Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

Governing body

Events

15 (men: 8; women: 7)

Games

1896	•	1900	•	1904	•	1908	•	1912	•	1920
1924	•	1928	•	1932	•	1936	•	1948	•	1952
1956	•	1960	•	1964	•	1968	•	1972	•	1976
1980	•	1984	•	1988	•	1992	•	1996	•	2000
2004	•	2008	•	2012	•	2016

Medalists • Records

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	Super heavyweight +108 kg
					Heavyweight 99–108 kg
						Heavyweight 94–105 kg
				First-heavyweight 90–100 kg
					First-heavyweight 91–99 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					Middleweight 70–76 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
	Featherweight 56–60 kg				Bantamweight 54–59 kg
	Bantamweight −56 kg		Bantamweight 52–56 kg		Bantamweight 54–59 kg	Bantamweight −56 kg
			Bantamweight 52–56 kg		Flyweight −54 kg
			Flyweight −52 kg		Flyweight −54 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	2000	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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	39	21	2	62
2	China (CHN)	24	11	8	43
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	1	10
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	8	10	21
17	South Korea (KOR)	3	4	4	11
18	Austria (AUT)	3	4	2	9
19	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	2	3	8
20	Thailand (THA)	3	1	3	7
21	Hungary (HUN)	2	9	9	20
22	Romania (ROU)	2	7	4	13
23	Japan (JPN)	2	3	8	13
24	West Germany (FRG)	2	2	3	7
25	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	2	6
26	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	1	4
27	East Germany (GDR)	1	4	6	11
28	Belarus (BLR)	1	3	4	8
29	Estonia (EST)	1	3	3	7
29	Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	3	7
31	Belgium (BEL)	1	2	1	4
31	Colombia (COL)	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
36	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	1	2
38	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	0	1
38	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
40	Indonesia (INA)	0	2	4	6
40	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
45	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		185	186	187	558

Nations

Nation	96	04	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	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
Individual 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
Malaya (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
Unified 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

References

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

	1896 1900 1904 (1906) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

List of medalists List of Olympic records List of Olympic venues

Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Past sports	Baseball Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union (15 a-side) Softball Tug of war Water motorsports

Future sports	Golf Rugby sevens

Demonstration sports	American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon

Unofficial sports	Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu

See also: Paralympic sports

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