# 2012 in weightlifting

This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2012.

## 2012 Summer Olympics (IWF)

* The results below came from the IWF's 2012 Summer Olympics Results Page
** Men's 56 kg: Om Yun-chol; Wu Jingbiao; Valentin Hristov
** Men's 62 kg: Kim Un-guk; Óscar Figueroa; Eko Yuli Irawan
** Men's 69 kg: Lin Qingfeng; Triyatno; Răzvan Martin
** Men's 77 kg: Lü Xiaojun; Lu Haojie; Iván Cambar
** Men's 85 kg: Adrian Zieliński; Kianoush Rostami; Tarek Yehia
** Men's 94 kg: Saeid Mohammadpour; Kim Min-jae; Tomasz Zieliński
** Men's 105 kg: Oleksiy Torokhtiy; Navab Nassirshalal; Bartłomiej Bonk
** Men's +105 kg: Behdad Salimi; Sajjad Anoushiravani; Ruslan Albegov
** Women's 48 kg: Wang Mingjuan; Hiromi Miyake; Ryang Chun-hwa
** Women's 53 kg: Hsu Shu-ching; Citra Febrianti; Iulia Paratova
** Women's 58 kg: Li Xueying; Pimsiri Sirikaew; Rattikan Gulnoi
** Women's 63 kg: Christine Girard; Milka Maneva; Luz Acosta
** Women's 69 kg: Rim Jong-sim; Roxana Cocoș; Anna Nurmukhambetova
** Women's 75 kg: Lydia Valentín; Abeer Abdelrahman; Madias Nzesso
** Women's +75 kg: Zhou Lulu; Tatiana Kashirina; Jang Mi-ran

## World & Grand Prix weightlifting championships

* May 10 – ?: 2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Antigua Guatemala
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* September 18 – ?: 2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Košice
** Russia and China won 3 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
* October 12: – ?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #1 in Saint Petersburg
** Men's 94 kg: Egor Klimonov
** Men's 105 kg: Gennady Muratov
** Men's +105 kg: Jiří Orság
** Women's 75 kg: Olga Zubova
** Women's +75 kg: Tatiana Kashirina
* November 5 – ?: 2012 World University Weightlifting Championships in Eilat
** Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* December 14 – ?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #2 in Baku
** Men's 62 kg: Valentin Hristov
** Men's 69 kg: Firidun Guliyev
** Women's 53 kg: Cristina Iovu
** Women's 58 kg: Tatiana Aleeva

## Continental & regional weightlifting championships

* March 20 – ?: 2012 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in Medellín
** Colombia won the gold medal tally. Colombia and Venezuela won 11 overall medals each.
* March 29 – ?: 2012 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi
** Nigeria won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* April 9 – ?: 2012 European Weightlifting Championships in Antalya
** Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* April 22 – ?: 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Pyeongtaek
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 10 – ?: 2012 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Antigua Guatemala
** Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 4 – ?: 2012 Oceania Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Apia
** Senior: Samoa won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
** Junior: Samoa and New Zealand won 3 gold medals each. Samoa won the overall medalt tally.
** Youth: New Zealand won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
* June 4 – ?: 2012 Commonwealth Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Apia
** Senior: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Junior: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Youth: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 18 – ?: 2012 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Viña del Mar
** Mexico won the gold medal tally. Colombia won the overall medal tally.
* August 25 – ?: 2012 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Constanța
** Armenia won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
* October 24 – ?: 2012 South American Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Maracaibo
** Senior: Venezuela won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Junior: Venezuela won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* November 8 – ?: 2012 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Yangon
** Junior: China and North Korea won 5 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
** Youth: China won the gold medal tally. Chinese Taipei won the overall medal tally.
* November 18 – ?: 2012 African Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Tunis
** Junior: Egypt won the gold medal tally. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.
** Youth: Tunisia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* November 29 – ?: 2012 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Eilat
** Russia and Romania won 4 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.