| Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Jakarta International Expo |
| Dates | 20–27 August 2018 |
| Competitors | 164 from 29 nations |
Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Jakarta International Expo Hall A, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 20 to 27 August 2018. [1]
China and Kazakhstan did not participate as their weightlifting federations were suspended by the IWF from October 2017 to October 2018. [2]
| B | Group B | A | Group A |
| Event↓/Date → | 20th Mon | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat | 26th Sun | 27th Mon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 56 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Men's 62 kg | B | A | ||||||||||
| Men's 69 kg | B | A | ||||||||||
| Men's 77 kg | B | A | ||||||||||
| Men's 85 kg | B | A | ||||||||||
| Men's 94 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Men's 105 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Men's +105 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's 48 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's 53 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's 58 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's 63 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's 69 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's 75 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Women's +75 kg | A | |||||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  North Korea (PRK) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 |  Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
A total of 164 athletes from 29 nations competed in weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games: [3]
Afghanistan (2)
Bangladesh (1)
Brunei (1) Chinese Taipei (10)
India (4) Indonesia (13) Iran (8) Iraq (5) Japan (15) Kyrgyzstan (3)
Laos (2)
Mongolia (2)
Nepal (4) North Korea (13)
Pakistan (4)
Palestine (2) Philippines (7) Qatar (1)
Saudi Arabia (7) South Korea (15)
Sri Lanka (4)
Syria (1)
Tajikistan (1) Thailand (15)
Timor-Leste (4) Turkmenistan (5)
United Arab Emirates (1) Uzbekistan (8) Vietnam (6)
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