| Weightlifting at the XXVII Summer Universiade | |
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| Venues | Ak Bure Multipurpose Sports Complex Batyr Sports Complex |
| Dates | July 7, 2013 – July 12, 2013 |
Weightlifting was contested at the 2013 Summer Universiade from July 7 to 12 at the Ak Bure Multipurpose Sports Complex and the Batyr Sports Complex in Kazan, Russia. [1]
On August 8, 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the disqualification of several athletes who participated in the competition due to the retesting of the anti-doping exams, with which several medals are redistributed. [2] [3]
On 9 September 2023, the Court of Arbitration for Sport annulled the results from Tatiana Kashirina who won the gold medal on women's +75kg event over four years of her results due to drugs offenses, stating, "All the competitive results obtained by Tatiana Kashirina from 1 April 2013 until 19 June 2017 were disqualified, with all the resulting consequences, including the forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, points and prize and appearance money". [4]
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS)* | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 |  North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg | Xu Jingui  China | 264 | Surahmat Bin Suwito Wijoyo  Indonesia | 250 | Oleg Sîrghi  Moldova | 246 |
| 62 kg | Cha Kum-Chol  North Korea | 306 | Yoichi Itokazu  Japan | 294 | Ahmed Saad  Egypt | 282 |
| 69 kg | Jaber Behrouzi  Iran | 322 | Bernardin Matam  France | 315 | Kwon Chang-Il North Korea | 310 |
| 77 kg | Rasoul Taghian Iran | 355 | Ulugbek Alimov  Uzbekistan | 351 | Dmitriy Khomyakov  Russia | 351 |
| 85 kg | Artem Okulov Russia | 371 | Gabriel Sîncrăian  Romania | 360 | Aghasi Agashayan  Armenia | 360 |
| 94 kg | Aleksandr Ivanov Russia | 395 | Kendrick Farris  United States | 372 | Žygimantas Stanulis  Lithuania | 372 |
| 105 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov Uzbekistan | 412 | Andrey Demanov Russia | 406 | David Bedzhanyan Russia | 403 |
| +105 kg | Ruslan Albegov Russia | 459 | Bahador Molaei Iran | 450 | Magomed Abuev Russia | 427 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Xiao Hongyu China | 187 | Paek Il-Hwa North Korea | 180 | Panida Khamsri  Thailand | 174 |
| 53 kg | Kanae Yagi Japan | 195 | Kittima Sutanan Thailand | 194 | Ayşegül Çoban  Turkey | 189 |
| 58 kg | Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei | 238 | Choe Hyo-Sim North Korea | 225 | Pimsiri Sirikaew Thailand | 216 |
| 63 kg | Pyon Yong-Mi North Korea | 233 | Karina Goricheva  Kazakhstan | 227 | Kim Soo-Kyung  South Korea | 226 |
| 69 kg | Oksana Slivenko Russia | 242 | Hung Wan-ting Chinese Taipei | 224 | Manzurahon Mamasaliyeva Uzbekistan | 222 |
| 75 kg | Olga Zubova Russia | 279 | Nadezhda Evstyukhina Russia | 278 | Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau  Canada | 233 |
| +75 kg | Chitchanok Pulsabsakul Thailand | 278 | Lee Hui-Sol South Korea | 268 | Jia Weipeng China | 267 |
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