List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting

See also: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting.

Current program

Men

Featherweight

• –60 kg (1920–1936)
• 56–60 kg (1948–1992)
• 59–64 kg (1996)
• 56–62 kg (2000–2016)
• 61–67 kg (2020)
• -61 kg (2024)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Frans De Haes  Belgium	Alfred Schmidt  Estonia	Eugène Ryter  Switzerland
1924 Paris	Pierino Gabetti  Italy	Andreas Stadler  Austria	Arthur Reinmann  Switzerland
1928 Amsterdam	Franz Andrysek  Austria	Pierino Gabetti  Italy	Hans Wölpert  Germany
1932 Los Angeles	Raymond Suvigny  France	Hans Wölpert  Germany	Anthony Terlazzo  United States
1936 Berlin	Anthony Terlazzo  United States	Saleh Soliman  Egypt	Ibrahim Shams  Egypt
1948 London	Mahmoud Fayad  Egypt	Rodney Wilkes  Trinidad and Tobago	Jafar Salmasi  Iran
1952 Helsinki	Rafael Chimishkyan  Soviet Union	Nikolay Saksonov  Soviet Union	Rodney Wilkes  Trinidad and Tobago
1956 Melbourne	Isaac Berger  United States	Yevgeni Minaev  Soviet Union	Marian Zieliński  Poland
1960 Rome	Yevgeny Minayev  Soviet Union	Isaac Berger  United States	Sebastiano Mannironi  Italy
1964 Tokyo	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan	Isaac Berger  United States	Mieczysław Nowak  Poland
1968 Mexico City	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan
1972 Munich	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	János Benedek  Hungary
1976 Montreal	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	Kazumasa Hirai  Japan
1980 Moscow	Viktor Mazin  Soviet Union	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	Marek Seweryn  Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Chen Weiqiang  China	Gelu Radu  Romania	Tsai Wen-Yee  Chinese Taipei
1988 Seoul	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	Stefan Topurov  Bulgaria	Ye Huanming  China
1992 Barcelona	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria	He Yingqiang  China
1996 Atlanta	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	Valerios Leonidis  Greece	Xiao Jiangang  China
2000 Sydney	Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia	Leonidas Sabanis  Greece	Gennady Oleshchuk  Belarus
2004 Athens	Shi Zhiyong  China	Le Maosheng  China	Israel José Rubio  Venezuela
2008 Beijing	Zhang Xiangxiang  China	Diego Salazar  Colombia	Triyatno  Indonesia
2012 London	Kim Un-guk  North Korea	Óscar Figueroa  Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Óscar Figueroa  Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	Farkhad Kharki  Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo	Chen Lijun  China	Luis Javier Mosquera  Colombia	Mirko Zanni  Italy
2024 Paris

Lightweight

• 60–67.5 kg (1920–1992)
• 64–70 kg (1996)
• 62–69 kg (2000–2016)
• 67–73 kg (2020)
• 61–73 kg (2024-)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Alfred Neuland  Estonia	Louis Williquet  Belgium	Florimond Rooms  Belgium
1924 Paris	Edmond Decottignies  France	Anton Zwerina  Austria	Bohumil Durdis  Czechoslovakia
1928 Amsterdam	Hans Haas  Austria	None awarded	Fernand Arnout  France
	Kurt Helbig  Germany
1932 Los Angeles	René Duverger  France	Hans Haas  Austria	Gastone Pierini  Italy
1936 Berlin	Robert Fein  Austria	None awarded	Karl Jansen  Germany
	Anwar Mesbah  Egypt
1948 London	Ibrahim Shams  Egypt	Attia Hamouda  Egypt	James Halliday  Great Britain
1952 Helsinki	Tommy Kono  United States	Yevgeny Lopatin  Soviet Union	Vern Barberis  Australia
1956 Melbourne	Ihor Rybak  Soviet Union	Ravil Khabutdinov  Soviet Union	Kim Chang-hee  South Korea
1960 Rome	Viktor Bushuev  Soviet Union	Tan Howe Liang  Singapore	Abdul-Wahid Aziz  Iraq
1964 Tokyo	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	Vladimir Kaplunov  Soviet Union	Marian Zieliński  Poland
1968 Mexico City	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	Parviz Jalayer  Iran	Marian Zieliński  Poland
1972 Munich	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland
1976 Montreal	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	Daniel Senet  France	Kazimierz Czarnecki  Poland
1980 Moscow	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	Mincho Pashov  Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles	Yao Jingyuan  China	Andrei Socaci  Romania	Jouni Grönman  Finland
1988 Seoul	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	Israel Militosyan  Soviet Union	Li Jinhe  China
1992 Barcelona	Israel Militosyan  Unified Team	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	Andreas Behm  Germany
1996 Atlanta	Zhan Xugang  China	Kim Myong-Nam  North Korea	Attila Feri  Hungary
2000 Sydney	Galabin Boevski  Bulgaria	Georgi Markov  Bulgaria	Siarhei Laurenau  Belarus
2004 Athens	Zhang Guozheng  China	Lee Bae-young  South Korea	Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia
2008 Beijing	Liao Hui  China	Vencelas Dabaya  France	Yordanis Borrero  Cuba
2012 London	Lin Qingfeng  China	Triyatno  Indonesia	Kim Myong-hyok  North Korea
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Shi Zhiyong  China	Daniyar Ismayilov  Turkey	Luis Javier Mosquera  Colombia
2020 Tokyo	Shi Zhiyong  China	Julio Mayora  Venezuela	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah  Indonesia
2024 Paris

Middleweight

• 67.5–75 kg (1920–1992)
• 70–76 kg (1996)
• 69–77 kg (2000–2016)
• 73–81 kg (2020)
• 73–89 kg (2024–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Henri Gance  France	Pietro Bianchi  Italy	Albert Pettersson  Sweden
1924 Paris	Carlo Galimberti  Italy	Alfred Neuland  Estonia	Jaan Kikkas  Estonia
1928 Amsterdam	Roger François  France	Carlo Galimberti  Italy	Guus Scheffer  Netherlands
1932 Los Angeles	Rudolf Ismayr  Germany	Carlo Galimberti  Italy	Karl Hipfinger  Austria
1936 Berlin	Khadr El-Touni  Egypt	Rudolf Ismayr  Germany	Adolf Wagner  Germany
1948 London	Frank Spellman  United States	Pete George  United States	Kim Seong-jip  South Korea
1952 Helsinki	Pete George  United States	Gerry Gratton  Canada	Kim Seong-jip  South Korea
1956 Melbourne	Fyodor Bogdanovsky  Soviet Union	Pete George  United States	Ermanno Pignatti  Italy
1960 Rome	Aleksandr Kurynov  Soviet Union	Tommy Kono  United States	Győző Veres  Hungary
1964 Tokyo	Hans Zdražila  Czechoslovakia	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	Masushi Ouchi  Japan
1968 Mexico City	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	Masushi Ouchi  Japan	Károly Bakos  Hungary
1972 Munich	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	Mohamed Tarabulsi  Lebanon	Anselmo Silvino  Italy
1976 Montreal	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	Peter Wenzel  East Germany
1980 Moscow	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	Aleksandr Pervi  Soviet Union	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky  West Germany	Jacques Demers  Canada	Dragomir Cioroslan  Romania
1988 Seoul	Borislav Gidikov  Bulgaria	Ingo Steinhöfel  East Germany	Aleksandar Varbanov  Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona	Fedor Kassapu  Unified Team	Pablo Lara  Cuba	Kim Myong-Nam  North Korea
1996 Atlanta	Pablo Lara  Cuba	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	Jon Chol-ho  North Korea
2000 Sydney	Zhan Xugang  China	Viktor Mitrou  Greece	Arsen Melikyan  Armenia
2004 Athens	Taner Sağır  Turkey	Sergey Filimonov  Kazakhstan	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu  Turkey
2008 Beijing	Sa Jae-hyouk  South Korea	Li Hongli  China	Gevorg Davtyan  Armenia
2012 London	Lü Xiaojun  China	Lu Haojie  China	Iván Cambar  Cuba
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Lü Xiaojun  China	Mohamed Ihab  Egypt	Chatuphum Chinnawong  Thailand
2020 Tokyo	Lü Xiaojun  China	Zacarías Bonnat  Dominican Republic	Antonino Pizzolato  Italy
2024 Paris

Heavyweight

• +82.5 kg (1920–1948)
• +90 kg (1952–1968)
• 90–110 kg (1972–1976)
• 100–110 kg (1980–1992)
• 99–108 kg (1996)
• 94–105 kg (2000–2016)
• 96–109 kg (2020)
• 89–102 kg (2024–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Filippo Bottino  Italy	Joseph Alzin  Luxembourg	Louis Bernot  France
1924 Paris	Giuseppe Tonani  Italy	Franz Aigner  Austria	Harald Tammer  Estonia
1928 Amsterdam	Josef Straßberger  Germany	Arnold Luhaäär  Estonia	Jaroslav Skobla  Czechoslovakia
1932 Los Angeles	Jaroslav Skobla  Czechoslovakia	Václav Pšenička  Czechoslovakia	Josef Straßberger  Germany
1936 Berlin	Josef Manger  Germany	Václav Pšenička  Czechoslovakia	Arnold Luhaäär  Estonia
1948 London	John Davis  United States	Norbert Schemansky  United States	Abraham Charité  Netherlands
1952 Helsinki	John Davis  United States	James Bradford  United States	Humberto Selvetti  Argentina
1956 Melbourne	Paul Anderson  United States	Humberto Selvetti  Argentina	Alberto Pigaiani  Italy
1960 Rome	Yury Vlasov  Soviet Union	James Bradford  United States	Norbert Schemansky  United States
1964 Tokyo	Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union	Yury Vlasov  Soviet Union	Norbert Schemansky  United States
1968 Mexico City	Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union	Serge Reding  Belgium	Joseph Dube  United States
1972 Munich	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	Stefan Grützner  East Germany
1976 Montreal	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	Krastyu Semerdzhiev  Bulgaria	Tadeusz Rutkowski  Poland
1980 Moscow	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	Valentin Khristov  Bulgaria	György Szalai  Hungary
1984 Los Angeles	Norberto Oberburger  Italy	Stefan Tasnadi  Romania	Guy Carlton  United States
1988 Seoul	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	József Jacsó  Hungary	Ronny Weller  East Germany
1992 Barcelona	Ronny Weller  Germany	Artur Akoyev  Unified Team	Stefan Botev  Bulgaria
1996 Atlanta	Timur Taymazov  Ukraine	Sergey Syrtsov  Russia	Nicu Vlad  Romania
2000 Sydney	Hossein Tavakkoli  Iran	Alan Tsagaev  Bulgaria	Said Saif Asaad  Qatar
2004 Athens	Dmitry Berestov  Russia	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	Gleb Pisarevskiy  Russia
2008 Beijing	Andrei Aramnau  Belarus	Dmitry Klokov  Russia	Marcin Dołęga  Poland
2012 London	Navab Nassirshalal  Iran	Bartłomiej Bonk  Poland	Ivan Efremov  Uzbekistan
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Ruslan Nurudinov  Uzbekistan	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	Aleksandr Zaychikov  Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo	Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	Artūrs Plēsnieks  Latvia
2024 Paris

Super heavyweight

• +110 kg (1972–1992)
• +108 kg (1996)
• +105 kg (2000–2016)
• +109 kg (2020)
• +102 kg (2024–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	Gerd Bonk  East Germany
1976 Montreal	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	Helmut Losch  East Germany
1980 Moscow	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	Tadeusz Rutkowski  Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Dean Lukin  Australia	Mario Martinez  United States	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany
1988 Seoul	Aleksandr Kurlovich  Soviet Union	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	Martin Zawieja  West Germany
1992 Barcelona	Aleksandr Kurlovich  Unified Team	Leonid Taranenko  Unified Team	Manfred Nerlinger  Germany
1996 Atlanta	Andrei Chemerkin  Russia	Ronny Weller  Germany	Stefan Botev  Australia
2000 Sydney	Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran	Ronny Weller  Germany	Andrei Chemerkin  Russia
2004 Athens	Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran	Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia	Velichko Cholakov  Bulgaria
2008 Beijing	Matthias Steiner  Germany	Evgeny Chigishev  Russia	Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia
2012 London	Behdad Salimi  Iran	Sajjad Anoushiravani  Iran	Jeon Sang-guen  South Korea
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	Gor Minasyan  Armenia	Irakli Turmanidze  Georgia
2020 Tokyo	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	Ali Davoudi  Iran	Man Asaad  Syria
2024 Paris

Women

Flyweight

• 48 kg (2000–2016)
• 49 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Tara Nott  United States	Raema Lisa Rumbewas  Indonesia	Sri Indriyani  Indonesia
2004 Athens	Nurcan Taylan  Turkey	Li Zhuo  China	Aree Wiratthaworn  Thailand
2008 Beijing	Chen Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei	Im Jyoung-hwa  South Korea	Pensiri Laosirikul  Thailand
2012 London	Wang Mingjuan  China	Hiromi Miyake  Japan	Ryang Chun-hwa  North Korea
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sopita Tanasan  Thailand	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani  Indonesia	Hiromi Miyake  Japan
2020 Tokyo	Hou Zhihui  China	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India	Windy Cantika Aisah  Indonesia
2024 Paris

Lightweight

• 58 kg (2000–2016)
• 59 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Soraya Jiménez  Mexico	Ri Song Hui  North Korea	Khassaraporn Suta  Thailand
2004 Athens	Chen Yanqing  China	Ri Song Hui  North Korea	Wandee Kameaim  Thailand
2008 Beijing	Chen Yanqing  China	O Jong Ae  North Korea	Wandee Kameaim  Thailand
2012 London	Li Xueying  China	Pimsiri Sirikaew  Thailand	Rattikan Gulnoi  Thailand
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sukanya Srisurat  Thailand	Pimsiri Sirikaew  Thailand	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei
2020 Tokyo	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	Polina Guryeva  Turkmenistan	Mikiko Ando  Japan
2024 Paris

Light heavyweight

• 69 kg (2000–2016)
• 76 kg (2020)
• 71 kg (2024–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Lin Weining  China	Erzsébet Márkus  Hungary	Karnam Malleswari  India
2004 Athens	Liu Chunhong  China	Eszter Krutzler  Hungary	Zarema Kasaeva  Russia
2008 Beijing	Oksana Slivenko  Russia	Leydi Solís  Colombia	Abeer Abdelrahman  Egypt
2012 London	Rim Jong-sim  North Korea	Anna Nurmukhambetova  Kazakhstan	Ubaldina Valoyes  Colombia
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Xiang Yanmei  China	Zhazira Zhapparkul  Kazakhstan	Sara Ahmed  Egypt
2020 Tokyo	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	Katherine Nye  United States	Aremi Fuentes  Mexico
2024 Paris

Heavyweight

• 75 kg (2000–2016)
• 87 kg (2020–)
• 81 kg (2024–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	Ruth Ogbeifo  Nigeria	Kuo Yi-hang  Chinese Taipei
2004 Athens	Pawina Thongsuk  Thailand	Natalya Zabolotnaya  Russia	Valentina Popova  Russia
2008 Beijing	Alla Vazhenina  Kazakhstan	Lydia Valentín  Spain	Damaris Aguirre  Mexico
2012 London	Lydia Valentín  Spain	Abeer Abdelrahman  Egypt	Madias Nzesso  Cameroon
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rim Jong-sim  North Korea	Darya Naumava  Belarus	Lydia Valentín  Spain
2020 Tokyo	Wang Zhouyu  China	Tamara Salazar  Ecuador	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic
2024 Paris

Super heavyweight

• +75 kg (2000–2016)
• +87 kg (2020)
• +81 kg (2024–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Ding Meiyuan  China	Agata Wróbel  Poland	Cheryl Haworth  United States
2004 Athens	Tang Gonghong  China	Jang Mi-ran  South Korea	Agata Wróbel  Poland
2008 Beijing	Jang Mi-ran  South Korea	Ele Opeloge  Samoa	Mariam Usman  Nigeria
2012 London	Zhou Lulu  China	Tatiana Kashirina  Russia	Jang Mi-ran  South Korea
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Meng Suping  China	Kim Kuk-hyang  North Korea	Sarah Robles  United States
2020 Tokyo	Li Wenwen  China	Emily Campbell  Great Britain	Sarah Robles  United States
2024 Paris

Discontinued events

Men

One hand lift

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Launceston Elliot  Great Britain	Viggo Jensen  Denmark	Alexandros Nikolopoulos  Greece

Two hand lift

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Viggo Jensen  Denmark	Launceston Elliot  Great Britain	Sotirios Versis  Greece
1900 Paris	not included in the Olympic program
1904 St. Louis	Perikles Kakousis  Greece	Oscar Osthoff  United States	Frank Kugler  United States

All-around dumbbell contest

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Oscar Osthoff  United States	Frederick Winters  United States	Frank Kugler  United States

Flyweight

• –52 kg (1972–1992)
• –54 kg (1996)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary
1976 Montreal	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	György Kőszegi  Hungary	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran
1980 Moscow	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	Ho Bong-chol  North Korea	Han Gyong-si  North Korea
1984 Los Angeles	Zeng Guoqiang  China	Zhou Peishun  China	Kazushito Manabe  Japan
1988 Seoul	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	Chun Byung-kwan  South Korea	He Zhuoqiang  China
1992 Barcelona	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	Lin Qisheng  China	Traian Cihărean  Romania
1996 Atlanta	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	Zhang Xiangsen  China	Sevdalin Minchev  Bulgaria

Bantamweight

• –56 kg (1948–1968)
• 52–56 kg (1972–1992)
• 54–59 kg (1996)
• –56 kg (2000–2016)
• –61 kg (2020)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Joseph DePietro  United States	Julian Creus  Great Britain	Richard Tom  United States
1952 Helsinki	Ivan Udodov  Soviet Union	Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran	Ali Mirzaei  Iran
1956 Melbourne	Charles Vinci  United States	Vladimir Stogov  Soviet Union	Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran
1960 Rome	Charles Vinci  United States	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan	Esmaeil Elmkhah  Iran
1964 Tokyo	Aleksey Vakhonin  Soviet Union	Imre Földi  Hungary	Shiro Ichinoseki  Japan
1968 Mexico City	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	Imre Földi  Hungary	Henryk Trębicki  Poland
1972 Munich	Imre Földi  Hungary	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union
1976 Montreal	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	Kenkichi Ando  Japan
1980 Moscow	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	Tadeusz Dembonczyk  Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Wu Shude  China	Lai Runming  China	Masahiro Kotaka  Japan
1988 Seoul	Oksen Mirzoyan  Soviet Union	He Yingqiang  China	Liu Shoubin  China
1992 Barcelona	Chun Byung-kwan  South Korea	Liu Shoubin  China	Luo Jianming  China
1996 Atlanta	Tang Lingsheng  China	Leonidas Sabanis  Greece	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria
2000 Sydney	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	Wu Wenxiong  China	Zhang Xiangxiang  China
2004 Athens	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	Wu Meijin  China	Sedat Artuç  Turkey
2008 Beijing	Long Qingquan  China	Hoang Anh Tuan  Vietnam	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
2012 London	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	Wu Jingbiao  China	Tran Le Quoc Toan  Vietnam
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Long Qingquan  China	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	Sinphet Kruaithong  Thailand
2020 Tokyo	Li Fabin  China	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	Igor Son  Kazakhstan

Light heavyweight

• 75–82.5 kg (1920–1992)
• 76–83 kg (1996)
• 77–85 kg (2000–2016)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Ernest Cadine  France	Fritz Hünenberger  Switzerland	Erik Pettersson  Sweden
1924 Paris	Charles Rigoulot  France	Fritz Hünenberger  Switzerland	Leopold Friedrich  Austria
1928 Amsterdam	El Sayed Nosseir  Egypt	Louis Hostin  France	Jan Verheijen  Netherlands
1932 Los Angeles	Louis Hostin  France	Svend Olsen  Denmark	Henry Duey  United States
1936 Berlin	Louis Hostin  France	Eugen Deutsch  Germany	Ibrahim Wasif  Egypt
1948 London	Stanley Stanczyk  United States	Harold Sakata  United States	Gösta Magnusson  Sweden
1952 Helsinki	Trofim Lomakin  Soviet Union	Stanley Stanczyk  United States	Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne	Tommy Kono  United States	Vasilijs Stepanovs  Soviet Union	Jim George  United States
1960 Rome	Ireneusz Palinski  Poland	Jim George  United States	Jan Bochenek  Poland
1964 Tokyo	Rudolf Plyukfelder  Soviet Union	Géza Tóth  Hungary	Győző Veres  Hungary
1968 Mexico City	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	Vladimir Belyaev  Soviet Union	Norbert Ozimek  Poland
1972 Munich	Leif Jenssen  Norway	Norbert Ozimek  Poland	György Horváth  Hungary
1976 Montreal	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	Péter Baczakó  Hungary
1980 Moscow	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia
1984 Los Angeles	Petre Becheru  Romania	Robert Kabbas  Australia	Ryoji Isaoka  Japan
1988 Seoul	Israil Arsamakov  Soviet Union	István Messzi  Hungary	Lee Hyung-kun  South Korea
1992 Barcelona	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	Krzysztof Siemion  Poland	none awarded
1996 Atlanta	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	Marc Huster  Germany	Andrzej Cofalik  Poland
2000 Sydney	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	Marc Huster  Germany	Giorgi Asanidze  Georgia
2004 Athens	Giorgi Asanidze  Georgia	Andrei Rybakou  Belarus	Pyrros Dimas  Greece
2008 Beijing	Lu Yong  China	Tigran Martirosyan  Armenia	Jadier Valladares  Cuba
2012 London	Adrian Zieliński  Poland	Kianoush Rostami  Iran	Tarek Yehia  Egypt
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Kianoush Rostami  Iran	Tian Tao  China	Denis Ulanov  Kazakhstan

First heavyweight

• 90–100 kg (1980–1992)
• 91–99 kg (1996)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Moscow	Ota Zaremba  Czechoslovakia	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	Alberto Blanco  Cuba
1984 Los Angeles	Rolf Milser  West Germany	Vasile Groapa  Romania	Pekka Niemi  Finland
1988 Seoul	Pavel Kuznetsov  Soviet Union	Nicu Vlad  Romania	Peter Immesberger  West Germany
1992 Barcelona	Viktor Tregubov  Unified Team	Timur Taymazov  Unified Team	Waldemar Malak  Poland
1996 Atlanta	Akakios Kakiasvilis  Greece	Anatoly Khrapaty  Kazakhstan	Denys Gotfrid  Ukraine

Middle heavyweight

• 82.5 kg–90 kg (1952–1992)
• 83–91 kg (1996)
• 85–94 kg (2000–2016)
• 81–96 kg (2020)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Helsinki	Norbert Schemansky  United States	Grigory Novak  Soviet Union	Lennox Kilgour  Trinidad and Tobago
1956 Melbourne	Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union	David Sheppard  United States	Jean Debuf  France
1960 Rome	Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union	Trofim Lomakin  Soviet Union	Louis Martin  Great Britain
1964 Tokyo	Vladimir Golovanov  Soviet Union	Louis Martin  Great Britain	Ireneusz Paliński  Poland
1968 Mexico City	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	Marek Gołąb  Poland
1972 Munich	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden
1976 Montreal	David Rigert  Soviet Union	Lee James  United States	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria
1980 Moscow	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	Frank Mantek  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles	Nicu Vlad  Romania	Dumitru Petre  Romania	David Mercer  Great Britain
1988 Seoul	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	Nail Mukhamedyarov  Soviet Union	Slawomir Zawada  Poland
1992 Barcelona	Kakhi Kakhiashvili  Unified Team	Sergey Syrtsov  Unified Team	Sergiusz Wolczaniecki  Poland
1996 Atlanta	Aleksey Petrov  Russia	Leonidas Kokas  Greece	Oliver Caruso  Germany
2000 Sydney	Akakios Kakiasvilis  Greece	Szymon Kołecki  Poland	Aleksey Petrov  Russia
2004 Athens	Milen Dobrev  Bulgaria	Khadzhimurat Akkaev  Russia	Eduard Tyukin  Russia
2008 Beijing	Szymon Kołecki  Poland	Arsen Kasabiev  Georgia	Yoandry Hernández  Cuba
2012 London	Saeid Mohammadpour  Iran	Kim Min-jae  South Korea	Tomasz Zieliński  Poland
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	Vadzim Straltsou  Belarus	Aurimas Didžbalis  Lithuania
2020 Tokyo	Fares El-Bakh  Qatar	Keydomar Vallenilla  Venezuela	Anton Pliesnoi  Georgia

Women

Featherweight

• 53 kg (2000–2016)
• 55 kg (2020)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Yang Xia  China	Li Fengying  Chinese Taipei	Winarni Binti Slamet  Indonesia
2004 Athens	Udomporn Polsak  Thailand	Raema Lisa Rumbewas  Indonesia	Mabel Mosquera  Colombia
2008 Beijing	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon  Thailand	Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea	Raema Lisa Rumbewas  Indonesia
2012 London	Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei	Citra Febrianti  Indonesia	Iulia Paratova  Ukraine
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei	Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines	Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea
2020 Tokyo	Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines	Liao Qiuyun  China	Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan

Middleweight

• 63 kg (2000–2016)
• 64 kg (2020)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Chen Xiaomin  China	Valentina Popova  Russia	Ioanna Khatziioannou  Greece
2004 Athens	Nataliya Skakun  Ukraine	Hanna Batsiushka  Belarus	Tatsiana Stukalava  Belarus
2008 Beijing	Pak Hyon-suk  North Korea	Lu Ying-chi  Chinese Taipei	Christine Girard  Canada
2012 London	Christine Girard  Canada	Milka Maneva  Bulgaria	Luz Acosta  Mexico
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Deng Wei  China	Choe Hyo-sim  North Korea	Karina Goricheva  Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo	Maude Charron  Canada	Giorgia Bordignon  Italy	Chen Wen-huei  Chinese Taipei

See also

• List of Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
• Weightlifting at the 1906 Intercalated Games — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee

References

• International Olympic Committee results database