World Weightlifting Championships
The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
World Weightlifting Championships
- Main Article : World Weightlifting Championships
- The weightlifting tournaments held during Summer Olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
| Year | Edition | Venue | Events | Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | Athletes | Countries | Athletes | Countries | |||
| 1891 | 1 | - |  London, United Kingdom |
1 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| 1898 | 2 | - |  Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
1 | 11 | 3 | - | - |
| 1899 | 3 | - |  Milan, Italy |
1 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 1903 | 4 | - |  Paris, France |
1 | 18 | 5 | - | - |
| 1904 | 5 | - | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
1 | 13 | 4 | - | - |
| 1905 | 6 | - |  Berlin, Germany |
3 | 41 | 4 | - | - |
| 1905 | 7 | - | Duisburg, Germany |
1 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| 1905 | 8 | - | Paris, France |
3 | 16 | 1 | - | - |
| 1906 | 9 | - | Lille, France |
4 | 33 | 4 | - | - |
| 1907 | 10 | - | Frankfurt, Germany |
3 | 23 | 3 | - | - |
| 1908 | 11 | - | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
2 | 23 | 2 | - | - |
| 1909 | 12 | - | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
2 | 23 | 3 | - | - |
| 1910 | 13 | - | Düsseldorf, Germany |
4 | 57 | 5 | - | - |
| 1910 | 14 | - | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
2 | 15 | 2 | - | - |
| 1911 | 15 | - | Stuttgart, Germany |
4 | 36 | 3 | - | - |
| 1911 | 16 | - | Berlin, Germany |
4 | 27 | 2 | - | - |
| 1911 | 17 | - | Dresden, Germany |
4 | 21 | 3 | - | - |
| 1911 | 18 | - | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
4 | 32 | 3 | - | - |
| 1913 | 19 | - | Breslau, Germany |
4 | 40 | 4 | - | - |
| 1920 | 20 | - |  Vienna, Austria |
5 | 74 | 4 | - | - |
| 1922 | 21 | - |  Tallinn, Estonia |
5 | 33 | 4 | - | - |
| 1923 | 22 | - | Vienna, Austria |
5 | 76 | 7 | - | - |
| 1937 | 23 | - | Paris, France |
5 | 50 | 10 | - | - |
| 1938 | 24 | - |  Vienna, Germany |
5 | 38 | 11 | - | - |
| 1946 | 25 | - | Paris, France |
5 | 79 | 13 | - | - |
| 1947 | 26 | - |  Philadelphia, United States |
6 | 39 | 12 | - | - |
| 1949 | 27 | - |  Scheveningen, Netherlands |
6 | 38 | 13 | - | - |
| 1950 | 28 | - | Paris, France |
6 | 56 | 17 | - | - |
| 1951 | 29 | - |  Milan, Italy |
7 | 62 | 14 | - | - |
| 1953 | 30 | - |  Stockholm, Sweden |
7 | 70 | 19 | - | - |
| 1954 | 31 | - | Vienna, Austria |
7 | 100 | 23 | - | - |
| 1955 | 32 | - |  Munich, West Germany |
7 | 108 | 25 | - | - |
| 1957 | 33 | - |  Tehran, Iran |
7 | 76 | 21 | - | - |
| 1958 | 34 | - | Stockholm, Sweden |
7 | 96 | 27 | - | - |
| 1959 | 35 | - |  Warsaw, Poland |
7 | 85 | 19 | - | - |
| 1961 | 36 | - | Vienna, Austria |
7 | 120 | 33 | - | - |
| 1962 | 37 | - |  Budapest, Hungary |
7 | 113 | 27 | - | - |
| 1963 | 38 | - | Stockholm, Sweden |
7 | 134 | 32 | - | - |
| 1964 | 39 | - |  Tokyo, Japan |
7 | 149 | 42 | - | - |
| 1965 | 40 | - |  Tehran, Iran |
7 | 85 | 24 | - | - |
| 1966 | 41 | - |  East Berlin, East Germany |
7 | 117 | 28 | - | - |
| 1968 | 42 | - |  Mexico City, Mexico |
7 | 160 | 55 | - | - |
| 1969 | 43 | - | Warsaw, Poland |
36 | 166 | 37 | - | - |
| 1970 | 44 | - |  Columbus, United States |
36 | 129 | 28 | - | - |
| 1971 | 45 | - |  Lima, Peru |
36 | 144 | 30 | - | - |
| 1972 | 46 | - | Munich, West Germany |
36 | 188 | 54 | - | - |
| 1973 | 47 | - |  Havana, Cuba |
27 | 189 | 39 | - | - |
| 1974 | 48 | - |  Manila, Philippines |
27 | 143 | 32 | - | - |
| 1975 | 49 | - |  Moscow, Soviet Union |
27 | 169 | 33 | - | - |
| 1976 | 50 | - |  Montreal, Canada |
27 | 173 | 46 | - | - |
| 1977 | 51 | - | Stuttgart, West Germany |
30 | 186 | 44 | - | - |
| 1978 | 52 | - | Gettysburg, United States |
30 | 185 | 35 | - | - |
| 1979 | 53 | - |  Thessaloniki, Greece |
30 | 189 | 39 | - | - |
| 1980 | 54 | - | Moscow, Soviet Union |
30 | 173 | 40 | - | - |
| 1981 | 55 | - | Lille, France |
30 | 194 | 35 | - | - |
| 1982 | 56 | - |  Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
30 | 205 | 38 | - | - |
| 1983 | 57 | - |  Moscow, Soviet Union |
30 | 187 | 32 | - | - |
| 1984 | 58 | - | Los Angeles, United States |
30 | 187 | 48 | - | - |
| 1985 | 59 | - | Södertälje, Sweden |
30 | 195 | 38 | - | - |
| 1986 | 60 | - |  Sofia, Bulgaria |
30 | 193 | 41 | - | - |
| 1987 | 61 | - |  Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
30 | 168 | 29 | - | - |
| 1987 | - | 1 | Daytona Beach, United States |
27 | - | - | 100 | 22 |
| 1988 | - | 2 |  Jakarta, Indonesia |
27 | - | - | 103 | 23 |
| 1989 | 62 | - | Athens, Greece |
30 | 220 | 37 | - | - |
| 1989 | - | 3 | Manchester, United Kingdom |
27 | - | - | 133 | 25 |
| 1990 | 63 | - | Budapest, Hungary |
30 | 182 | 38 | - | - |
| 1990 | - | 4 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
27 | - | - | 109 | 25 |
| 1991 | 64 | 5 | Donaueschingen, Germany |
57 | 200 | 40 | 108 | 24 |
| 1992 | - | 6 |  Varna, Bulgaria |
27 | - | - | 110 | 25 |
| 1993 | 65 | 7 |  Melbourne, Australia |
57 | 195 | 57 | 94 | 25 |
| 1994 | 66 | 8 |  Istanbul, Turkey |
57 | 242 | 52 | 105 | 30 |
| 1995 | 67 | 9 |  Guangzhou, China |
57 | 345 | 63 | 93 | 26 |
| 1996 | - | 10 | Warsaw, Poland |
27 | - | - | 102 | 24 |
| 1997 | 68 | 11 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
57 | 189 | 51 | 143 | 39 |
| 1998 | 69 | 12 |  Lahti, Finland |
45 | 210 | 53 | 122 | 35 |
| 1999 | 70 | 13 | Piraeus, Greece |
45 | 395 | 79 | 231 | 51 |
| 2001 | 71 | 14 | Antalya, Turkey |
45 | 153 | 47 | 114 | 34 |
| 2002 | 72 | 15 | Warsaw, Poland |
45 | 170 | 47 | 115 | 37 |
| 2003 | 73 | 16 | Vancouver, Canada |
45 | 297 | 59 | 208 | 47 |
| 2005 | 74 | 17 |  Doha, Qatar |
45 | 169 | 58 | 112 | 42 |
| 2006 | 75 | 18 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
45 | 298 | 58 | 186 | 39 |
| 2007 | 76 | 19 | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
45 | 355 | 70 | 225 | 53 |
| 2009 | 77 | 20 |  Goyang, South Korea |
45 | 196 | 57 | 133 | 38 |
| 2010 | 78 | 21 | Antalya, Turkey |
45 | 312 | 63 | 203 | 50 |
| 2011 | 79 | 22 | Paris, France |
45 | 307 | 75 | 212 | 61 |
| 2013 | 80 | 23 | Wrocław, Poland |
45 | 168 | 49 | 124 | 37 |
| 2014 | 81 | 24 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
45 | 307 | 62 | 219 | 51 |
| 2015 | 82 | 25 | Houston, United States |
45 | 324 | 76 | 261 | 72 |
| 2017 | 83 | 26 | Anaheim, United States |
48 | 176 | 54 | 139 | 44 |
| 2018 | 84 | 27 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
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| 2019 | 85 | 28 | Pattaya, Thailand |
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Team ranking
- http://www.iwf.net/weightlifting_/history/ - Team ranking system (History)
- Team ranking was started from 1949
- 1- 7th August 1948 FIH Congress, London : For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
- 2- 7th November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran : For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
- 3- 24th May 1958 Tokyo : For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
- 4- 1973 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
- 5- 1977 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
- 6- 12th–14th January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27th July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
- 7- 1st May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw : For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
- 10th and 11th December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.
- 2015 Ranking before positive doping tests and will be changed.