2017 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017.^[1][2]

2017 World Weightlifting Championships

Host city	Anaheim, United States
Dates	28 November – 5 December
Main venue	Anaheim Convention Center
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Doping bans

Nine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at previous Olympic Games, under International Weightlifting Federation rules stating that any country that had three positive tests uncovered by the International Olympic Committee during re-testing of stored urine samples for banned substances from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics would be banned.

The banned countries were: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan.^[3]

Boycott

North Korea and Venezuela boycotted the World Championships due to the crises in relations between the United States and these countries.^[4] The World Championships organizing committee had said it did not foresee any visa problems for the North Korean team.^[5]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
56 kg (details)
Snatch	Thạch Kim Tuấn  Vietnam	126 kg	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn  Vietnam	119 kg	Josué Brachi  Spain	118 kg
Clean & Jerk	Thạch Kim Tuấn  Vietnam	153 kg	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn  Vietnam	151 kg	Carlos Berna  Colombia	149 kg
Total	Thạch Kim Tuấn  Vietnam	279 kg	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn  Vietnam	270 kg	Carlos Berna  Colombia	266 kg
62 kg (details)
Snatch	Trịnh Văn Vinh  Vietnam	136 kg	Han Myeong-mok  South Korea	135 kg	Adkhamjon Ergashev  Uzbekistan	135 kg
Clean & Jerk	Francisco Mosquera  Colombia	170 kg	José Montes  Mexico	167 kg	Antonio Vázquez  Mexico	165 kg
Total	Francisco Mosquera  Colombia	300 kg	Yoichi Itokazu  Japan	299 kg	Shota Mishvelidze  Georgia	298 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch	Won Jeong-sik  South Korea	148 kg	Tairat Bunsuk  Thailand	147 kg	Mirko Zanni  Italy	144 kg
Clean & Jerk	Doston Yokubov  Uzbekistan	179 kg	Won Jeong-sik  South Korea	178 kg	Bernardin Matam  France	177 kg
Total	Won Jeong-sik  South Korea	326 kg	Tairat Bunsuk  Thailand	321 kg	Bernardin Matam  France	318 kg
77 kg (details)
Snatch	Mohamed Ehab  Egypt	165 kg	Rejepbaý Rejepow  Turkmenistan	158 kg	Erkand Qerimaj  Albania	155 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mohamed Ehab  Egypt	196 kg	Rejepbaý Rejepow  Turkmenistan	194 kg	Harrison Maurus  United States	193 kg
Total	Mohamed Ehab  Egypt	361 kg	Rejepbaý Rejepow  Turkmenistan	352 kg	Harrison Maurus  United States	348 kg
85 kg (details)
Snatch	Arley Méndez  Chile	175 kg	Kianoush Rostami  Iran	174 kg	Antonino Pizzolato  Italy	162 kg
Clean & Jerk	Arley Méndez  Chile	203 kg	Krzysztof Zwarycz  Poland	197 kg	Romain Imadouchène  France	196 kg
Total	Arley Méndez  Chile	378 kg	Krzysztof Zwarycz  Poland	359 kg	Antonino Pizzolato  Italy	358 kg
94 kg (details)
Snatch	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	184 kg	Farkhodbek Sobirov  Uzbekistan	183 kg	Ragab Abdelhay  Egypt	172 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	233 kg WR	Fares El-Bakh  Qatar	220 kg	Ayoub Mousavi  Iran	214 kg
Total	Sohrab Moradi  Iran	417 kg WR	Ayoub Mousavi  Iran	385 kg	Fares El-Bakh  Qatar	383 kg
105 kg (details)
Snatch	Ali Hashemi  Iran	183 kg	Ivan Efremov  Uzbekistan	182 kg	Jorge Arroyo  Ecuador	181 kg
Clean & Jerk	Seo Hui-yeop  South Korea	222 kg	Artūrs Plēsnieks  Latvia	222 kg	Ali Hashemi  Iran	221 kg
Total	Ali Hashemi  Iran	404 kg	Artūrs Plēsnieks  Latvia	402 kg	Ivan Efremov  Uzbekistan	399 kg
+105 kg (details)
Snatch	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	220 kg WR	Behdad Salimi  Iran	211 kg	Saeid Alihosseini  Iran	203 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	257 kg	Mart Seim  Estonia	253 kg	Saeid Alihosseini  Iran	251 kg
Total	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	477 kg WR	Saeid Alihosseini  Iran	454 kg	Behdad Salimi  Iran	453 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
48 kg (details)
Snatch	Thunya Sukcharoen  Thailand	86 kg	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India	85 kg	Ana Segura  Colombia	81 kg
Clean & Jerk	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India	109 kg	Thunya Sukcharoen  Thailand	107 kg	Chiraphan Nanthawong  Thailand	102 kg
Total	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India	194 kg	Thunya Sukcharoen  Thailand	193 kg	Ana Segura  Colombia	182 kg
53 kg (details)
Snatch	Sopita Tanasan  Thailand	96 kg	Kristina Şermetowa  Turkmenistan	91 kg	Joanna Łochowska  Poland	87 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sopita Tanasan  Thailand	114 kg	Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines	113 kg	Kristina Şermetowa  Turkmenistan	113 kg
Total	Sopita Tanasan  Thailand	210 kg	Kristina Şermetowa  Turkmenistan	204 kg	Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines	199 kg
58 kg (details)
Snatch	Sukanya Srisurat  Thailand	105 kg	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	105 kg	Rebeka Koha  Latvia	101 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	135 kg	Mikiko Ando  Japan	126 kg	Alexandra Escobar  Ecuador	122 kg
Total	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	240 kg	Sukanya Srisurat  Thailand	225 kg	Rebeka Koha  Latvia	222 kg
63 kg (details)
Snatch	Loredana Toma  Romania	109 kg	Maude Charron  Canada	102 kg	Lina Rivas  Colombia	101 kg
Clean & Jerk	Loredana Toma  Romania	128 kg	Rattanawan Wamalun  Thailand	127 kg	Lina Rivas  Colombia	124 kg
Total	Loredana Toma  Romania	237 kg	Lina Rivas  Colombia	225 kg	Mercedes Pérez  Colombia	225 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch	Miyareth Mendoza  Colombia	106 kg	Mattie Rogers  United States	104 kg	Leydi Solís  Colombia	104 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	136 kg	Leydi Solís  Colombia	135 kg	Mattie Rogers  United States	131 kg
Total	Leydi Solís  Colombia	239 kg	Mattie Rogers  United States	235 kg	Miyareth Mendoza  Colombia	233 kg
75 kg (details)
Snatch	Lydia Valentín  Spain	118 kg	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	108 kg	Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg  Mongolia	107 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lydia Valentín  Spain	140 kg	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke  France	134 kg	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	132 kg
Total	Lydia Valentín  Spain	258 kg	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	240 kg	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke  France	237 kg
90 kg (details)
Snatch	Anastasiia Hotfrid  Georgia	120 kg	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic	113 kg	Oliba Nieve  Ecuador	112 kg
Clean & Jerk	María Fernanda Valdés  Chile	146 kg	Anastasiia Hotfrid  Georgia	145 kg	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic	141 kg
Total	Anastasiia Hotfrid  Georgia	265 kg	María Fernanda Valdés  Chile	255 kg	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic	254 kg
+90 kg (details)
Snatch	Sarah Robles  United States	126 kg	Laurel Hubbard  New Zealand	124 kg	Tania Mascorro  Mexico	119 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sarah Robles  United States	158 kg	Shaimaa Khalaf  Egypt	153 kg	Duangaksorn Chaidee  Thailand	152 kg
Total	Sarah Robles  United States	284 kg	Laurel Hubbard  New Zealand	275 kg	Shaimaa Khalaf  Egypt	268 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	2	2	1	5
2	Colombia	2	1	4	7
3	Georgia	2	0	1	3
4	Thailand	1	3	0	4
5	United States	1	1	1	3
6	Chile	1	1	0	2
	Vietnam	1	1	0	2
8	Egypt	1	0	1	2
9	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
	India	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
14	Turkmenistan	0	2	0	2
15	Latvia	0	1	1	2
16	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
20	France	0	0	2	2
21	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		16	16	16	48

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	5	6	2	13
2	Iran	5	4	5	14
3	Georgia	5	1	1	7
4	Vietnam	4	3	0	7
5	Colombia	4	2	9	15
6	Egypt	4	1	2	7
7	Chile	4	1	0	5
8	United States	3	2	3	8
9	South Korea	3	2	0	5
10	Spain	3	0	1	4
11	Romania	3	0	0	3
12	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	3
	India	2	1	0	3
14	Uzbekistan	1	2	2	5
15	Turkmenistan	0	5	1	6
16	Ecuador	0	2	4	6
17	Latvia	0	2	2	4
18	Poland	0	2	1	3
19	Japan	0	2	0	2
	New Zealand	0	2	0	2
21	France	0	1	4	5
22	Dominican Republic	0	1	2	3
	Mexico	0	1	2	3
24	Philippines	0	1	1	2
	Qatar	0	1	1	2
26	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	0	1	0	1
28	Italy	0	0	3	3
29	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		48	48	48	144

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1  Iran 512 2  South Korea 457 3  Uzbekistan 355 4  Spain 345 5  Colombia 342 6  Japan 320

Women Rank Team Points 1  Thailand 496 2  Colombia 473 3  United States 472 4  Ecuador 442 5  Mexico 405 6  Japan 390

Participating nations

A total of 315 competitors from 63 nations participated.

•  Albania (5)
•  Algeria (1)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (6)
•  Bulgaria (5)
•  Cameroon (4)
•  Canada (9)
•  Chile (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (11)
•  Colombia (16)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (4)
•  Denmark (3)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (11)
•  Egypt (5)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Fiji (2)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (7)
•  Georgia (4)
•  Germany (8)
•  Ghana (3)
•  Great Britain (5)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Iceland (4)
•  India (8)
•  Iran (8)
•  Iraq (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Israel (5)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (15)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Lithuania (4)
•  Malaysia (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (11)
•  Mongolia (3)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Norway (2)
•  Peru (5)
•  Philippines (2)
•  Poland (5)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (6)
•  Saudi Arabia (6)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  South Korea (11)
•  Spain (10)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Thailand (16)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Turkmenistan (5)
•  Uganda (2)
•  United States (16)
•  Uzbekistan (10)
•  Vietnam (12)