# Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifteen events in weightlifting were contested, in eight classes for men and seven for women. Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Halil Mutlu Turkey | Wu Meijin China | Sedat Artuç Turkey |
| 62 kg details | Shi Zhiyong China | Le Maosheng China | Israel José Rubio Venezuela |
| 69 kg details | Zhang Guozheng China | Lee Bae-young South Korea | Nikolaj Pešalov Croatia |
| 77 kg details | Taner Sağır Turkey | Sergey Filimonov Kazakhstan | Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Turkey |
| 85 kg details | Giorgi Asanidze Georgia | Andrei Rybakou Belarus | Pyrros Dimas Greece |
| 94 kg details | Milen Dobrev Bulgaria | Khadzhimurat Akkaev Russia | Eduard Tyukin Russia |
| 105 kg details | Dmitry Berestov Russia | Ihor Razoronov Ukraine | Gleb Pisarevskiy Russia |
| +105 kg details | Hossein Rezazadeh Iran | Viktors Ščerbatihs Latvia | Velichko Cholakov Bulgaria |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Nurcan Taylan Turkey | Li Zhuo China | Aree Wiratthaworn Thailand |
| 53 kg details | Udomporn Polsak Thailand | Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia | Mabel Mosquera Colombia |
| 58 kg details | Chen Yanqing China | Ri Song-hui North Korea | Wandee Kameaim Thailand |
| 63 kg details | Nataliya Skakun Ukraine | Hanna Batsiushka Belarus | Tatsiana Stukalava Belarus |
| 69 kg details | Liu Chunhong China | Eszter Krutzler Hungary | Zarema Kasaeva Russia |
| 75 kg details | Pawina Thongsuk Thailand | Natalya Zabolotnaya Russia | Valentina Popova Russia |
| +75 kg details | Tang Gonghong China | Jang Mi-ran South Korea | Agata Wróbel Poland |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Participating nations

A total of 249 weightlifters from 79 nations competed at the Athens Games:
* Albania (2)
* Algeria (2)
* American Samoa (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Armenia (4)
* Aruba (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (5)
* Belarus (8)
* Bulgaria (9)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (2)
* China (10)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Colombia (9)
* Comoros (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (2)
* Egypt (5)
* El Salvador (1)
* Federated States of Micronesia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* France (5)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (4)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (10)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Hungary (7)
* India (3)
* Indonesia (6)
* Iran (6)
* Iraq (1)
* Japan (4)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Libya (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (3)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Myanmar (1)
* Nauru (3)
* Nigeria (2)
* North Korea (4)
* Norway (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (7)
* Qatar (2)
* Romania (7)
* Russia (9)
* Samoa (1)
* Saudi Arabia (4)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (3)
* South Korea (7)
* Spain (2)
* Thailand (5)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (9)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (9)
* United States (5)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Venezuela (3)
* Vietnam (1)

## Doping

A total of twelve weightlifters were disqualified for doping, amongst them Greek star Leonidas Sabanis, who had won two silver medals in previous Olympics and who had originally been awarded the bronze medal in the Men's 62 kg division.