Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Dates	7–11 August 2024
No. of events	10 (5 men, 5 women)
Competitors	122 from 57 nations
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The weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 7 to 11 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. ^{[1] [2]} Several significant changes were instituted in the weightlifting program for Paris 2024, as the number of categories was trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten. Furthermore, a total of 120 weightlifters, with an equal split between men and women, competed in each of the ten weight classes, a massive drop from the 196 at the previous Games. ^[3]

Qualification

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

120 weightlifting quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, were available for Paris 2024, almost eighty fewer overall than those in Tokyo 2020. Qualified NOCs were permitted to enter a maximum of three weightlifters per gender, with a maximum of one in each bodyweight category. ^[3]

Over eighty-three percent of the total quota was awarded to the ten highest-ranked weightlifters across ten different weight classes through the biennial IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking list (running from 1 August 2022, to 28 April 2024). Five more spots per gender were offered to the highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification and outside the top ten based on their continental representation (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, or Oceania) from the list. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

Host country France reserved two men's and two women's quota places in weightlifting, while a further three places per gender were entitled to eligible NOCs to have their weightlifters compete in Paris 2024 as granted by the Universality principle. ^{[3] [5]}

Competition format

On 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for Paris 2024, with the total medal count reducing from fourteen to ten. Among the weightlifting medal events, the 61 and 73 kg categories for men and the 49 and 59 kg for women remain present from Tokyo 2020. The following list is the official weight categories for men and women, respectively. ^[6]

Men's weight classes 61 kg 73 kg 89 kg 102 kg +102 kg

Women's weight classes 49 kg 59 kg 71 kg 81 kg +81 kg

Competition schedule

Weightlifting arena during competition

Schedule ^[7]

Date→ Event↓	Wed 7		Thu 8		Fri 9		Sat 10			Sun 11
	15:00	19:30	15:00	19:30	15:00	19:30	11:30	16:00	20:30	11:30
Men's weight categories
Men's 61 kg	F
Men's 73 kg				F
Men's 89 kg					F
Men's 102 kg							F
Men's +102 kg									F
Women's weight categories
Women's 49 kg		F
Women's 59 kg			F
Women's 71 kg						F
Women's 81 kg								F
Women's +81 kg										F

Participating nations

There were 57 participating nations:

•   Algeria  (1)
•   Armenia  (3)
•   Australia  (3)
•   Bahrain  (2)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Brazil  (2)
•   Bulgaria  (3)
•   Canada  (2)
•   China  (6)
•   Colombia  (4)
•   Cuba  (1)
•   Czech Republic  (1)
•   Dominican Republic  (3)
•   Ecuador  (3)
•   Egypt  (5)
•   Estonia  (1)
•   France  (4)(host)
•   Georgia  (3)
•   Great Britain  (1)
•   Guam  (1)
•   India  (1)
•   Individual Neutral Athletes  (2)
•   Indonesia  (3)
•   Iran  (2)
•   Iraq  (1)
•   Italy  (3)
•   Japan  (3)
•   Kiribati  (1)
•   Latvia  (1)
•   Libya  (1)
•   Madagascar  (1)
•   Marshall Islands  (1)
•   Malaysia  (1)
•   Mexico  (1)
•   Moldova  (1)
•   Mongolia  (1)
•   New Zealand  (1)
•   Nigeria  (2)
•   Norway  (1)
•   Papua New Guinea  (1)
•   Philippines  (3)
•   Poland  (1)
•   Qatar  (1)
•   Refugee Olympic Team  (2)
•   Romania  (2)
•   Samoa  (2)
•   South Korea  (5)
•   Syria  (1)
•   Chinese Taipei  (3)
•   Thailand  (4)
•   Tunisia  (1)
•   Turkey  (1)
•   Turkmenistan  (1)
•   Ukraine  (1)
•   United States  (5)
•   Uzbekistan  (3)
•   Vanuatu  (1)
•   Venezuela  (5)
•   Vietnam  (1)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	0	0	5
2	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Georgia	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
7	Thailand	0	2	1	3
8	Colombia	0	2	0	2
9	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
15	Ecuador	0	0	2	2
16	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
61 kg details	Li Fabin   China	310 kg	Theerapong Silachai   Thailand	303 kg	Hampton Morris   United States	298 kg
73 kg details	Rizki Juniansyah   Indonesia	354 kg	Weeraphon Wichuma   Thailand	346 kg	Bozhidar Andreev   Bulgaria	344 kg
89 kg details	Karlos Nasar   Bulgaria	404 kg WR	Yeison López   Colombia	390 kg	Antonino Pizzolato   Italy	384 kg
102 kg details	Liu Huanhua   China	406 kg	Akbar Djuraev   Uzbekistan	404 kg	Yauheni Tsikhantsou   Individual Neutral Athletes	402 kg
+102 kg details	Lasha Talakhadze   Georgia	470 kg	Varazdat Lalayan   Armenia	467 kg	Gor Minasyan   Bahrain	461 kg

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg details	Hou Zhihui   China	206 kg	Mihaela Cambei   Romania	205 kg	Surodchana Khambao   Thailand	200 kg
59 kg details	Luo Shifang   China	241 kg OR	Maude Charron   Canada	236 kg	Kuo Hsing-chun   Chinese Taipei	235 kg
71 kg details	Olivia Reeves   United States	262 kg	Mari Sánchez   Colombia	257 kg	Angie Palacios   Ecuador	256 kg
81 kg details	Solfrid Koanda   Norway	275 kg OR	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	268 kg	Neisi Dajomes   Ecuador	267 kg
+81 kg details	Li Wenwen   China	309 kg	Park Hye-jeong   South Korea	299 kg	Emily Campbell   Great Britain	288 kg

See also

• Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Paris 2024 – Weightlifting". Paris 2024 . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
2. "Weightlifting Dates Confirmed for Paris 2024". International Weightlifting Federation. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
3. Meng, Licheng (21 December 2022). "How to qualify for weightlifting at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
4. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Weightlifting" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
5. Oliver, Brian (5 December 2022). "IWF reveals dates and details for Paris 2024 weightlifting qualifying". Inside the Games . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
6. "Paris 2024: Weight categories for the Olympic weightlifting competition". International Olympic Committee. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
7. "Weightlifting – Competition Schedule" (PDF). olympics.com. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

External links

• Results book