2012 in weightlifting

This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2012.

2012 Summer Olympics (IWF)

The results below came from the IWF's 2012 Summer Olympics Results Page
- Men's 56 kg: Om Yun-chol; Wu Jingbiao; Valentin Hristov
- Men's 62 kg: Kim Un-guk; Óscar Figueroa; Eko Yuli Irawan
- Men's 69 kg: Lin Qingfeng; Triyatno; Răzvan Martin
- Men's 77 kg: Lü Xiaojun; Lu Haojie; Iván Cambar
- Men's 85 kg: Adrian Zieliński; Kianoush Rostami; Tarek Yehia
- Men's 94 kg: Saeid Mohammadpour; Kim Min-jae; Tomasz Zieliński
- Men's 105 kg: Oleksiy Torokhtiy; Navab Nassirshalal; Bartłomiej Bonk
- Men's +105 kg: Behdad Salimi; Sajjad Anoushiravani; Ruslan Albegov
- Women's 48 kg: Wang Mingjuan; Hiromi Miyake; Ryang Chun-hwa
- Women's 53 kg: Hsu Shu-ching; Citra Febrianti; Iulia Paratova
- Women's 58 kg: Li Xueying; Pimsiri Sirikaew; Rattikan Gulnoi
- Women's 63 kg: Christine Girard; Milka Maneva; Luz Acosta
- Women's 69 kg: Rim Jong-sim; Roxana Cocoș; Anna Nurmukhambetova
- Women's 75 kg: Lydia Valentín; Abeer Abdelrahman; Madias Nzesso
- Women's +75 kg: Zhou Lulu; Tatiana Kashirina; Jang Mi-ran

World & Grand Prix weightlifting championships

May 10 – ?: 2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Antigua Guatemala
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
September 18 – ?: 2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Košice
- Russia and China won 3 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
October 12: – ?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #1 in Saint Petersburg
- Men's 94 kg: Egor Klimonov
- Men's 105 kg: Gennady Muratov
- Men's +105 kg: Jiří Orság
- Women's 75 kg: Olga Zubova
- Women's +75 kg: Tatiana Kashirina
November 5 – ?: 2012 World University Weightlifting Championships in Eilat
- Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
December 14 – ?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #2 in Baku
- Men's 62 kg: Valentin Hristov
- Men's 69 kg: Firidun Guliyev
- Women's 53 kg: Cristina Iovu
- Women's 58 kg: Tatiana Aleeva

Continental & regional weightlifting championships

March 20 – ?: 2012 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in Medellín
- Colombia won the gold medal tally. Colombia and Venezuela won 11 overall medals each.
March 29 – ?: 2012 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi
- Nigeria won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
April 9 – ?: 2012 European Weightlifting Championships in Antalya
- Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
April 22 – ?: 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Pyeongtaek
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
May 10 – ?: 2012 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Antigua Guatemala
- Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
June 4 – ?: 2012 Oceania Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Apia
- Senior: Samoa won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
- Junior: Samoa and New Zealand won 3 gold medals each. Samoa won the overall medals tally.
- Youth: New Zealand won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
June 4 – ?: 2012 Commonwealth Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Apia
- Senior: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Junior: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Youth: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
June 18 – ?: 2012 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Viña del Mar
- Mexico won the gold medal tally. Colombia won the overall medal tally.
August 25 – ?: 2012 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Constanța
- Armenia won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
October 24 – ?: 2012 South American Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Maracaibo
- Senior: Venezuela won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Junior: Venezuela won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 8 – ?: 2012 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Yangon
- Junior: China and North Korea won 5 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
- Youth: China won the gold medal tally. Chinese Taipei won the overall medal tally.
November 18 – ?: 2012 African Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Tunis
- Junior: Egypt won the gold medal tally. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.
- Youth: Tunisia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 29 – ?: 2012 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Eilat
- Russia and Romania won 4 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.