This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's weightlifting.
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| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 London | Edward Lawrence Levy (GBR) | Giacomo Zafarana (ITA) | Arthur François (BEL) |
| 1898 Vienna | Wilhelm Türk (AUT) | Eduard Binder (AUT) | Georg Hackenschmidt (RUS) |
| 1899 Milan | Sergey Yeliseyev (RUS) | Johannes Rödl (GER) | Enrico Scuri (ITA) |
| 1903 Paris | François Lancoud (SUI) | Heinrich Schneidereit (GER) | Gustave Empain (BEL) |
| 1904 Vienna | Josef Steinbach (AUT) | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Johann Staudinger (AUT) |
| 1905 Berlin | Josef Steinbach (AUT) | Karl Witzelsberger (AUT) | Franz Pitka (AUT) |
| 1905 Duisburg | Josef Steinbach (AUT) | Heinrich Neuhaus (GER) | Alois Selos (GER) |
| 1905 Paris | Émile Schweitzer (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Péchaud (FRA) | Gustave Laqueille (FRA) |
| 1906 Lille | Heinrich Schneidereit (GER) | Émile Besson (SUI) | Gustave Falleur (FRA) |
| 1907 Frankfurt | Heinrich Rondi (GER) | Heinrich Schneidereit (GER) | Georg Schleidt (GER) |
| 1908 Vienna | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) | Edmund Danzer (AUT) |
| 1909 Vienna | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Karl Swoboda (AUT) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) |
| 1910 Düsseldorf | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Heinrich Rondi (GER) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) |
| 1910 Vienna | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Karl Swoboda (AUT) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) |
| 1911 Stuttgart | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Heinrich Rondi (GER) | Heinrich Schneidereit (GER) |
| 1911 Berlin | Karl Swoboda (AUT) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) | Franz Buchholz (GER) |
| 1911 Dresden | Berthold Tandler (AUT) | Anton Dorregeest (NED) | Hermann Gäßler (GER) |
| 1911 Vienna | Karl Swoboda (AUT) | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) |
| 1913 Breslau | Josef Grafl (AUT) | Berthold Tandler (AUT) | Jan Krause (RUS) |
| 1920 Vienna | Karl Mörke (GER) | Franz Aigner (AUT) | Heinrich Alscher (AUT) |
| 1922 Tallinn | Harald Tammer (EST) | Kārlis Leilands (LAT) | Kaljo Raag (EST) |
| 1923 Vienna | Franz Aigner (AUT) | Josef Leppelt (AUT) | Georg Schrammel (AUT) |
| 1937 Paris | Josef Manger (GER) | Václav Pšenička (TCH) | Heinz Schattner (GER) |
| 1938 Vienna | Josef Manger (GER) | Steve Stanko (USA) | Arnold Luhaäär (EST) |
| 1946 Paris | John Davis (USA) | Yakov Kutsenko (URS) | Mohamed Geisa (EGY) |
| 1947 Philadelphia | John Davis (USA) | Norbert Schemansky (USA) | Václav Bečvář (TCH) |
| 1949 Scheveningen | John Davis (USA) | Niels Petersen (DEN) | Robert Allart (BEL) |
| 1950 Paris | John Davis (USA) | Yakov Kutsenko (URS) | Melvin Barnett (GBR) |
| 1951 Milan | John Davis (USA) | James Bradford (USA) | Mohamed Geisa (EGY) |
| 1953 Stockholm | Doug Hepburn (CAN) | John Davis (USA) | Humberto Selvetti (ARG) |
| 1954 Vienna | Norbert Schemansky (USA) | James Bradford (USA) | Franz Hölbl (AUT) |
| 1955 Munich | Paul Anderson (USA) | James Bradford (USA) | Eino Mäkinen (FIN) |
| 1957 Tehran | Aleksey Medvedev (URS) | Humberto Selvetti (ARG) | Alberto Pigaiani (ITA) |
| 1958 Stockholm | Aleksey Medvedev (URS) | Dave Ashman (USA) | Firouz Pojhan (IRI) |
| 1959 Warsaw | Yury Vlasov (URS) | James Bradford (USA) | Ivan Veselinov (BUL) |
| 1961 Vienna | Yury Vlasov (URS) | Richard Zirk (USA) | Eino Mäkinen (FIN) |
| 1962 Budapest | Yury Vlasov (URS) | Norbert Schemansky (USA) | Gary Gubner (USA) |
| 1963 Stockholm | Yury Vlasov (URS) | Norbert Schemansky (USA) | Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) |
| 1964 Tokyo | Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) | Yury Vlasov (URS) | Norbert Schemansky (USA) |
| 1965 Tehran | Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) | Gary Gubner (USA) | Károly Ecser (HUN) |
| 1966 East Berlin | Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) | Bob Bednarski (USA) | Stanislav Batishev (URS) |
| 1968 Mexico City | Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) | Serge Reding (BEL) | Joe Dube (USA) |
| 1969 Warsaw | Bob Bednarski (USA) | Jaan Talts (URS) | Kauko Kangasniemi (FIN) |
| 1970 Columbus | Jaan Talts (URS) | Aleksandar Kraychev (BUL) | Bob Bednarski (USA) |
| 1971 Lima | Yury Kozin (URS) | Stefan Grützner (GDR) | Aleksandar Kraychev (BUL) |
| 1972 Munich | Jaan Talts (URS) | Aleksandar Kraychev (BUL) | Stefan Grützner (GDR) |
| 1973 Havana | Pavel Pervushin (URS) | Helmut Losch (GDR) | Javier González (CUB) |
| 1974 Manila | Valery Ustyuzhin (URS) | Jürgen Ciezki (GDR) | Yury Zaitsev (URS) |
| 1975 Moscow | Valentin Hristov (BUL) | Vasily Mozheikov (URS) | Jürgen Ciezki (GDR) |
| 1976 Montreal | Yury Zaitsev (URS) | Krastyu Semerdzhiev (BUL) | Tadeusz Rutkowski (POL) |
| 1977 Stuttgart | Valentin Hristov (BUL) | Yury Zaitsev (URS) | Jürgen Ciezki (GDR) |
| 1978 Gettysburg | Yury Zaitsev (URS) | Jürgen Ciezki (GDR) | Leif Nilsson (SWE) |
| 1979 Thessaloniki | Sergey Arakelov (URS) | Valentin Hristov (BUL) | Leonid Taranenko (URS) |
| 1980 Moscow | Leonid Taranenko (URS) | Valentin Hristov (BUL) | György Szalai (HUN) |
| 1981 Lille | Valery Kravchuk (URS) | Vyacheslav Klokov (URS) | Plamen Asparukhov (BUL) |
| 1982 Ljubljana | Sergey Arakelov (URS) | Vyacheslav Klokov (URS) | Anton Baraniak (TCH) |
| 1983 Moscow | Vyacheslav Klokov (URS) | József Jacsó (HUN) | Anton Baraniak (TCH) |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Norberto Oberburger (ITA) | Ştefan Taşnadi (ROU) | Guy Carlton (USA) |
| 1985 Södertälje | Yury Zakharevich (URS) | Miloš Čiernik (TCH) | Norberto Oberburger (ITA) |
| 1986 Sofia | Yury Zakharevich (URS) | Sergey Nagirny (URS) | József Jacsó (HUN) |
| 1987 Ostrava | Yury Zakharevich (URS) | József Jacsó (HUN) | Anton Baraniak (TCH) |
| 1989 Athens | Stefan Botev (BUL) | Andrew Davies (GBR) | Mirosław Dąbrowski (POL) |
| 1990 Budapest | Stefan Botev (BUL) | Nail Mukhamedyarov (URS) | Pavlos Saltsidis (GRE) |
| 1991 Donaueschingen | Artur Akoev (URS) | Ronny Weller (GER) | Ernesto Montoya (CUB) |
| 1993 Melbourne | Timur Taymazov (UKR) | Stefan Botev (AUS) | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) |
| 1994 Istanbul | Timur Taymazov (UKR) | Nicu Vlad (AUS) | Artur Akoev (RUS) |
| 1995 Guangzhou | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) | Cui Wenhua (CHN) | Sergey Flerko (RUS) |
| 1997 Chiang Mai | Cui Wenhua (CHN) | Mariusz Jędra (POL) | Wes Barnett (USA) |
| 1998 Lahti | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) | Cui Wenhua (CHN) | Denys Hotfrid (UKR) |
| 1999 Athens | Denys Hotfrid (UKR) | Evgeny Shishlyannikov (RUS) | Choi Jong-Keun (KOR) |
| 2001 Antalya | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) |
| 2002 Warsaw | Denys Hotfrid (UKR) | Alan Tsagaev (BUL) | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) |
| 2003 Vancouver | Said Saif Asaad (QAT) | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) |
| 2005 Doha | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | Alexandru Bratan (MDA) | Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
| 2006 Santo Domingo | Marcin Dołęga (POL) | Dmitry Lapikov (RUS) | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | Alan Tsagaev (BUL) | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) |
| 2009 Goyang | Marcin Dołęga (POL) | Dmitry Lapikov (RUS) | Roman Konstantinov (RUS) |
| 2010 Antalya | Marcin Dołęga (POL) | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) |
| 2011 Paris | Khadzhimurat Akkayev (RUS) | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 151 | 90 | 33 | 274 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 74 | 60 | 41 | 175 |
| 3 | United States | 37 | 38 | 18 | 93 |
| 4 | China | 32 | 34 | 23 | 89 |
| 5 | Austria | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 |
| 6 | Germany | 27 | 39 | 30 | 96 |
| 7 | Poland | 23 | 34 | 54 | 111 |
| 8 | Iran | 18 | 7 | 24 | 49 |
| 9 | Russia | 15 | 22 | 14 | 51 |
| 10 | Turkey | 13 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 11 | Japan | 10 | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 12 | Hungary | 9 | 27 | 30 | 66 |
| 13 | Egypt | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 14 | Greece | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 15 | Cuba | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 16 | France | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 18 | Romania | 5 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 19 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 20 | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 21 | East Germany | 4 | 19 | 29 | 52 |
| 22 | North Korea | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 24 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 27 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 28 | South Korea | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | Finland | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 31 | Armenia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 32 | Italy | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 33 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 34 | Norway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Latvia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 36 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 37 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 40 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Belgium | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 43 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 46 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 47 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 49 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 54 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 536 | 536 | 534 | 1606 | |
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