World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships
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
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. Other websites
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