Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Weightlifting, Tokyo 2020.svg
Venue Tokyo International Forum
Dates24 July – 4 August 2021
No. of events14
Competitors196 from 74 nations
  2016
2024  

The weightlifting competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 4 August 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum.

Competition schedule

Schedule [1] [2]
DateJul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30July 31Aug 1Aug 2Aug 3Aug 4
Men's 61kg F
Men's 67kg F
Men's 73kg F
Men's 81kg F
Men's 96kg F
Men's 109kg F
Men's 109+kg F
Women's 49kg F
Women's 55kg F
Women's 59kg F
Women's 64kg F
Women's 76kg F
Women's 87kg F
Women's 87+kg F

Qualification

The number of weightlifters at these Games was reduced to 196, down from 260 in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Furthermore, many countries had reduced squads, and four were excluded from weightlifting at these Games due to punishments given as a result of high numbers of historic doping offenses.

Changes

The total gold medal count was reduced from 15 to 14, with one men's event being eliminated.

In July 2018, IWF announced new official weight categories. [3]

Participating nations

Medalists

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7108
2Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1102
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1012
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1012
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1001
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1001
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1001
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1001
9Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 0202
10Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0123
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0123
12Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0112
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0112
14Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0101
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0101
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0101
Flag of India.svg  India 0101
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0101
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 0101
20Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0022
21Flag of Japan.svg  Japan*0011
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0011
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0011
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 0011
Totals (24 entries)14141442

Men's

EventGoldSilverBronze
61 kg
details
Li Fabin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
313 kg OR Eko Yuli Irawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
302 kg Igor Son
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
294 kg
67 kg
details
Chen Lijun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
332 kg OR Luis Javier Mosquera
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
331 kg Mirko Zanni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
322 kg
73 kg
details
Shi Zhiyong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
364 kg WR Julio Mayora
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
346 kg Rahmat Erwin Abdullah
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
342 kg
81 kg
details
Lü Xiaojun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
374 kg OR Zacarías Bonnat
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
367 kg Antonino Pizzolato
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
365 kg
96 kg
details
Fares Ibrahim
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
402 kg OR Keydomar Vallenilla
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
387 kg Anton Pliesnoi
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
387 kg
109 kg
details
Akbar Djuraev
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
430 kg OR Simon Martirosyan
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
423 kg Artūrs Plēsnieks
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
410 kg
109+ kg
details
Lasha Talakhadze
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
488 kg WR Ali Davoudi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
441 kg Man Asaad
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
424 kg

Women's

During the women's +87 competition, Laurel Hubbard made history by becoming the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. [4]

EventGoldSilverBronze
49 kg
details
Hou Zhihui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
210 kg OR Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Flag of India.svg  India
202 kg Windy Cantika Aisah
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
194 kg
55 kg
details
Hidilyn Diaz
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
224 kg OR Liao Qiuyun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
223 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
213 kg
59 kg
details
Kuo Hsing-chun
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
236 kg OR Polina Guryeva
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
217 kg Mikiko Ando
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
214 kg
64 kg
details
Maude Charron
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
236 kg Giorgia Bordignon
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
232 kg Chen Wen-huei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
230 kg
76 kg
details
Neisi Dajomes
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
263 kg Katherine Nye
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
249 kg Aremi Fuentes
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
245 kg
87 kg
details
Wang Zhouyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
270 kg Tamara Salazar
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
263 kg Crismery Santana
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
256 kg
87+ kg
details
Li Wenwen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
320 kg OR Emily Campbell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
283 kg Sarah Robles
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
282 kg

Controversies

Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport. [5] [6] Due to corruption, [7] failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation, [8] and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport. [9]

Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. Her participation in the women’s heavyweight class sparked controversy over whether natal males have biological advantages in female sport. [10] [11] [12] [13]

See also

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