# Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Jakarta International Expo Hall A, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 20 to 27 August 2018.
China and Kazakhstan did not participate as their weightlifting federations were suspended by the IWF from October 2017 to October 2018.

## Schedule

| B | Group B | A | Group A |
| Event↓/Date → | 20th Mon | 21st Tue | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 24th Fri | 25th Sat | 26th Sun | 27th Mon |
| Men's 56 kg | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 62 kg | | B | A | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 69 kg | | | | B | A | | | | | | | |
| Men's 77 kg | | | | | | B | A | | | | | |
| Men's 85 kg | | | | | | | | B | A | | | |
| Men's 94 kg | | | | | | | | | | A | | |
| Men's 105 kg | | | | | | | | | | | A | |
| Men's +105 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | A |
| Women's 48 kg | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 53 kg | | A | A | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 58 kg | | | | | | A | A | | | | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | | | | | | A | A | | | |
| Women's 69 kg | | | | | | | | | | A | | |
| Women's 75 kg | | | | | | | | | | | A | |
| Women's +75 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | A |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Om Yun-chol North Korea | Thạch Kim Tuấn Vietnam | Surahmat Wijoyo Indonesia |
| 62 kg details | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia | Trịnh Văn Vinh Vietnam | Adkhamjon Ergashev Uzbekistan |
| 69 kg details | O Kang-chol North Korea | Doston Yokubov Uzbekistan | Izzat Artykov Kyrgyzstan |
| 77 kg details | Choe Jon-wi North Korea | Kim Woo-jae South Korea | Chatuphum Chinnawong Thailand |
| 85 kg details | Safaa Rashed Iraq | Jang Yeon-hak South Korea | Jon Myong-song North Korea |
| 94 kg details | Sohrab Moradi Iran | Fares El-Bakh Qatar | Sarat Sumpradit Thailand |
| 105 kg details | Ruslan Nurudinov Uzbekistan | Salwan Jasim Iraq | Ali Hashemi Iran |
| +105 kg details | Behdad Salimi Iran | Saeid Alihosseini Iran | Rustam Djangabaev Uzbekistan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Ri Song-gum North Korea | Sri Wahyuni Agustiani Indonesia | Thunya Sukcharoen Thailand |
| 53 kg details | Hidilyn Diaz Philippines | Kristina Şermetowa Turkmenistan | Surodchana Khambao Thailand |
| 58 kg details | Kuo Hsing-chun Chinese Taipei | Sukanya Srisurat Thailand | Mikiko Ando Japan |
| 63 kg details | Kim Hyo-sim North Korea | Choe Hyo-sim North Korea | Rattanawan Wamalun Thailand |
| 69 kg details | Rim Un-sim North Korea | Hung Wan-ting Chinese Taipei | Mun Yu-ra South Korea |
| 75 kg details | Rim Jong-sim North Korea | Omadoy Otakuziyeva Uzbekistan | Mun Min-hee South Korea |
| +75 kg details | Kim Kuk-hyang North Korea | Son Young-hee South Korea | Duangaksorn Chaidee Thailand |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | North Korea (PRK) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Participating nations

A total of 164 athletes from 29 nations competed in weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games:
* Afghanistan (2)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Brunei (1)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* India (4)
* Indonesia (13)
* Iran (8)
* Iraq (5)
* Japan (15)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Laos (2)
* Mongolia (2)
* Nepal (4)
* North Korea (13)
* Pakistan (4)
* Palestine (2)
* Philippines (7)
* Qatar (1)
* Saudi Arabia (7)
* South Korea (15)
* Sri Lanka (4)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Thailand (15)
* Timor-Leste (4)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Vietnam (6)