World Weightlifting Championships

international weightlifting competition

The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

World Weightlifting Championships

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  • Main Article : World Weightlifting Championships
  • 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.
Year Edition Venue Events Men Women
M W Athletes Countries Athletes Countries
1891 1 -   London, United Kingdom 1 7 6 - -
1898 2 -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 1 11 3 - -
1899 3 -   Milan, Italy 1 5 3 - -
1903 4 -   Paris, France 1 18 5 - -
1904 5 -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 1 13 4 - -
1905 6 -   Berlin, Germany 3 41 4 - -
1905 7 -   Duisburg, Germany 1 7 2 - -
1905 8 -   Paris, France 3 16 1 - -
1906 9 -   Lille, France 4 33 4 - -
1907 10 -   Frankfurt, Germany 3 23 3 - -
1908 11 -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 2 23 2 - -
1909 12 -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 2 23 3 - -
1910 13 -   Düsseldorf, Germany 4 57 5 - -
1910 14 -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 2 15 2 - -
1911 15 -   Stuttgart, Germany 4 36 3 - -
1911 16 -   Berlin, Germany 4 27 2 - -
1911 17 -   Dresden, Germany 4 21 3 - -
1911 18 -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 4 32 3 - -
1913 19 -   Breslau, Germany 4 40 4 - -
1920 20 -   Vienna, Austria 5 74 4 - -
1922 21 -   Tallinn, Estonia 5 33 4 - -
1923 22 -   Vienna, Austria 5 76 7 - -
1937 23 -   Paris, France 5 50 10 - -
1938 24 -   Vienna, Germany 5 38 11 - -
1946 25 -   Paris, France 5 79 13 - -
1947 26 -   Philadelphia, United States 6 39 12 - -
1949 27 -   Scheveningen, Netherlands 6 38 13 - -
1950 28 -   Paris, France 6 56 17 - -
1951 29 -   Milan, Italy 7 62 14 - -
1953 30 -   Stockholm, Sweden 7 70 19 - -
1954 31 -   Vienna, Austria 7 100 23 - -
1955 32 -   Munich, West Germany 7 108 25 - -
1957 33 -   Tehran, Iran 7 76 21 - -
1958 34 -   Stockholm, Sweden 7 96 27 - -
1959 35 -   Warsaw, Poland 7 85 19 - -
1961 36 -   Vienna, Austria 7 120 33 - -
1962 37 -   Budapest, Hungary 7 113 27 - -
1963 38 -   Stockholm, Sweden 7 134 32 - -
1964 39 -   Tokyo, Japan 7 149 42 - -
1965 40 -   Tehran, Iran 7 85 24 - -
1966 41 -   East Berlin, East Germany 7 117 28 - -
1968 42 -   Mexico City, Mexico 7 160 55 - -
1969 43 -   Warsaw, Poland 36 166 37 - -
1970 44 -   Columbus, United States 36 129 28 - -
1971 45 -   Lima, Peru 36 144 30 - -
1972 46 -   Munich, West Germany 36 188 54 - -
1973 47 -   Havana, Cuba 27 189 39 - -
1974 48 -   Manila, Philippines 27 143 32 - -
1975 49 -   Moscow, Soviet Union 27 169 33 - -
1976 50 -   Montreal, Canada 27 173 46 - -
1977 51 -   Stuttgart, West Germany 30 186 44 - -
1978 52 -   Gettysburg, United States 30 185 35 - -
1979 53 -   Thessaloniki, Greece 30 189 39 - -
1980 54 -   Moscow, Soviet Union 30 173 40 - -
1981 55 -   Lille, France 30 194 35 - -
1982 56 -   Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 30 205 38 - -
1983 57 -   Moscow, Soviet Union 30 187 32 - -
1984 58 -   Los Angeles, United States 30 187 48 - -
1985 59 -   Södertälje, Sweden 30 195 38 - -
1986 60 -   Sofia, Bulgaria 30 193 41 - -
1987 61 -   Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 30 168 29 - -
1987 - 1   Daytona Beach, United States 27 - - 100 22
1988 - 2   Jakarta, Indonesia 27 - - 103 23
1989 62 -   Athens, Greece 30 220 37 - -
1989 - 3   Manchester, United Kingdom 27 - - 133 25
1990 63 -   Budapest, Hungary 30 182 38 - -
1990 - 4   Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 27 - - 109 25
1991 64 5   Donaueschingen, Germany 57 200 40 108 24
1992 - 6   Varna, Bulgaria 27 - - 110 25
1993 65 7   Melbourne, Australia 57 195 57 94 25
1994 66 8   Istanbul, Turkey 57 242 52 105 30
1995 67 9   Guangzhou, China 57 345 63 93 26
1996 - 10   Warsaw, Poland 27 - - 102 24
1997 68 11   Chiang Mai, Thailand 57 189 51 143 39
1998 69 12   Lahti, Finland 45 210 53 122 35
1999 70 13   Piraeus, Greece 45 395 79 231 51
2001 71 14   Antalya, Turkey 45 153 47 114 34
2002 72 15   Warsaw, Poland 45 170 47 115 37
2003 73 16   Vancouver, Canada 45 297 59 208 47
2005 74 17   Doha, Qatar 45 169 58 112 42
2006 75 18   Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 45 298 58 186 39
2007 76 19   Chiang Mai, Thailand 45 355 70 225 53
2009 77 20   Goyang, South Korea 45 196 57 133 38
2010 78 21   Antalya, Turkey 45 312 63 203 50
2011 79 22   Paris, France 45 307 75 212 61
2013 80 23   Wrocław, Poland 45 168 49 124 37
2014 81 24   Almaty, Kazakhstan 45 307 62 219 51
2015 82 25   Houston, United States 45 324 76 261 72
2017 83 26   Anaheim, United States 48 176 54 139 44
2018 84 27   Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 60
2019 85 28   Pattaya, Thailand 60

Team ranking

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  • http://www.iwf.net/weightlifting_/history/ - Team ranking system (History)
  • Team ranking was started from 1949
  • 1- 7th August 1948 FIH Congress, London : For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
  • 2- 7th November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran : For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
  • 3- 24th May 1958 Tokyo : For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
  • 4- 1973 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
  • 5- 1977 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
  • 6- 12th–14th January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27th July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
  • 7- 1st May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw : For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
  • 10th and 11th December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.
Year Host Men Women
1 2 3 1 2 3
1997   Chiang Mai, Thailand   China 643   Bulgaria 521   Turkey 507   China 666   Myanmar 510   India 508
1998   Lahti, Finland   Greece 566   Bulgaria 566   China 428   China 508   Chinese Taipei 453   Hungary 328
1999   Athens, Greece   Greece 581   Bulgaria 465   China 437   China 530   Chinese Taipei 392   Bulgaria 374
2001   Antalya, Turkey   Russia 523   Turkey 476   Bulgaria 462   China 455   Russia 426   Turkey 423
2002   Warsaw, Poland   China 484   Bulgaria 482   Turkey 410   China 494   Russia 414   Hungary 322
2003   Vancouver, Canada   China 541   Turkey 509   Russia 395   China 474   Thailand 425   Bulgaria 418
2005   Doha, Qatar   China 595   Russia 545   Bulgaria 314   China 555   Russia 505   Thailand 447
2006   Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic   Russia 510   China 457   Poland 440   Russia 520   China 514   South Korea 437
2007   Chiang Mai, Thailand   China 523   Bulgaria 520   Russia 501   China 565   Russia 450   Thailand 390
2009   Goyang, South Korea   China 623   South Korea 506   Russia 395   China 514   South Korea 429   Turkey 408
2010   Antalya, Turkey   Russia 520   China 453   Poland 429   China 522   Kazakhstan 413   Turkey 398
2011   Paris, France   China 568   Russia 542   Iran 495   China 510   Russia 509   Kazakhstan 443
2013   Wrocław, Poland   Russia 586   China 510   Iran 449   China 505   Russia 441   Mexico 377
2014   Almaty, Kazakhstan   China 556   Kazakhstan 456   Russia 440   China 527   Thailand 481   Russia 454
2015 *   Houston, United States   China 555   Belarus 418   Kazakhstan 406   China 556   Russia 448   Kazakhstan 423
2017   Anaheim, United States   Iran 509   South Korea 454   Uzbekistan 354   Thailand 495   United States 467   Colombia 466
  • 2015 Ranking before positive doping tests and will be changed.

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