Flyweight
- 52 kg: 1969–1991
- 54 kg: 1993–1997
- 55 kg: 2018–
This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's weightlifting.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 151 | 90 | 33 | 274 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria | 75 | 62 | 43 | 180 |
| 3 |  China | 52 | 45 | 31 | 128 |
| 4 |  United States | 37 | 38 | 19 | 94 |
| 5 |  Austria | 32 | 27 | 31 | 90 |
| 6 |  Iran | 25 | 15 | 28 | 68 |
| 7 |  Germany | 24 | 34 | 27 | 85 |
| 8 |  Poland | 23 | 36 | 56 | 115 |
| 9 |  Russia | 21 | 26 | 20 | 67 |
| 10 |  Turkey | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 11 |  Egypt | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 12 |  North Korea | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 13 |  Japan | 10 | 6 | 21 | 37 |
| 14 |  Hungary | 9 | 27 | 30 | 66 |
| 15 |  Greece | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 16 |  Cuba | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 |  Kazakhstan | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 18 |  Georgia | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 19 |  France | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 |
| 20 |  Belarus | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 21 |  South Korea | 6 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 22 |  Ukraine | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 23 |  Romania | 5 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 24 |  Uzbekistan | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 25 |  Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 26 |  Qatar | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 27 |  East Germany | 4 | 19 | 29 | 52 |
| 28 |  Armenia | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 29 |  Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 |  Indonesia | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 31 | West Germany | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 32 |  Colombia | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 33 |  Estonia | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 34 |  Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 35 |  Italy | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 36 |  Vietnam | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 37 |  Thailand | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 38 |  Finland | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 39 |  Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 40 |  Latvia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 41 |  Australia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 |  Norway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 44 |  Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 45 |  Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 |  Sweden | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 47 |  Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 48 |  Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 |  Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 |  Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 |  Belgium | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 52 |  Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 53 |  Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 54 |  Moldova | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 55 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 |  Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 61 |  Iraq | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 64 |  Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Russian Weightlifting Federation [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (66 entries) | 618 | 618 | 616 | 1852 | |
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