World Weightlifting Championships

The **World Weightlifting Championships** is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

## World Weightlifting Championships

- Main Article : World Weightlifting Championships
- The weightlifting tournaments held during Summer Olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

|rowspan=2 width=50|Year|colspan=2|Edition|rowspan=2  width=300|Venue|rowspan=2  width=50|Events|colspan=2|Men|colspan=2|Women|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1891|1|-|London, United Kingdom|1|7|6|-|-||||
|1898|2|-|Vienna, Austria-Hungary|1|11|3|-|-||||
|1899|3|-|Milan, Italy|1|5|3|-|-||||
|1903|4|-|Paris, France|1|18|5|-|-||||
|1904|5|-|Vienna, Austria-Hungary|1|13|4|-|-||||
|1905|6|-|Berlin, Germany|3|41|4|-|-||||
|1905|7|-|Duisburg, Germany|1|7|2|-|-||||
|1905|8|-|Paris, France|3|16|1|-|-||||
|1906|9|-|Lille, France|4|33|4|-|-||||
|1907|10|-|Frankfurt, Germany|3|23|3|-|-||||
|1908|11|-|Vienna, Austria-Hungary|2|23|2|-|-||||
|1909|12|-|Vienna, Austria-Hungary|2|23|3|-|-||||
|1910|13|-|Düsseldorf, Germany|4|57|5|-|-||||
|1910|14|-|Vienna, Austria-Hungary|2|15|2|-|-||||
|1911|15|-|Stuttgart, Germany|4|36|3|-|-||||
|1911|16|-|Berlin, Germany|4|27|2|-|-||||
|1911|17|-|Dresden, Germany|4|21|3|-|-||||
|1911|18|-|Vienna, Austria-Hungary|4|32|3|-|-||||
|1913|19|-|Breslau, Germany|4|40|4|-|-||||
|1920|20|-|Vienna, Austria|5|74|4|-|-||||
|1922|21|-|Tallinn, Estonia|5|33|4|-|-||||
|1923|22|-|Vienna, Austria|5|76|7|-|-||||
|1937|23|-|Paris, France|5|50|10|-|-||||
|1938|24|-|Vienna, Germany|5|38|11|-|-||||
|1946|25|-|Paris, France|5|79|13|-|-||||
|1947|26|-|Philadelphia, United States|6|39|12|-|-||||
|1949|27|-|Scheveningen, Netherlands|6|38|13|-|-||||
|1950|28|-|Paris, France|6|56|17|-|-||||
|1951|29|-|Milan, Italy|7|62|14|-|-||||
|1953|30|-|Stockholm, Sweden|7|70|19|-|-||||
|1954|31|-|Vienna, Austria|7|100|23|-|-||||
|1955|32|-|Munich, West Germany|7|108|25|-|-||||
|1957|33|-|Tehran, Iran|7|76|21|-|-||||
|1958|34|-|Stockholm, Sweden|7|96|27|-|-||||
|1959|35|-|Warsaw, Poland|7|85|19|-|-||||
|1961|36|-|Vienna, Austria|7|120|33|-|-||||
|1962|37|-|Budapest, Hungary|7|113|27|-|-||||
|1963|38|-|Stockholm, Sweden|7|134|32|-|-||||
|1964|39|-|Tokyo, Japan|7|149|42|-|-||||
|1965|40|-|Tehran, Iran|7|85|24|-|-||||
|1966|41|-|East Berlin, East Germany|7|117|28|-|-||||
|1968|42|-|Mexico City, Mexico|7|160|55|-|-||||
|1969|43|-|Warsaw, Poland|36|166|37|-|-||||
|1970|44|-|Columbus, United States|36|129|28|-|-||||
|1971|45|-|Lima, Peru|36|144|30|-|-||||
|1972|46|-|Munich, West Germany|36|188|54|-|-||||
|1973|47|-|Havana, Cuba|27|189|39|-|-||||
|1974|48|-|Manila, Philippines|27|143|32|-|-||||
|1975|49|-|Moscow, Soviet Union|27|169|33|-|-||||
|1976|50|-|Montreal, Canada|27|173|46|-|-||||
|1977|51|-|Stuttgart, West Germany|30|186|44|-|-||||
|1978|52|-|Gettysburg, United States|30|185|35|-|-||||
|1979|53|-|Thessaloniki, Greece|30|189|39|-|-||||
|1980|54|-|Moscow, Soviet Union|30|173|40|-|-||||
|1981|55|-|Lille, France|30|194|35|-|-||||
|1982|56|-|Ljubljana, Yugoslavia|30|205|38|-|-||||
|1983|57|-|Moscow, Soviet Union|30|187|32|-|-||||
|1984|58|-|Los Angeles, United States|30|187|48|-|-||||
|1985|59|-|Södertälje, Sweden|30|195|38|-|-||||
|1986|60|-|Sofia, Bulgaria|30|193|41|-|-||||
|1987|61|-|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia|30|168|29|-|-||||
|1987|-|1|Daytona Beach, United States|27|-|-|100|22||||
|1988|-|2|Jakarta, Indonesia|27|-|-|103|23||||
|1989|62|-|Athens, Greece|30|220|37|-|-||||
|1989|-|3|Manchester, United Kingdom|27|-|-|133|25||||
|1990|63|-|Budapest, Hungary|30|182|38|-|-||||
|1990|-|4|Sarajevo, Yugoslavia|27|-|-|109|25||||
|1991|64|5|Donaueschingen, Germany|57|200|40|108|24||||
|1992|-|6|Varna, Bulgaria|27|-|-|110|25||||
|1993|65|7|Melbourne, Australia|57|195|57|94|25||||
|1994|66|8|Istanbul, Turkey|57|242|52|105|30||||
|1995|67|9|Guangzhou, China|57|345|63|93|26||||
|1996|-|10|Warsaw, Poland|27|-|-|102|24||||
|1997|68|11|Chiang Mai, Thailand|57|189|51|143|39||||
|1998|69|12|Lahti, Finland|45|210|53|122|35||||
|1999|70|13|Piraeus, Greece|45|395|79|231|51||||
|2001|71|14|Antalya, Turkey|45|153|47|114|34||||
|2002|72|15|Warsaw, Poland|45|170|47|115|37||||
|2003|73|16|Vancouver, Canada|45|297|59|208|47||||
|2005|74|17|Doha, Qatar|45|169|58|112|42||||
|2006|75|18|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic|45|298|58|186|39||||
|2007|76|19|Chiang Mai, Thailand|45|355|70|225|53||||
|2009|77|20|Goyang, South Korea|45|196|57|133|38||||
|2010|78|21|Antalya, Turkey|45|312|63|203|50||||
|2011|79|22|Paris, France|45|307|75|212|61||||
|2013|80|23|Wrocław, Poland|45|168|49|124|37||||
|2014|81|24|Almaty, Kazakhstan|45|307|62|219|51||||
|2015|82|25|Houston, United States|45|324|76|261|72||||
|2017|83|26|Anaheim, United States|48|176|54|139|44||||
|2018|84|27|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan|60||||||||
|2019|85|28|Pattaya, Thailand|60||||||||
- Source :
- http://iwrp.net/
- http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/

## Team ranking

- http://www.iwf.net/weightlifting_/history/ - Team ranking system (History)
- Team ranking was started from 1949
- 1- 7th August 1948 FIH Congress, London : For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
- 2- 7th November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran : For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
- 3- 24th May 1958 Tokyo : For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
- 4- 1973 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
- 5- 1977 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
- 6- 12th–14th January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27th July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
- 7- 1st May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw : For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
- 10th and 11th December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.

|rowspan=2 width=50|Year|rowspan=2  width=230|Host|colspan=3|Men|colspan=3|Women||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1997|align="left"|Chiang Mai, Thailand|align="left"|643|align="left"|521|align="left"|507|align="left"|666|align="left"|510|align="left"|508|
|1998|align="left"|Lahti, Finland|align="left"|566|align="left"|566|align="left"|428|align="left"|508|align="left"|453|align="left"|328|
|1999|align="left"|Athens, Greece|align="left"|581|align="left"|465|align="left"|437|align="left"|530|align="left"|392|align="left"|374|
|2001|align="left"|Antalya, Turkey|align="left"|523|align="left"|476|align="left"|462|align="left"|455|align="left"|426|align="left"|423|
|2002|align="left"|Warsaw, Poland|align="left"|484|align="left"|482|align="left"|410|align="left"|494|align="left"|414|align="left"|322|
|2003|align="left"|Vancouver, Canada|align="left"|541|align="left"|509|align="left"|395|align="left"|474|align="left"|425|align="left"|418|
|2005|align="left"|Doha, Qatar|align="left"|595|align="left"|545|align="left"|314|align="left"|555|align="left"|505|align="left"|447|
|2006|align="left"|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic|align="left"|510|align="left"|457|align="left"|440|align="left"|520|align="left"|514|align="left"|437|
|2007|align="left"|Chiang Mai, Thailand|align="left"|523|align="left"|520|align="left"|501|align="left"|565|align="left"|450|align="left"|390|
|2009|align="left"|Goyang, South Korea|align="left"|623|align="left"|506|align="left"|395|align="left"|514|align="left"|429|align="left"|408|
|2010|align="left"|Antalya, Turkey|align="left"|520|align="left"|453|align="left"|429|align="left"|522|align="left"|413|align="left"|398|
|2011|align="left"|Paris, France|align="left"|568|align="left"|542|align="left"|495|align="left"|510|align="left"|509|align="left"|443|
|2013|align="left"|Wrocław, Poland|align="left"|586|align="left"|510|align="left"|449|align="left"|505|align="left"|441|align="left"|377|
|2014|align="left"|Almaty, Kazakhstan|align="left"|556|align="left"|456|align="left"|440|align="left"|527|align="left"|481|align="left"|454|
|2015 *|align="left"|Houston, United States|align="left"|555|align="left"|418|align="left"|406|align="left"|556|align="left"|448|align="left"|423|
|2017|align="left"|Anaheim, United States|align="left"|509|align="left"|454|align="left"|354|align="left"|495|align="left"|467|align="left"|466|
- 2015 Ranking before positive doping tests and will be changed.

## References

- http://iwrp.net/
- http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/

## Other websites

- International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics
- Database IWRP