Asian Weightlifting Championships

The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries. It has been held since 1969 for men and 1988 for women. In 2008 the championships provided the official qualification for Asian competitors in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Editions

Year Edition Venue M W 1957 1 Tehran, Iran 1964 2 Tokyo, Japan 1965 3 Tehran, Iran 1971 4 Manila, Philippines 1973 Tel Aviv, Israel 1974 [a] Tehran, Iran 1976 8 Bangkok, Thailand 1977 9 Baghdad, Iraq 1978 [a] 10 Bangkok, Thailand 1979 11 Tokyo, Japan 1980 12 Seoul, South Korea 1981 13 Nagoya, Japan 1982 [a] 14 New Delhi, India 1983 15 Damascus, Syria 1984 16 Tabriz, Iran 1985 17 Jiangxi, China 1986 [a] 18 Seoul, South Korea 1987 19 Ageo, Japan 1988 20 Shilong, China 1 Jakarta, Indonesia 1989 21 Tehran, Iran 2 Shanghai, China 1990 [a] 22 3 Beijing, China 1991 23 Kamisu, Japan 4 Manado, Indonesia 1992 24 Fuzhou, China 5 Chiang Mai, Thailand 1993 25 Tabriz, Iran 6 Shilong, China 1994 [a] 26 7 Hiroshima, Japan 1995 27 8 Busan, South Korea 1996 28 9 Yachiyo, Japan 1997 29 10 Yangzhou, China 1998 [a] 30 11 Bangkok, Thailand

Year Edition Venue M W 1999 31 12 Wuhan, China 2000 32 13 Osaka, Japan 2001 33 14 Jeonju, South Korea 2002 [a] 34 15 Busan, South Korea 2003 35 16 Qinhuangdao, China 2004 36 17 Almaty, Kazakhstan 2005 37 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2007 38 19 Tai'an, China 2008 39 20 Kanazawa, Japan 2009 40 21 Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan 2010 [a] 41 22 Guangzhou, China 2011 42 23 Tongling, China 2012 43 24 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 2013 44 25 Astana, Kazakhstan 2015 45 26 Phuket, Thailand 2016 46 27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2017 47 28 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 2019 48 29 Ningbo, China 2020 [b] 49 30 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2022 50 31 Manama, Bahrain 2023 51 32 Jinju, South Korea 2024 52 33 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2025 53 34 Jiangshan, China 2026 54 35 Gandhinagar, India

Notes

1. The weightlifting tournaments held during Asian Games in some editions are counted as Asian Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
2. Was held in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

• Weightlifting at the Asian Games

External links

• Official AWF website
• Weightlifting Database