# Weightlifting at the Summer World University Games

Weightlifting events have been contested at Universiade three times as an optional sport, in 2011, 2013, and 2017.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Host city | Host country |
| XXVI | 2011 | Shenzhen | China |
| XXVII | 2013 | Kazan | Russia |
| XXIX | 2017 | New Taipei | Taiwan |

## Events

Medals were awarded in sixteen different weight classes: eight for men and eight for women.
| Event | Men | Women |
| 1 | –56 kg | –48 kg |
| 2 | 62 kg | 53 kg |
| 3 | 69 kg | 58 kg |
| 4 | 77 kg | 63 kg |
| 5 | 85 kg | 69 kg |
| 6 | 94 kg | 75 kg |
| 7 | 105 kg | 90 kg |
| 8 | +105 kg | +90 kg |

## Current records
### Men

| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Meet | Place |
| 56 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 129 kg | Om Yun-chol | North Korea | 20 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Clean & jerk | 165 kg | Om Yun-chol | North Korea | 20 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Total | 294 kg | Om Yun-chol | North Korea | 20 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| 62 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 140 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan | Indonesia | 14 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China |
| Clean & jerk | 171 kg | Sin Chol-bom | North Korea | 20 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Total | 310 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan | Indonesia | 14 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China |
| 69 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 153 kg | Kim Myong-hyok | North Korea | 21 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Clean & jerk | 185 kg | Albert Linder | Kazakhstan | 21 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Total | 333 kg | Albert Linder | Kazakhstan | 21 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| 77 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 163 kg | Dmitry Khomyakov | Russia | 10 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Clean & jerk | 198 kg | Rasoul Taghian | Iran | 10 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Total | 355 kg | Rasoul Taghian | Iran | 10 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| 85 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 170 kg | Andranik Karapetyan | Armenia | 23 September 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Clean & jerk | 205 kg | Apti Aukhadov | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Total | 372 kg | Apti Aukhadov | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| 94 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 181 kg | Alexandr Ivanov | Russia | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Clean & jerk | 215 kg | Egor Klimonov | Russia | 24 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Total | 395 kg | Alexandr Ivanov | Russia | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| 105 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 190 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov | Uzbekistan | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Clean & jerk | 224 kg | David Bedzhanyan | Russia | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Total | 412 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov | Uzbekistan | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| +105 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 205 kg | Ruslan Albegov | Russia | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Clean & jerk | 254 kg | Bahador Moulaei | Iran | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |
| Total | 459 kg | Ruslan Albegov | Russia | 12 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia |

### Women

| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Meet | Place | Note |
| 48 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 87 kg | Xiao Hongyu | China | 7 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Clean & jerk | 108 kg | Xiao Hongyu | China | 13 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | |
| Total | 193 kg | Ri Song-gum | North Korea | 20 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 53 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 100 kg | Ji Jing | China | 14 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | |
| Clean & jerk | 122 kg | Ji Jing | China | 14 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | |
| Total | 222 kg | Ji Jing | China | 14 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | |
| 58 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 107 kg | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 21 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Clean & jerk | 142 kg | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 21 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | WR |
| Total | 249 kg | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 21 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 63 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 117 kg | Rim Un-sim | North Korea | 22 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Clean & jerk | 133 kg | Pyon Yong-mi | North Korea | 9 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Total | 236 kg | Rim Un-sim | North Korea | 22 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 69 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 110 kg | Kang Yue | China | 17 August 2011 | 2011 Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | |
| Clean & jerk | 135 kg | Oksana Slivenko | Russia | 10 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Total | 242 kg | Oksana Slivenko | Russia | 10 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| 75 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 123 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Clean & jerk | 159 kg | Olga Zubova | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Total | 279 kg | Olga Zubova | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| 90 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 111 kg | Iryna Dekha | Ukraine | 25 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Clean & jerk | 135 kg | Iryna Dekha | Ukraine | 25 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Total | 246 kg | Iryna Dekha | Ukraine | 25 August 2017 | 2017 Summer Universiade | New Taipei, Taiwan | |
| +90 kg ||||||||
| Snatch | 142 kg | Tatiana Kashirina | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Clean & jerk | 177 kg | Tatiana Kashirina | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
| Total | 319 kg | Tatiana Kashirina | Russia | 11 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | |
^1 : The records were set on the 2013 edition's women's +75 kg events.

## Medal table

Last updated after the 2017 Summer Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 | North Korea (PRK) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Armenia (ARM) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Iran (IRN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |