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.

YearEditionVenue EventsMenWomenMWAthletes Countries Athletes Countries 1891  1  -   London, United Kingdom 176-- 1898  2  -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 1113-- 1899  3  -   Milan, Italy 153-- 1903  4  -   Paris, France 1185-- 1904  5  -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary 1134-- 1905  6  -   Berlin, Germany  3 414-- 1905  7  -   Duisburg, Germany  1 72-- 1905  8  -   Paris, France  3 161-- 1906  9  -   Lille, France  4 334-- 1907  10  -   Frankfurt, Germany  3 233-- 1908  11  -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary  2 232-- 1909  12  -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary  2 233-- 1910  13  -   Düsseldorf, Germany  4 575-- 1910  14  -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary  2 152-- 1911  15  -   Stuttgart, Germany  4 363-- 1911  16  -   Berlin, Germany  4 272-- 1911  17  -   Dresden, Germany  4 213-- 1911  18  -   Vienna, Austria-Hungary  4 323-- 1913  19  -   Breslau, Germany  4 404-- 1920  20  -   Vienna, Austria  5 744-- 1922  21  -   Tallinn, Estonia  5 334-- 1923  22  -   Vienna, Austria  5 767-- 1937  23  -   Paris, France  5 5010-- 1938  24  -   Vienna, Germany  5 3811-- 1946  25  -   Paris, France  5 7913-- 1947  26  -   Philadelphia, United States  6 3912-- 1949  27  -   Scheveningen, Netherlands  6 3813-- 1950  28  -   Paris, France  6 5617-- 1951  29  -   Milan, Italy  7 6214-- 1953  30  -   Stockholm, Sweden  7 7019-- 1954  31  -   Vienna, Austria  7 10023-- 1955  32  -   Munich, West Germany  7 10825-- 1957  33  -   Tehran, Iran  7 7621-- 1958  34  -   Stockholm, Sweden  7 9627-- 1959  35  -   Warsaw, Poland  7 8519-- 1961  36  -   Vienna, Austria  7 12033-- 1962  37  -   Budapest, Hungary  7 11327-- 1963  38  -   Stockholm, Sweden  7 13432-- 1964  39  -   Tokyo, Japan  714942-- 1965  40  -   Tehran, Iran  7 8524-- 1966  41  -   East Berlin, East Germany  7 11728-- 1968  42  -   Mexico City, Mexico  7 16055-- 1969  43  -   Warsaw, Poland  36 16637-- 1970  44  -   Columbus, United States  36 12928-- 1971  45  -   Lima, Peru  36 14430-- 1972  46  -   Munich, West Germany  36 18854-- 1973  47  -   Havana, Cuba  27 18939-- 1974  48  -   Manila, Philippines  27 14332-- 1975  49  -   Moscow, Soviet Union  27 16933-- 1976  50  -   Montreal, Canada  27 17346-- 1977  51  -   Stuttgart, West Germany  30 18644-- 1978  52  -   Gettysburg, United States  30 18535-- 1979  53  -   Thessaloniki, Greece  30 18939-- 1980  54  -   Moscow, Soviet Union  30 17340-- 1981  55  -   Lille, France  30 19435-- 1982  56  -   Ljubljana, Yugoslavia  30 20538-- 1983  57  -   Moscow, Soviet Union  30 18732-- 1984  58  -   Los Angeles, United States  30 18748-- 1985  59  -   Södertälje, Sweden  30 19538-- 1986  60  -   Sofia, Bulgaria  30 19341-- 1987  61  -   Ostrava, Czechoslovakia  30 16829-- 1987  -  1   Daytona Beach, United States  27 --10022 1988  -  2   Jakarta, Indonesia  27 --10323 1989  62  -   Athens, Greece  30 22037-- 1989  -  3   Manchester, United Kingdom  27 --13325 1990  63  -   Budapest, Hungary  30 18238-- 1990  -  4   Sarajevo, Yugoslavia  27 --10925 1991  64  5   Donaueschingen, Germany  57 2004010824 1992  -  6   Varna, Bulgaria  27 --11025 1993  65  7   Melbourne, Australia  57 195579425 1994  66  8   Istanbul, Turkey  57 2425210530 1995  67  9   Guangzhou, China  57 345639326 1996  -  10   Warsaw, Poland  27 --10224 1997  68  11   Chiang Mai, Thailand  57 1895114339 1998  69  12   Lahti, Finland  45 2105312235 1999  70  13   Piraeus, Greece  45 3957923151 2001  71  14   Antalya, Turkey  45 1534711434 2002  72  15   Warsaw, Poland  45 1704711537 2003  73  16   Vancouver, Canada  45 2975920847 2005  74  17   Doha, Qatar  45 1695811242 2006  75  18   Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  45 2985818639 2007  76  19   Chiang Mai, Thailand  45 3557022553 2009  77  20   Goyang, South Korea  45 1965713338 2010  78  21   Antalya, Turkey  45 3126320350 2011  79  22   Paris, France  45 3077521261 2013  80  23   Wrocław, Poland  45 1684912437 2014  81  24   Almaty, Kazakhstan  45 3076221951 2015  82  25   Houston, United States  45 3247626172 2017  83  26   Anaheim, United States  48 1765413944 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.

YearHostMenWomen1 2 31 2 3 1997 Chiang Mai, Thailand 643 521 507 666 510 508 1998 Lahti, Finland 566 566 428 508 453 328 1999 Athens, Greece 581 465 437 530 392 374 2001 Antalya, Turkey 523 476 462 455 426 423 2002 Warsaw, Poland 484 482 410 494 414 322 2003 Vancouver, Canada 541 509 395 474 425 418 2005 Doha, Qatar 595 545 314 555 505 447 2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 510 457 440 520 514 437 2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand 523 520 501 565 450 390 2009 Goyang, South Korea 623 506 395 514 429 408 2010 Antalya, Turkey 520 453 429 522 413 398 2011 Paris, France 568 542 495 510 509 443 2013 Wrocław, Poland 586 510 449 505 441 377 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 556 456 440 527 481 454 2015 * Houston, United States 555 418 406 556 448 423 2017 Anaheim, United States 509 454 354 495 467 466
 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

Category:Weightlifting competitions
Category:World championships