The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by

International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...

(IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by

Edward Lawrence Levy Edward Lawrence Levy (born 21 December 1851 – May 1932) was a British weightlifter. Career Levy, who was Jewish, was born in London, England. He was a member of the Birmingham Athletic Club. In February 1891, Levy won the first Briti ...

of England. Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women): *Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg. *Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.

Competitions

Men

* The weightlifting tournaments held during

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in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

Women

Combined

All-time medal table

Total

All-time big (total) medal count below updated after the

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Big and small medals

All-time big (total) and small (snatch, clean & jerk, and press) medal count below updated after the

. * Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result. Boldface denotes active weightlifters and highest medal count among all weightlifters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

References

External links

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

Database IWRP
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