2018 World Weightlifting Championships

2018 World Championships

Host city	Ashgabat
Dates	1–10 November
Main venue	Ashgabat Weightlifting Arena
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The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. ^{[1] [2]} This was the first World Championship after the IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all world records. As a result, this World Championship saw a total of 31 senior men's world records and 41 senior women's world records set.

To celebrate the event, then-President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow lifted a golden weight bar, albeit without any actual weights, during a cabinet meeting while his subordinates applauded him. The bizarre scene, broadcast on state media, was met with ridicule by worldwide press.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 kg ( details )
Snatch	Om Yun-chol   North Korea	120 kg	Arli Chontey   Kazakhstan	120 kg	Josué Brachi   Spain	115 kg
Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol   North Korea	162 kg WR	Lại Gia Thành   Vietnam	142 kg	Angel Rusev   Bulgaria	140 kg
Total	Om Yun-chol   North Korea	282 kg	Arli Chontey   Kazakhstan	258 kg	Mirco Scarantino   Italy	252 kg
61 kg ( details )
Snatch	Eko Yuli Irawan   Indonesia	143 kg	Li Fabin   China	142 kg	Qin Fulin   China	139 kg
Clean & Jerk	Eko Yuli Irawan   Indonesia	174 kg WR	Qin Fulin   China	169 kg	Francisco Mosquera   Colombia	169 kg
Total	Eko Yuli Irawan   Indonesia	317 kg WR	Li Fabin   China	310 kg	Qin Fulin   China	308 kg
67 kg ( details )
Snatch	Huang Minhao   China	152 kg	Chen Lijun   China	150 kg	Julio Mayora   Venezuela	147 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Lijun   China	182 kg	Doston Yokubov   Uzbekistan	180 kg	Óscar Figueroa   Colombia	178 kg
Total	Chen Lijun   China	332 kg WR	Huang Minhao   China	323 kg	Julio Mayora   Venezuela	322 kg
73 kg ( details )
Snatch	Shi Zhiyong   China	164 kg WR	Vadzim Likharad   Belarus	156 kg	Feng Lüdong   China	155 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Zhiyong   China	196 kg WR	Won Jeong-sik   South Korea	195 kg	Ri Chong-song   North Korea	187 kg
Total	Shi Zhiyong   China	360 kg WR	Won Jeong-sik   South Korea	348 kg	Vadzim Likharad   Belarus	343 kg
81 kg ( details )
Snatch	Mohamed Ehab   Egypt	173 kg WR	Lü Xiaojun   China	172 kg	Li Dayin   China	168 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Dayin   China	204 kg	Lü Xiaojun   China	202 kg	Mohamed Ehab   Egypt	200 kg
Total	Lü Xiaojun   China	374 kg WR	Mohamed Ehab   Egypt	373 kg	Li Dayin   China	372 kg
89 kg ( details )
Snatch	Arley Méndez   Chile	169 kg	Pavel Khadasevich   Belarus	169 kg	Jhor Moreno   Colombia	168 kg
Clean & Jerk	Artem Okulov   Russia	206 kg	Hakob Mkrtchyan   Armenia	205 kg	Keydomar Vallenilla   Venezuela	204 kg
Total	Artem Okulov   Russia	372 kg	Pavel Khadasevich   Belarus	371 kg	Revaz Davitadze   Georgia	371 kg
96 kg ( details )
Snatch	Sohrab Moradi   Iran	186 kg WR	Tian Tao   China	181 kg	Yauheni Tsikhantsou   Belarus	180 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sohrab Moradi   Iran	230 kg WR	Tian Tao   China	226 kg	Fares El-Bakh   Qatar	217 kg
Total	Sohrab Moradi   Iran	416 kg WR	Tian Tao   China	407 kg	Nicolae Onică   Romania	391 kg
102 kg ( details )
Snatch	Akbar Djuraev   Uzbekistan	180 kg	Ali Hashemi   Iran	179 kg	Dmytro Chumak   Ukraine	176 kg
Clean & Jerk	Reza Beiranvand   Iran	218 kg	Dmytro Chumak   Ukraine	217 kg	Ali Hashemi   Iran	217 kg
Total	Ali Hashemi   Iran	396 kg	Dmytro Chumak   Ukraine	393 kg	Reza Beiranvand   Iran	393 kg
109 kg ( details )
Snatch	Yang Zhe   China	196 kg	Simon Martirosyan   Armenia	195 kg	Rodion Bochkov   Russia	190 kg
Clean & Jerk	Simon Martirosyan   Armenia	240 kg WR	Arkadiusz Michalski   Poland	228 kg	Ruslan Nurudinov   Uzbekistan	227 kg
Total	Simon Martirosyan   Armenia	435 kg WR	Yang Zhe   China	419 kg	Arkadiusz Michalski   Poland	403 kg
+109 kg ( details )
Snatch	Lasha Talakhadze   Georgia	217 kg WR	Gor Minasyan   Armenia	205 kg	Irakli Turmanidze   Georgia	203 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lasha Talakhadze   Georgia	257 kg WR	Gor Minasyan   Armenia	245 kg	Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew   Turkmenistan	240 kg
Total	Lasha Talakhadze   Georgia	474 kg WR	Gor Minasyan   Armenia	450 kg	Fernando Reis   Brazil	436 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
45 kg ( details )
Snatch	Chiraphan Nanthawong   Thailand	76 kg	Ýulduz Jumabaýewa   Turkmenistan	75 kg	Alessandra Pagliaro   Italy	70 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ýulduz Jumabaýewa   Turkmenistan	104 kg	Chiraphan Nanthawong   Thailand	95 kg	Katherin Echandía   Venezuela	90 kg
Total	Ýulduz Jumabaýewa   Turkmenistan	179 kg	Chiraphan Nanthawong   Thailand	171 kg	Katherin Echandía   Venezuela	157 kg
49 kg ( details )
Snatch	Hou Zhihui   China	93 kg WR	Jiang Huihua   China	92 kg	Beatriz Pirón   Dominican Republic	84 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hou Zhihui   China	115 kg	Jiang Huihua   China	114 kg	Elena Andrieș   Romania	105 kg
Total	Hou Zhihui   China	208 kg WR	Jiang Huihua   China	206 kg	Elena Andrieș   Romania	188 kg
55 kg ( details )
Snatch	Li Yajun   China	102 kg WR	Zhang Wanqiong   China	101 kg	Muattar Nabieva   Uzbekistan	98 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Wanqiong   China	124 kg WR	Li Yajun   China	123 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo   Kazakhstan	120 kg
Total	Li Yajun   China	225 kg WR	Zhang Wanqiong   China	225 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo   Kazakhstan	213 kg
59 kg ( details )
Snatch	Kuo Hsing-chun   Chinese Taipei	105 kg WR	Hoàng Thị Duyên   Vietnam	103 kg	Rebeka Koha   Latvia	103 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Guiming   China	133 kg WR	Kuo Hsing-chun   Chinese Taipei	132 kg	Mikiko Ando   Japan	131 kg
Total	Kuo Hsing-chun   Chinese Taipei	237 kg WR	Chen Guiming   China	231 kg	Rebeka Koha   Latvia	227 kg
64 kg ( details )
Snatch	Deng Wei   China	112 kg WR	Loredana Toma   Romania	110 kg	Karina Goricheva   Kazakhstan	107 kg
Clean & Jerk	Deng Wei   China	140 kg WR	Rim Un-sim   North Korea	134 kg	Mercedes Pérez   Colombia	127 kg
Total	Deng Wei   China	252 kg WR	Rim Un-sim   North Korea	239 kg	Loredana Toma   Romania	234 kg
71 kg ( details )
Snatch	Zhang Wangli   China	115 kg	Nadezda Likhacheva   Kazakhstan	112 kg	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	111 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Wangli   China	152 kg WR	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	141 kg	Mattie Rogers   United States	133 kg
Total	Zhang Wangli   China	267 kg WR	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	252 kg	Nadezda Likhacheva   Kazakhstan	242 kg
76 kg ( details )
Snatch	Rim Jong-sim   North Korea	119 kg	Wang Zhouyu   China	118 kg	Neisi Dajomes   Ecuador	117 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wang Zhouyu   China	152 kg	Rim Jong-sim   North Korea	150 kg	Leydi Solís   Colombia	146 kg
Total	Wang Zhouyu   China	270 kg	Rim Jong-sim   North Korea	269 kg	Neisi Dajomes   Ecuador	259 kg
81 kg ( details )
Snatch	Lydia Valentín   Spain	113 kg	Raushan Meshitkhanova   Kazakhstan	108 kg	Darya Naumava   Belarus	108 kg
Clean & Jerk	Darya Naumava   Belarus	137 kg	Tamara Salazar   Ecuador	137 kg	Lydia Valentín   Spain	136 kg
Total	Lydia Valentín   Spain	249 kg	Darya Naumava   Belarus	245 kg	Tamara Salazar   Ecuador	242 kg
87 kg ( details )
Snatch	Ao Hui   China	117 kg	Crismery Santana   Dominican Republic	116 kg	Kim Un-ju   North Korea	111 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kim Un-ju   North Korea	152 kg	Ao Hui   China	151 kg	María Fernanda Valdés   Chile	140 kg
Total	Ao Hui   China	268 kg	Kim Un-ju   North Korea	263 kg	Crismery Santana   Dominican Republic	254 kg
+87 kg ( details )
Snatch	Tatiana Kashirina   Russia	145 kg WR	Meng Suping   China	143 kg	Kim Kuk-hyang   North Korea	130 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tatiana Kashirina   Russia	185 kg WR	Meng Suping   China	184 kg	Kim Kuk-hyang   North Korea	165 kg
Total	Tatiana Kashirina   Russia	330 kg WR	Meng Suping   China	327 kg	Kim Kuk-hyang   North Korea	295 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	8	2	19
2	Iran	2	0	1	3
3	Russia	2	0	0	2
4	North Korea	1	3	1	5
5	Armenia	1	1	0	2
6	Georgia	1	0	1	2
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
	Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
11	Belarus	0	2	1	3
12	Egypt	0	2	0	2
13	Kazakhstan	0	1	2	3
14	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
17	Romania	0	0	3	3
18	Ecuador	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
20	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		20	20	20	60

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	26	23	5	54
2	North Korea	5	5	5	15
3	Iran	5	1	2	8
4	Russia	5	0	1	6
5	Georgia	3	0	2	5
6	Indonesia	3	0	0	3
7	Armenia	2	5	0	7
8	Turkmenistan	2	1	1	4
9	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	3
10	Spain	2	0	2	4
11	Belarus	1	4	3	8
12	Egypt	1	3	2	6
13	Thailand	1	2	0	3
14	Uzbekistan	1	1	2	4
15	Chile	1	0	1	2
16	Kazakhstan	0	4	4	8
17	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
18	South Korea	0	2	0	2
	Vietnam	0	2	0	2
20	Romania	0	1	4	5
21	Ecuador	0	1	3	4
22	Dominican Republic	0	1	2	3
23	Poland	0	1	1	2
24	Colombia	0	0	5	5
	Venezuela	0	0	5	5
26	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Latvia	0	0	2	2
28	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		60	60	60	180

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1   China 724 2   Belarus 468 3   Iran 452 4   Russia 434 5   Georgia 395 6   South Korea 391

Women Rank Team Points 1   China 797 2   Kazakhstan 488 3   Russia 483 4   United States 462 5   Mexico 421 6   North Korea 368

Participating nations

A total of 582 competitors from 85 nations participated.

•   Albania (5)
•   Algeria (2)
•   Armenia (8)
•   Australia (5)
•   Austria (1)
•   Azerbaijan (7)
•   Bangladesh (1)
•   Belarus (16)
•   Belgium (2)
•   Brazil (4)
•   Bulgaria (8)
•   Canada (13)
•   Chile (4)
•   China (20)
•   Chinese Taipei (12)
•   Colombia (13)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Cuba (3)
•   Czech Republic (8)
•   Denmark (9)
•   Dominican Republic (7)
•   Ecuador (10)
•   Egypt (5)
•   Estonia (1)
•   Finland (9)
•   France (5)
•   Georgia (7)
•   Germany (11)
•   Ghana (2)
•   Great Britain (8)
•   Greece (3)
•   Hungary (3)
•   Iceland (3)
•   India (5)
•   Indonesia (10)
•   Iran (8)
•   Iraq (5)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Israel (6)
•   Italy (10)
•   Japan (20)
•   Kazakhstan (20)
•   Kosovo (2)
•   Latvia (4)
•   Lebanon (1)
•   Lithuania (6)
•   Malta (1)
•   Mauritius (1)
•   Mexico (19)
•   Moldova (4)
•   Mongolia (4)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Nigeria (5)
•   North Korea (12)
•   Norway (3)
•   Peru (2)
•   Philippines (5)
•   Poland (9)
•   Puerto Rico (8)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Romania (4)
•   Russia (20)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•   Samoa (5)
•   Saudi Arabia (2)
•   Serbia (2)
•   Slovakia (8)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (6)
•   South Korea (19)
•   Spain (12)
•   Sweden (3)
•   Switzerland (2)
•   Thailand (19)
•   Tonga (2)
•   Tunisia (2)
•   Turkey (17)
•   Turkmenistan (8)
•   Ukraine (10)
•   United Arab Emirates (1)
•   United States (20)
•   Uruguay (1)
•   Uzbekistan (12)
•   Venezuela (10)
•   Vietnam (5)

References

1. "Turkmenistan Will Host the 2018 IWF World Championships". barbend.com. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
2. "«Ashgabat 2018» World championships". belli.studio. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

External links

• Official website Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Broadcast Page Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
• IWF website
• Results book