# 2009 World Weightlifting Championships

The World Weightlifting Championships 2009 was held in Goyang, South Korea. The event took place from November 20 to November 29, 2009.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 56 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Wu Jingbiao China | 131 kg | Long Qingquan China | 130 kg | Khalil El-Maaoui Tunisia | 125 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Long Qingquan China | 162 kg | Wu Jingbiao China | 155 kg | Sergio Álvarez Cuba | 154 kg |
| Total | Long Qingquan China | 292 kg | Wu Jingbiao China | 286 kg | Sergio Álvarez Cuba | 274 kg |
| 62 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Ding Jianjun China | 146 kg | Yang Fan China | 144 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia | 140 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia | 175 kg | Yang Sheng-hsiung Chinese Taipei | 170 kg | Yang Fan China | 170 kg |
| Total | Ding Jianjun China | 316 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia | 315 kg | Yang Fan China | 314 kg |
| 69 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Liao Hui China | 160 kg | Ninel Miculescu Romania | 155 kg | Arakel Mirzoyan Armenia | 154 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Liao Hui China | 186 kg | Kim Sun-bae South Korea | 181 kg | Triyatno Indonesia | 180 kg |
| Total | Liao Hui China | 346 kg | Arakel Mirzoyan Armenia | 334 kg | Triyatno Indonesia | 330 kg |
| 77 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Lü Xiaojun China | 174 kg WR | Tigran Martirosyan Armenia | 170 kg | Su Dajin China | 165 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sa Jae-hyouk South Korea | 205 kg | Lü Xiaojun China | 204 kg | Su Dajin China | 200 kg |
| Total | Lü Xiaojun China | 378 kg WR | Tigran Martirosyan Armenia | 370 kg | Su Dajin China | 365 kg |
| 85 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Lu Yong China | 175 kg | Tigran Martirosyan Armenia | 172 kg | Siarhei Lahun Belarus | 171 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Siarhei Lahun Belarus | 209 kg | Lu Yong China | 208 kg | Gevorik Poghosyan Armenia | 208 kg |
| Total | Lu Yong China | 383 kg | Siarhei Lahun Belarus | 380 kg | Vladimir Kuznetsov Kazakhstan | 376 kg |
| 94 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Artem Ivanov Ukraine | 180 kg | Kim Min-jae South Korea | 178 kg | Asghar Ebrahimi Iran | 176 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Kim Seon-jong South Korea | 218 kg | Valeriu Calancea Romania | 211 kg | Anatolie Cîrîcu Moldova | 210 kg |
| Total | Kim Min-jae South Korea | 384 kg | Kim Seon-jong South Korea | 383 kg | Andrey Demanov Russia | 381 kg |
| 105 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Marcin Dołęga Poland | 195 kg | Kim Hwa-seung South Korea | 182 kg | Roman Konstantinov Russia | 180 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Marcin Dołęga Poland | 226 kg | Roman Konstantinov Russia | 220 kg | Ahed Joughili Syria | 218 kg |
| Total | Marcin Dołęga Poland | 421 kg | Roman Konstantinov Russia | 400 kg | Oleksiy Torokhtiy Ukraine | 395 kg |
| +105 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Ihor Shymechko Ukraine | 202 kg | Artem Udachyn Ukraine | 200 kg | An Yong-kwon South Korea | 198 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | An Yong-kwon South Korea | 247 kg | Artem Udachyn Ukraine | 245 kg | Andrey Kozlov Russia | 231 kg |
| Total | An Yong-kwon South Korea | 445 kg | Artem Udachyn Ukraine | 445 kg | Ihor Shymechko Ukraine | 427 kg |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 48 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Wang Mingjuan China | 93 kg | Sibel Özkan Turkey | 89 kg | Pensiri Laosirikul Thailand | 85 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sibel Özkan Turkey | 117 kg | Wang Mingjuan China | 115 kg | Chen Wei-ling Chinese Taipei | 112 kg |
| Total | Wang Mingjuan China | 208 kg | Sibel Özkan Turkey | 206 kg | Chen Wei-ling Chinese Taipei | 196 kg |
| 53 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Chen Xiaoting China | 95 kg | Yoon Jin-hee South Korea | 93 kg | Svetlana Cheremshanova Kazakhstan | 92 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zulfiya Chinshanlo Kazakhstan | 129 kg | Chen Xiaoting China | 123 kg | Yoon Jin-hee South Korea | 116 kg |
| Total | Zulfiya Chinshanlo Kazakhstan | 219 kg | Chen Xiaoting China | 218 kg | Yoon Jin-hee South Korea | 209 kg |
| 58 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Li Xueying China | 107 kg | Nastassia Novikava Belarus | 100 kg | Yuliya Kalina Ukraine | 96 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Xueying China | 132 kg | Nastassia Novikava Belarus | 125 kg | Yuliya Kalina Ukraine | 119 kg |
| Total | Li Xueying China | 239 kg | Nastassia Novikava Belarus | 225 kg | Yuliya Kalina Ukraine | 215 kg |
| 63 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Viktoria Savenko Russia | 112 kg | Hanna Batsiushka Belarus | 112 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva Russia | 111 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Maiya Maneza Kazakhstan | 141 kg | Sibel Şimşek Turkey | 135 kg | Guo Xiyan China | 135 kg |
| Total | Maiya Maneza Kazakhstan | 246 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva Russia | 246 kg | Sibel Şimşek Turkey | 243 kg |
| 69 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Nazik Avdalyan Armenia | 119 kg | Oxana Slivenko Russia | 118 kg | Zhang Shaoling Macau | 112 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nazik Avdalyan Armenia | 147 kg | Oxana Slivenko Russia | 146 kg | Zhang Shaoling Macau | 136 kg |
| Total | Nazik Avdalyan Armenia | 266 kg | Oxana Slivenko Russia | 264 kg | Zhang Shaoling Macau | 248 kg |
| 75 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Svetlana Podobedova Kazakhstan | 132 kg WR | Cao Lei China | 121 kg | Lydia Valentín Spain | 118 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Svetlana Podobedova Kazakhstan | 160 kg WR | Cao Lei China | 148 kg | Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt | 142 kg |
| Total | Svetlana Podobedova Kazakhstan | 292 kg WR | Cao Lei China | 269 kg | Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt | 252 kg |
| +75 kg (details) |||||||
| Snatch | Tatiana Kashirina Russia | 138 kg | Jang Mi-ran South Korea | 136 kg | Meng Suping China | 131 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Jang Mi-ran South Korea | 187 kg WR | Tatiana Kashirina Russia | 165 kg | Meng Suping China | 165 kg |
| Total | Jang Mi-ran South Korea | 323 kg | Tatiana Kashirina Russia | 303 kg | Meng Suping China | 296 kg |

## Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Armenia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 18 | 12 | 9 | 39 |
| 2 | South Korea | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Armenia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Belarus | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |

## Participating nations

329 competitors from 65 nations competed.
* Albania (3)
* Armenia (7)
* Australia (4)
* Azerbaijan (7)
* Belarus (6)
* Belgium (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Cameroon (6)
* Canada (9)
* China (15)
* Chinese Taipei (9)
* Colombia (6)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (6)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Dominican Republic (5)
* Egypt (10)
* Finland (3)
* France (7)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (4)
* Ghana (5)
* Great Britain (1)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Indonesia (4)
* Iran (2)
* Iraq (4)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (12)
* Kazakhstan (9)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Macau (2)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (11)
* Moldova (3)
* Nauru (2)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (3)
* Norway (1)
* Palestine (4)
* Poland (12)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (14)
* Samoa (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Korea (15)
* Spain (10)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (3)
* Syria (2)
* Thailand (8)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (14)
* Turkmenistan (7)
* Ukraine (10)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (13)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Venezuela (4)
* Wales (1)