# Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 4 August 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum.

## Competition schedule

Schedule :
| Date | Jul 24 | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | July 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 |
| Men's 61kg | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 67kg | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 73kg | | | | | F | | | | | |
| Men's 81kg | | | | | | F | | | | |
| Men's 96kg | | | | | | F | | | | |
| Men's 109kg | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Men's 109+kg | | | | | | | | | | F |
| Women's 49kg | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 55kg | | | F | | | | | | | |
| Women's 59kg | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 64kg | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 76kg | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Women's 87kg | | | | | | | | F | | |
| Women's 87+kg | | | | | | | | F | | |

## Qualification

The number of weightlifters at these Games was reduced to 196, down from 260 in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Furthermore, many countries had reduced squads, and four were excluded from weightlifting at these Games due to punishments given as a result of high numbers of historic doping offenses.

## Changes

The total gold medal count was reduced from 15 to 14, with one men's event being eliminated.
In July 2018, IWF announced new official weight categories.

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (1)
* American Samoa (1)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (5)
* Austria (2)
* Belarus (2)
* Belgium (2)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (5)
* Chile (2)
* China (8)
* Colombia (3)
* Cuba (4)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Dominican Republic (5)
* Ecuador (4)
* France (4)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (3)
* Ghana (1)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iran (2)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (7)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Moldova (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Nauru (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (5)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Oman (1)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (3)
* Refugee Olympic Team (1)
* ROC (2)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (1)
* Syria (1)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Tonga (1)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (2)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (8)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Venezuela (4)
* Vietnam (2)

## Medalists
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Japan* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 61 kg details | Li Fabin China | 313 kg OR | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia | 302 kg | Igor Son Kazakhstan | 294 kg |
| 67 kg details | Chen Lijun China | 332 kg OR | Luis Javier Mosquera Colombia | 331 kg | Mirko Zanni Italy | 322 kg |
| 73 kg details | Shi Zhiyong China | 364 kg WR | Julio Mayora Venezuela | 346 kg | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah Indonesia | 342 kg |
| 81 kg details | Lü Xiaojun China | 374 kg OR | Zacarías Bonnat Dominican Republic | 367 kg | Antonino Pizzolato Italy | 365 kg |
| 96 kg details | Fares Ibrahim Qatar | 402 kg OR | Keydomar Vallenilla Venezuela | 387 kg | Anton Pliesnoi Georgia | 387 kg |
| 109 kg details | Akbar Djuraev Uzbekistan | 430 kg OR | Simon Martirosyan Armenia | 423 kg | Artūrs Plēsnieks Latvia | 410 kg |
| 109+ kg details | Lasha Talakhadze Georgia | 488 kg WR | Ali Davoudi Iran | 441 kg | Man Asaad Syria | 424 kg |

### Women's

During the women's +87 competition, Laurel Hubbard made history by becoming the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 49 kg details | Hou Zhihui China | 210 kg OR | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu India | 202 kg | Windy Cantika Aisah Indonesia | 194 kg |
| 55 kg details | Hidilyn Diaz Philippines | 224 kg OR | Liao Qiuyun China | 223 kg | Zulfiya Chinshanlo Kazakhstan | 213 kg |
| 59 kg details | Kuo Hsing-chun Chinese Taipei | 236 kg OR | Polina Guryeva Turkmenistan | 217 kg | Mikiko Ando Japan | 214 kg |
| 64 kg details | Maude Charron Canada | 236 kg | Giorgia Bordignon Italy | 232 kg | Chen Wen-huei Chinese Taipei | 230 kg |
| 76 kg details | Neisi Dajomes Ecuador | 263 kg | Katherine Nye United States | 249 kg | Aremi Fuentes Mexico | 245 kg |
| 87 kg details | Wang Zhouyu China | 270 kg | Tamara Salazar Ecuador | 263 kg | Crismery Santana Dominican Republic | 256 kg |
| 87+ kg details | Li Wenwen China | 320 kg OR | Emily Campbell Great Britain | 283 kg | Sarah Robles United States | 282 kg |

## Controversies

Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport. Due to corruption, failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation, and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport.
Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. Her participation in the women’s heavyweight class sparked controversy over whether natal males have biological advantages in female sport.