# Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories. Bulgaria and Russia were banned from participating in the sport for systematic doping.

## Events

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
| 56 kg Men 62 kg Men 69 kg Men 77 kg Men 85 kg Men 94 kg Men 105 kg Men +105 kg Men | 48 kg Women 53 kg Women 58 kg Women 63 kg Women 69 kg Women 75 kg Women +75 kg Women |

## Competition schedule

There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Weightlifting program:
* Morning session: 10:00–14:00 BRT
* Afternoon session: 15:30–17:30 BRT
* Evening session: 19:00–21:00 BRT
| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Sun 7 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Mon 8 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Tue 9 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Wed 10 | Wed 10 | Fri 12 | Fri 12 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Tue 16 |
| Event ↓ | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | A | E | E | A | E | A | E |
| Men's |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 56 kg | | Q | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 62 kg | | | | | Q | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 69 kg | | | | | | | | Q | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 77 kg | | | | | | | | | | | Q | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 85 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | | F | | | | | | | |
| Men's 94 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | |
| Men's 105 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | |
| Men's +105 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F |
| Women's |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's 48 kg | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 53 kg | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 58 kg | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 69 kg | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 75 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's +75 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | | | | |

## Qualification

Similar to 2012 format, a total of 260 athletes qualified through a combination of team and individual spots. Host nation Brazil had already guaranteed three automatic places for men and two for women, while ten spots (six for men and four for women) were entitled to the athletes through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, leaving the remaining berths up for grabs in both the men's and women's competitions respectively.

## Participation
### Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (2)
* American Samoa (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (7)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (8)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (5)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (2)
* China (10)
* Colombia (9)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Dominican Republic (3)
* Ecuador (3)
* El Salvador (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Egypt (9)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (5)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (5)
* Ghana (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (7)
* Iran (5)
* Iraq (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (7)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kenya (1)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Marshall Islands (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Moldova (3)
* Mongolia (2)
* Morocco (2)
* Nauru (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* North Korea (8)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (5)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (4)
* Samoa (2)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Korea (7)
* Spain (4)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Syria (1)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Thailand (9)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Ukraine (8)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (4)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (5)
* Venezuela (4)
* Vietnam (4)

### Competitors
## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | North Korea | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Armenia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 44 |

### Olympic records broken

Five Olympic records were broken.

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Long Qingquan China WR | Om Yun-chol North Korea | Sinphet Kruaithong Thailand |
| 62 kg details | Óscar Figueroa Colombia | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia | Farkhad Kharki Kazakhstan |
| 69 kg details | Shi Zhiyong China | Daniyar Ismayilov Turkey | Luis Javier Mosquera Colombia |
| 77 kg details | vacant | Lü Xiaojun China WR | Mohamed Ihab Egypt |
| 85 kg details | Kianoush Rostami Iran WR OR | Tian Tao China OR | Denis Ulanov Kazakhstan |
| 94 kg details | Sohrab Moradi Iran | Vadzim Straltsou Belarus | Aurimas Didžbalis Lithuania |
| 105 kg details | Ruslan Nurudinov Uzbekistan OR | Simon Martirosyan Armenia | Aleksandr Zaychikov Kazakhstan |
| +105 kg details | Lasha Talakhadze Georgia WR OR | Gor Minasyan Armenia | Irakli Turmanidze Georgia |
* $^{Men's69kg}$ Kyrgyzstan's Izzat Artykov originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for strychnine.
* $^{Men's77kg}$ On 22 March 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that the original gold medalist Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, was disqualified due to a doping offence. The IOC has not yet redistributed the medals.
* $^{Men's85kg}$ On 8 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that the original bronze medalist Gabriel Sincraian, of Romania, was disqualified after he tested positive for exogenous Testosterone.

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Sopita Tanasan Thailand | Sri Wahyuni Agustiani Indonesia | Hiromi Miyake Japan |
| 53 kg details | Hsu Shu-ching Chinese Taipei | Hidilyn Diaz Philippines | Yoon Jin-hee South Korea |
| 58 kg details | Sukanya Srisurat Thailand OR | Pimsiri Sirikaew Thailand | Kuo Hsing-chun Chinese Taipei |
| 63 kg details | Deng Wei China WR | Choe Hyo-sim North Korea | Karina Goricheva Kazakhstan |
| 69 kg details | Xiang Yanmei China | Zhazira Zhapparkul Kazakhstan | Sara Ahmed Egypt |
| 75 kg details | Rim Jong-sim North Korea | Darya Naumava Belarus | Lydia Valentín Spain |
| +75 kg details | Meng Suping China | Kim Kuk-hyang North Korea | Sarah Robles United States |