This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's weightlifting.
Flyweight
- 52 kg: 1969–1991
- 54 kg: 1993–1997
- 55 kg: 2018–
Bantamweight
- 56 kg: 1947–1991
- 59 kg: 1993–1997
- 56 kg: 1998–2017
- 61 kg: 2018–
Featherweight
- 60 kg: 1906–1991
- 64 kg: 1993–1997
- 62 kg: 1998–2017
- 67 kg: 2018–
Lightweight
- 67.5 kg: 1905
- 70 kg: 1906–1913
- 67.5 kg: 1920–1991
- 70 kg: 1993–1997
- 69 kg: 1998–2017
- 73 kg: 2018–
Middleweight
- 80 kg: 1905–1913
- 75 kg: 1920–1991
- 76 kg: 1993–1997
- 77 kg: 1998–2017
- 81 kg: 2018–
Light heavyweight
- 82.5 kg: 1920–1991
- 83 kg: 1993–1997
- 85 kg: 1998–2017
- 89 kg: 2018–
Middle heavyweight
- 90 kg: 1951–1991
- 91 kg: 1993–1997
- 94 kg: 1998–2017
- 96 kg: 2018–
First heavyweight
- 100 kg: 1977–1991
- 99 kg: 1993–1997
- 102 kg: 2018–
Heavyweight
- Open: 1891–1904
- +80 kg: 1905–1913
- +82.5 kg: 1920–1950
- +90 kg: 1951–1968
- 110 kg: 1969–1991
- 108 kg: 1993–1997
- 105 kg: 1998–2017
- 109 kg: 2018–
Super heavyweight
- +110 kg: 1969–1991
- +108 kg: 1993–1997
- +105 kg: 1998–2017
- +109 kg: 2018–
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Soviet Union | 151 | 90 | 33 | 274 |
| 2 | 
Bulgaria | 75 | 62 | 43 | 180 |
| 3 | 
China | 52 | 45 | 31 | 128 |
| 4 | 
United States | 37 | 38 | 19 | 94 |
| 5 | 
Austria | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 |
| 6 | 
Iran | 25 | 15 | 28 | 68 |
| 7 | 
Germany | 24 | 34 | 27 | 85 |
| 8 | 
Poland | 23 | 36 | 56 | 115 |
| 9 | 
Russia | 21 | 26 | 20 | 67 |
| 10 | 
Turkey | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 11 | 
Egypt | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 12 | 
North Korea | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 13 | 
Japan | 10 | 6 | 21 | 37 |
| 14 | 
Hungary | 9 | 27 | 30 | 66 |
| 15 | 
Greece | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 16 | 
Cuba | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 | 
Kazakhstan | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 18 | 
Georgia | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 19 | 
France | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 |
| 20 | 
Belarus | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 21 | 
South Korea | 6 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 22 | 
Ukraine | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 23 | 
Romania | 5 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 24 | 
Uzbekistan | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 25 | 
Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 26 | 
Qatar | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 27 | 
East Germany | 4 | 19 | 29 | 52 |
| 28 | 
Armenia | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 29 | 
Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | 
Indonesia | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 31 |
West Germany | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 32 | 
Colombia | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 33 | 
Estonia | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 34 | 
Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 35 | 
Italy | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 36 | 
Vietnam | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 37 | 
Thailand | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 38 | 
Finland | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 39 | 
Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 40 | 
Latvia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 41 | 
Australia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 | 
Norway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | 
Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 44 | 
Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 45 | 
Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 | 
Sweden | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 47 | 
Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 48 | 
Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 | 
Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | 
Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | 
Belgium | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 52 | 
Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 53 | 
Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 54 | 
Moldova | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 55 | 
Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | 
Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 61 | 
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 64 | 
Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russian Weightlifting Federation
[a] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes [b] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (66 entries) | 618 | 618 | 616 | 1852 | |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
See also
Notes
- ^ At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), weightifters from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under the name and the modified flag of the Russian Weightifting Federation (RWF).
- ^ At the 2023 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, weightifters from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.
References
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- IWF Results
- 2008.sohu.com