockholm, Sweden	134	32
XXXIX	1964	11–18 October	JPN Tokyo, Japan	149	42
XL	1965	27 October – 3 November	IRI Tehran, Iran	85	24
XLI	1966	15–21 October	GDR East Berlin, East Germany	117	28
XLII	1968	13–19 October	MEX Mexico City, Mexico	160	55
XLIII	1969	20–28 September	POL Warsaw, Poland	166	37
XLIV	1970	12–20 September	USA Columbus, United States	129	28
XLV	1971	18–26 September	PER Lima, Peru	144	30
XLVI	1972	27 August – 6 September	FRG Munich, West Germany	188	54
XLVII	1973	15–23 September	CUB Havana, Cuba	189	39
XLVIII	1974	21–29 September	PHI Manila, Philippines	143	32
XLIX	1975	15–23 September	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	169	33
L	1976	18–27 July	CAN Montreal, Canada	173	46
LI	1977	17–25 September	FRG Stuttgart, West Germany	186	44
LII	1978	4–8 October	USA Gettysburg, United States	185	35
LIII	1979	3–11 November	GRE Thessaloniki, Greece	189	39
LIV	1980	20–30 July	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	173	40
LV	1981	13–20 September	FRA Lille, France	194	35
LVI	1982	18–26 September	YUG Ljubljana, Yugoslavia	205	38
LVII	1983	22–31 October	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	187	32
LVIII	1984	29 July – 8 August	USA Los Angeles, United States	187	48
LIX	1985	23 August – 1 September	SWE Södertälje, Sweden	195	38
LX	1986	8–15 November	BUL Sofia, Bulgaria	193	41
LXI	1987	6–13 September	TCH Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	168	29
LXII	1989	16–23 September	GRE Piraeus, Greece	220	37
LXIII	1990	10–18 November	HUN 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

No.	Year	Dates	City and host country	# Athletes	# Countries
I	1987	30 October – 1 November	USA Daytona Beach, United States	100	22
II	1988	2–4 December	INA Jakarta, Indonesia	103	23
III	1989	24–26 November	GBR Manchester, United Kingdom	133	25
IV	1990	26 May – 3 June	YUG Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	109	25

Combined

No.	Year	Dates	City and host country	Men	Women	M	W	# Athletes
LXIV	V	1991	27 September – 6 October	GER Donaueschingen, Germany	200	40	108	24
—	VI	1992	16–24 May	BUL Varna, Bulgaria	—	—	110	25
LXV	VII	1993	11–21 November	AUS Melbourne, Australia	195	57	94	25
LXVI	VIII	1994	17–27 November	TUR Istanbul, Turkey	242	52	105	30
LXVII	IX	1995	16–26 November	CHN Guangzhou, China	345	63	93	26
—	X	1996	3–11 May	POL Warsaw, Poland	—	—	102	24
LXVIII	XI	1997	6–14 December	THA Chiang Mai, Thailand	189	51	143	39
LXIX	XII	1998	10–15 November	FIN Lahti, Finland	210	53	122	35
LXX	XIII	1999	21–28 November	GRE Piraeus, Greece	395	79	231	51
LXXI	XIV	2001	4–11 November	TUR Antalya, Turkey	153	47	114	34
LXXII	XV	2002	18–26 November	POL Warsaw, Poland	170	47	115	37
LXXIII	XVI	2003	14–22 November	CAN Vancouver, Canada	297	59	208	47
LXXIV	XVII	2005	9–17 November	QAT Doha, Qatar	169	58	112	42
LXXV	XVIII	2006	30 September – 7 October	DOM Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	298	58	186	39
LXXVI	XIX	2007	17–26 September	THA Chiang Mai, Thailand	355	70	225	53
LXXVII	XX	2009	20–29 November	KOR Goyang, South Korea	196	57	133	38
LXXVIII	XXI	2010	17–26 September	TUR Antalya, Turkey	312	63	203	50
LXXIX	XXII	2011	5–13 November	FRA Paris, France	307	75	212	61
LXXX	XXIII	2013	20–27 October	POL Wrocław, Poland	168	49	124	37
LXXXI	XXIV	2014	8–16 November	KAZ Almaty, Kazakhstan	307	62	219	51
LXXXII	XXV	2015	20–28 November	USA Houston, United States	324	76	261	72
LXXXIII	XXVI	2017	28 November – 5 December	USA Anaheim, United States	176	54	139	44
LXXXIV	XXVII	2018	1–10 November	TKM Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	272	68	310	73
LXXXV	XXVIII	2019	18–27 September	THA Pattaya, Thailand	313	84	275	79
LXXXVI	XXIX	2021	7–17 December	UZB Tashkent, Uzbekistan	235	64	179	54
LXXXVII	XXX	2022	5–16 December	COL Bogotá, Colombia	267	79	270	76
LXXXVIII	XXXI	2023	4–17 September	KSA Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	365	105	354	94
LXXXIX	XXXII	2024	4–14 December	BHR Manama, Bahrain	245	76	226	75
XC	XXXIII	2025	1–10 October	NOR Førde, Norway
XCI	XXXIV	2026		CHN Ningbo, China
XCII	XXXV	2027		ARM Yerevan, Armenia
XCIII	XXXVI	2028		VEN Caracas, Venezuela

All-time medal table

Total

All-time big (total) medal count below updated after the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.

Big and small medals

All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after the 2025 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.

Rank	Weightlifter	Country	Gender	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vasily Alekseyev	URS	M	+110 kg	1970	1977	8	–	–	8
2	Naim (Naum) Süleymanoğlu(Suleymanov, Shalamanov)	BUL	M	56 kg / 60 kg / 64 kg	1983	1995	7	1	–	8
Yurik Vardanyan		M	75 kg / 82.5 kg / 90 kg	1977	1985	7	1	–	8
4	Lasha Talakhadze		M	+105 kg / +109 kg	2015	2023	7	–	–	7
5	Josef Grafl	AUT Austria	M	Open / +80 kg	1904	1913	6	2	–	8
6	Tommy Kono		M	75 kg / 82.5 kg	1953	1962	6	1	1	8
7	John Davis	USA	M	82.5 kg / +82.5 kg / +90 kg	1938	1953	6	1	–	7
8	Yoshinobu Miyake		M	56 kg / 60 kg	1961	1968	6	–	1	7
David Rigert	URS	M	82.5 kg / 90 kg / 100 kg	1970	1978	6	–	1	7
10	Waldemar Baszanowski		M	67.5 kg / 75 kg	1961	1971	5	5	–	10
11	Arkady Vorobyov	URS	M	82.5 kg / 90 kg	1950	1961	5	2	1	8
12	Pete George	USA	M	67.5 kg / 75 kg	1947	1955	5	2	–	7
Halil Mutlu		M	54 kg / 56 kg / 62 kg	1993	2003	5	2	–	7
Yanko Rusev	BUL	M	60 kg / 67.5 kg / 75 kg	1977	1983	5	2	–	7
15	Mohammad Nassiri	IRI	M	56 kg / 52 kg	1966	1976	5	1	3	9
16	Kuo Hsing-chun		F	58 kg / 59 kg	2013	2025	5	1	2	8
17	Chen Lijun		M	62 kg / 67 kg	2013	2023	5	1	–	6
Viktor Kurentsov	URS	M	75 kg	1964	1970	5	1	–	6
Lü Xiaojun		M	77 kg / 81 kg	2009	2019	5	1	–	6
20	Anatoly Khrapaty		M	90 kg / 91 kg / 99 kg	1985	1995	5	–	2	7
Stanley Stanczyk	USA	M	67.5 kg / 75 kg / 82.5 kg	1946	1954	5	–	2	7
22	Vladimir Stogov	URS	M	56 kg	1955	1962	5	–	1	6
23	Deng Wei		F	58 kg / 63 kg / 64 kg	2010	2019	5	–	–	5
Om Yun-chol		M	56 kg / 55 kg	2013	2019	5	–	–	5

Notes

References

"Weightlifting History".
(2013-03-29). "122 years since the first World Championships".
Siegman, Joseph M.. (1992). "The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". SP Books.

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