Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 4 August 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum.

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo International Forum
Dates	24 July – 4 August 2021
No. of events	14
Competitors	196 from 74 nations
← 2016 2024 →

Competition schedule

Schedule^[1][2]

Date	Jul 24	Jul 25	Jul 26	Jul 27	Jul 28	Jul 29	Jul 30	July 31	Aug 1	Aug 2	Aug 3	Aug 4
Men's 61kg		F
Men's 67kg		F
Men's 73kg					F
Men's 81kg								F
Men's 96kg								F
Men's 109kg											F
Men's 109+kg												F
Women's 49kg	F
Women's 55kg			F
Women's 59kg				F
Women's 64kg				F
Women's 76kg									F
Women's 87kg										F
Women's 87+kg										F

Qualification

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The number of weightlifters at these Games was reduced to 196, down from 260 in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Furthermore, many countries had reduced squads, and four were excluded from weightlifting at these Games due to punishments given as a result of high numbers of historic doping offenses.

Changes

The total gold medal count was reduced from 15 to 14, with one men's event being eliminated.

In July 2018, IWF announced new official weight categories.^[3]

Participating nations

•  Albania (2)
•  Algeria (1)
•  American Samoa (1)
•  Armenia (2)
•  Australia (5)
•  Austria (2)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Cameroon (2)
•  Canada (5)
•  Chile (2)
•  China (8)
•  Colombia (3)
•  Cuba (4)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Dominican Republic (5)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  France (4)
•  Georgia (4)
•  Germany (3)
•  Ghana (1)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Indonesia (5)
•  Iran (2)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (4)
•  Japan (7)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Madagascar (2)
•  Malta (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (4)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Mongolia (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Nauru (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (5)
•  Nicaragua (1)
•  Oman (1)
•  Pakistan (1)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Papua New Guinea (2)
•  Peru (1)
•  Philippines (2)
•  Poland (3)
•  Refugee Olympic Team (1)
•  ROC (2)
•  Saudi Arabia (1)
•  Solomon Islands (1)
•  South Korea (8)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Syria (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (7)
•  Tonga (1)
•  Tunisia (5)
•  Turkey (2)
•  Turkmenistan (5)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (8)
•  Uzbekistan (4)
•  Venezuela (4)
•  Vietnam (2)

Medalists

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	1	0	8
2	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
3	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
	Georgia	1	0	1	2
5	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Philippines	1	0	0	1
	Qatar	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
9	Venezuela	0	2	0	2
10	Indonesia	0	1	2	3
	Italy	0	1	2	3
12	Dominican Republic	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
14	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
	Iran	0	1	0	1
	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
20	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
21	Japan*	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Syria	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		14	14	14	42

Men's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
61 kg details	Li Fabin  China	313 kg OR	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	302 kg	Igor Son  Kazakhstan	294 kg
67 kg details	Chen Lijun  China	332 kg OR	Luis Javier Mosquera  Colombia	331 kg	Mirko Zanni  Italy	322 kg
73 kg details	Shi Zhiyong  China	364 kg WR	Julio Mayora  Venezuela	346 kg	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah  Indonesia	342 kg
81 kg details	Lü Xiaojun  China	374 kg OR	Zacarías Bonnat  Dominican Republic	367 kg	Antonino Pizzolato  Italy	365 kg
96 kg details	Fares Ibrahim  Qatar	402 kg OR	Keydomar Vallenilla  Venezuela	387 kg	Anton Pliesnoi  Georgia	387 kg
109 kg details	Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan	430 kg OR	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	423 kg	Artūrs Plēsnieks  Latvia	410 kg
109+ kg details	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	488 kg WR	Ali Davoudi  Iran	441 kg	Man Asaad  Syria	424 kg

Women's

During the women's +87 competition, Laurel Hubbard made history by becoming the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.^[4]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg details	Hou Zhihui  China	210 kg OR	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India	202 kg	Windy Cantika Aisah  Indonesia	194 kg
55 kg details	Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines	224 kg OR	Liao Qiuyun  China	223 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan	213 kg
59 kg details	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	236 kg OR	Polina Guryeva  Turkmenistan	217 kg	Mikiko Ando  Japan	214 kg
64 kg details	Maude Charron  Canada	236 kg	Giorgia Bordignon  Italy	232 kg	Chen Wen-huei  Chinese Taipei	230 kg
76 kg details	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	263 kg	Katherine Nye  United States	249 kg	Aremi Fuentes  Mexico	245 kg
87 kg details	Wang Zhouyu  China	270 kg	Tamara Salazar  Ecuador	263 kg	Crismery Santana  Dominican Republic	256 kg
87+ kg details	Li Wenwen  China	320 kg OR	Emily Campbell  Great Britain	283 kg	Sarah Robles  United States	282 kg

Controversies

Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport.^[5][6] Due to corruption,^[7] failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation,^[8] and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport.^[9]

Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. Her participation in the women’s heavyweight class sparked controversy over whether natal males have biological advantages in female sport.^{[10][11][12][13]}

See also

• Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games
• Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Weightlifting at the 2019 Pacific Games
• Weightlifting at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics