World Weightlifting Championships

The World Weightlifting Championships of men exist since 1891, Women since 1987. Organization and control of the implementation is subject to the Weightlifting World Federation International Weightlifting Federation.

Discharge cycle

Since 1937, the World Championships are held annually, and there was a suspension of competitions due to the Second World War between 1939 and 1945. Found only in the years of the Summer Olympic Games generally take no world championships. The introduced in 1987 women's competitions presented here represents an exception to this finally took place in 2000 inclusion in the Olympic program. In the six games 1964-1984 Olympic weightlifting competitions had simultaneous world championship status.

Weight classes

If the number of weight classes increased gradually in men from 1913 to 1977 from three to ten most recently, a reduction of the classes took place in 1998 again. This was done on a view of the upcoming Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, where the women 's weightlifting should celebrate its premiere. Currently, the men in eight and the women compete in seven different weight classes ( see table).

List of World Championships

* In the years 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Olympic Games represented at the same time the world championships.

Perpetual medal

This list shows the medal winnings of the men and women of Nations in 1891, up to and including the 2013 title fights on. Medal wins in the snatch, jerk and press are not listed, so only have been reached in the all around.

* Russia is the legal successor of the USSR.

The successful participants

This list will take the athletes or athletes with the most World Cup - winning medals in the Olympic duel ( to 1972 Powerlifting ) on. Women are not yet represented in the list.