Fares Ibrahim Saed Hassouna El-Bakh, commonly known as Meso Hassouna, is a Qatari weightlifter, Olympic Champion, World Champion and two time Junior World Champion competing in the 85 kg, and 94 kg categories until 2018 and 96 kg and 102 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, and European Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
The Men's 61 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 25 July at the Tokyo International Forum.
The Men's 73 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 28 July at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 364 kg.
The Women's 59 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 27 July at the Tokyo International Forum. This was the first ever 59 kg Olympic competition after the weight categories were reorganized in 2018.
The Women's 64 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 27 July at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from Canada won the gold, with a combined lift of 236 kg.
The men's 81 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 374 kg.
The Men's +109 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 4 August at the Tokyo International Forum.
The Women's 76 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 1 August at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from Ecuador won the gold, with a combined lift of 263 kg.
The Women's 87 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 2 August at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 270 kg.
The Women's +87 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 2 August 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum. During the competition, Laurel Hubbard made history by becoming the first transgender woman athlete to compete in the Olympics.
The Women's 49 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 24 July at the Tokyo International Forum.
The Men's 67 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 25 July at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 332 kg.
The Women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum.
The Men's 109 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 3 August, at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from Uzbekistan won the gold, with a combined lift of 430 kg.
This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first matches in the group stages of the football and softball events was held on 21 July. The opening ceremony was scheduled two days later on 23 July. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was on 8 August. However, the Games was referred to by its original date in all scheduled events in order to avoid confusion in future years. With the area under a state of emergency because of the pandemic, the Games were held largely behind closed doors with no spectators permitted.
