World Weightlifting Championships |
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Status |
active |
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Genre |
sports event |
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Date(s) |
usually October–November |
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Frequency |
annual, apart from Summer Olympic years |
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Location(s) |
various |
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Inaugurated |
28 March 1891 (1891-03-28) |
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Organised by |
IWF |
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The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.[1]
Athletes compete in a total of 15 weight categories (8 for men and 7 for women):
- Men categories: 56 kg, 62 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 85 kg, 94 kg, 105 kg and +105 kg.
- Women categories: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg and +75 kg.
Competitions
Men
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | # Athletes | # Countries |
I |
1891 |
March 28 |
London, United Kingdom |
7 |
6 |
II |
1898 |
July 31 – August 1 |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
11 |
3 |
III |
1899 |
April 4–5 |
Milan, Italy |
5 |
3 |
IV |
1903 |
October 1–3 |
Paris, France |
18 |
5 |
V |
1904 |
April 18 |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
13 |
4 |
VI |
1905 |
April 8–10 |
Berlin, Germany |
41 |
4 |
VII |
1905 |
June 11–13 |
Duisburg, Germany |
7 |
2 |
VIII |
1905 |
December 16 & 30 |
Paris, France |
16 |
1 |
IX |
1906 |
March 18 |
Lille, France |
33 |
4 |
X |
1907 |
May 19 |
Frankfurt, Germany |
23 |
3 |
XI |
1908 |
December 8–9 |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
23 |
2 |
XII |
1909 |
October 3 & December 2 |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
23 |
3 |
XIII |
1910 |
June 4–6 |
Düsseldorf, Germany |
57 |
5 |
XIV |
1910 |
October 9–10 |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
15 |
2 |
XV |
1911 |
April 29–30 |
Stuttgart, Germany |
36 |
3 |
XVI |
1911 |
May 13–14 |
Berlin, Germany |
27 |
2 |
XVII |
1911 |
June 26 |
Dresden, Germany |
21 |
3 |
XVIII |
1911 |
June 29 – July 2 |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
32 |
3 |
XIX |
1913 |
July 28–29 |
Breslau, Germany |
40 |
4 |
XX |
1920 |
September 4–8 |
Vienna, Austria |
74 |
4 |
XXI |
1922 |
April 29–30 |
Tallinn, Estonia |
33 |
4 |
XXII |
1923 |
September 8–9 |
Vienna, Austria |
76 |
7 |
XXIII |
1937 |
September 10–12 |
Paris, France |
50 |
10 |
XXIV |
1938 |
October 21–23 |
Vienna, Germany |
38 |
11 |
XXV |
1946 |
October 18–19 |
Paris, France |
79 |
13 |
XXVI |
1947 |
September 26–27 |
Philadelphia, United States |
39 |
12 |
XXVII |
1949 |
September 4–6 |
Scheveningen, Netherlands |
38 |
13 |
XXVIII |
1950 |
October 13–15 |
Paris, France |
56 |
17 |
XXIX |
1951 |
October 26–28 |
Milan, Italy |
62 |
14 |
XXX |
1953 |
August 26–30 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
70 |
19 |
XXXI |
1954 |
October 7–10 |
Vienna, Austria |
100 |
23 |
XXXII |
1955 |
October 12–16 |
Munich, West Germany |
108 |
25 |
XXXIII |
1957 |
November 8–12 |
Tehran, Iran |
76 |
21 |
XXXIV |
1958 |
September 16–21 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
96 |
27 |
XXXV |
1959 |
September 29 – October 4 |
Warsaw, Poland |
85 |
19 |
XXXVI |
1961 |
September 20–25 |
Vienna, Austria |
120 |
33 |
XXXVII |
1962 |
September 16–22 |
Budapest, Hungary |
113 |
27 |
XXXVIII |
1963 |
September 16–22 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
134 |
32 |
XXXIX |
1964 |
October 11–18 |
Tokyo, Japan |
149 |
42 |
XL |
1965 |
October 27 – November 3 |
Tehran, Iran |
85 |
24 |
XLI |
1966 |
October 15–21 |
East Berlin, East Germany |
117 |
28 |
XLII |
1968 |
October 13–19 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
160 |
55 |
XLIII |
1969 |
September 20–28 |
Warsaw, Poland |
166 |
37 |
XLIV |
1970 |
September 12–20 |
Columbus, United States |
129 |
28 |
XLV |
1971 |
September 18–26 |
Lima, Peru |
144 |
30 |
XLVI |
1972 |
August 27 – September 6 |
Munich, West Germany |
188 |
54 |
XLVII |
1973 |
September 15–23 |
Havana, Cuba |
189 |
39 |
XLVIII |
1974 |
September 21–29 |
Manila, Philippines |
143 |
32 |
XLIX |
1975 |
September 15–23 |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
169 |
33 |
L |
1976 |
July 18–27 |
Montreal, Canada |
173 |
46 |
LI |
1977 |
September 17–25 |
Stuttgart, West Germany |
186 |
44 |
LII |
1978 |
October 4–8 |
Gettysburg, United States |
185 |
35 |
LIII |
1979 |
November 3–11 |
Thessaloniki, Greece |
189 |
39 |
LIV |
1980 |
July 20–30 |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
173 |
40 |
LV |
1981 |
September 13–20 |
Lille, France |
194 |
35 |
LVI |
1982 |
September 18–26 |
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
205 |
38 |
LVII |
1983 |
October 22–31 |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
187 |
32 |
LVIII |
1984 |
July 29 – August 8 |
Los Angeles, United States |
187 |
48 |
LIX |
1985 |
August 23 – September 1 |
Södertälje, Sweden |
195 |
38 |
LX |
1986 |
November 8–15 |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
193 |
41 |
LXI |
1987 |
September 6–13 |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
168 |
29 |
LXII |
1989 |
September 16–23 |
Athens, Greece |
220 |
37 |
LXIII |
1990 |
November 10–18 |
Budapest, Hungary |
182 |
38 |
- 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.
Combined
No. | Year | Dates | City and host country | Men | Women |
M | W |
# Athletes | # Countries |
# Athletes | # Countries |
LXIV |
V |
1991 |
September 27 – October 6 |
Donaueschingen, Germany |
200 |
40 |
108 |
24 |
— |
VI |
1992 |
May 16–24 |
Varna, Bulgaria |
— |
— |
110 |
25 |
LXV |
VII |
1993 |
November 11–21 |
Melbourne, Australia |
195 |
57 |
94 |
25 |
LXVI |
VIII |
1994 |
November 17–27 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
242 |
52 |
105 |
30 |
LXVII |
IX |
1995 |
November 16–26 |
Guangzhou, China |
345 |
63 |
93 |
26 |
— |
X |
1996 |
May 3–11 |
Warsaw, Poland |
— |
— |
102 |
24 |
LXVIII |
XI |
1997 |
December 6–14 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
189 |
51 |
143 |
39 |
LXIX |
XII |
1998 |
November 10–15 |
Lahti, Finland |
210 |
53 |
122 |
35 |
LXX |
XIII |
1999 |
November 21–28 |
Piraeus, Greece |
395 |
79 |
231 |
51 |
LXXI |
XIV |
2001 |
November 4–11 |
Antalya, Turkey |
153 |
47 |
114 |
34 |
LXXII |
XV |
2002 |
November 18–26 |
Warsaw, Poland |
170 |
47 |
115 |
37 |
LXXIII |
XVI |
2003 |
November 14–22 |
Vancouver, Canada |
297 |
59 |
208 |
47 |
LXXIV |
XVII |
2005 |
November 9–17 |
Doha, Qatar |
169 |
58 |
112 |
42 |
LXXV |
XVIII |
2006 |
September 30 – October 7 |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
298 |
58 |
186 |
39 |
LXXVI |
XIX |
2007 |
September 17–26 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
355 |
70 |
225 |
53 |
LXXVII |
XX |
2009 |
November 20–29 |
Goyang, South Korea |
196 |
57 |
133 |
38 |
LXXVIII |
XXI |
2010 |
September 17–26 |
Antalya, Turkey |
312 |
63 |
203 |
50 |
LXXIX |
XXII |
2011 |
November 5–13 |
Paris, France |
307 |
75 |
212 |
61 |
LXXX |
XXIII |
2013 |
October 20–27 |
Wrocław, Poland |
168 |
49 |
124 |
37 |
LXXXI |
XXIV |
2014 |
November 8–16 |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
307 |
62 |
219 |
51 |
LXXXII |
XXV |
2015 |
November 20–28 |
Houston, United States |
324 |
76 |
261 |
72 |
LXXXIII |
XXVI |
2017 |
November 28 – December 5 |
Anaheim, United States |
176 |
54 |
139 |
44 |
LXXXIV |
XXVII |
2018 |
November 1–10 |
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
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LXXXV |
XXVIII |
2019 |
September 16–25 |
Pattaya, Thailand |
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Multiple medalists
The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result.
References
- ↑ Siegman, Joseph M. (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.