Weightlifting at the Asian Games

Weightlifting has been an event at the Asian Games since 1951 in New Delhi.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
I	1951	New Delhi, India	Iran
II	1954	Manila, Philippines	South Korea
III	1958	Tokyo, Japan	Iran
V	1966	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran
VI	1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan
VII	1974	Tehran, Iran	Iran
VIII	1978	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea
IX	1982	New Delhi, India	China
X	1986	Seoul, South Korea	China
XI	1990	Beijing, China	China
XII	1994	Hiroshima, Japan	China
XIII	1998	Bangkok, Thailand	China
XIV	2002	Busan, South Korea	China
XV	2006	Doha, Qatar	China
XVI	2010	Guangzhou, China	China
XVII	2014	Incheon, South Korea	China
XVIII	2018	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia	North Korea
XIX	2022	Hangzhou, China	North Korea

Events

Men's events

1951–1954

Bantamweight -56 kg
Featherweight 56–60 kg
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg

1958–1970 (except 1962)

Flyweight -52 kg
Bantamweight 52–56 kg
Featherweight 56–60 kg
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg

1974

Flyweight -52 kg
Bantamweight 52–56 kg
Featherweight 56–60 kg
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg
Heavyweight 90–110 kg
Super heavyweight +110 kg

1978-1990

Flyweight -52 kg
Bantamweight 52–56 kg
Featherweight 56–60 kg
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg
First-heavyweight 90–100 kg
Heavyweight 100–110 kg
Super heavyweight +110 kg

1994

Flyweight -54 kg
Bantamweight 54–59 kg
Featherweight 59–64 kg
Lightweight 64–70 kg
Middleweight 70–76 kg
Light-heavyweight 76–83 kg
Middle-heavyweight 83–91 kg
First-heavyweight 91–99 kg
Heavyweight 99–108 kg
Super heavyweight +108 kg

1998–2018

Bantamweight -56 kg
Featherweight 56–62 kg
Lightweight 62–69 kg
Middleweight 69–77 kg
Light-heavyweight 77–85 kg
Middle-heavyweight 85–94 kg
Heavyweight 94–105 kg
Super heavyweight +105 kg

2022–present

Bantamweight -61 kg
Featherweight 61–67 kg
Lightweight 67–73 kg
Middleweight 73–81 kg
Middle-heavyweight 81–96 kg
Heavyweight 96–109 kg
Super heavyweight +109 kg

Women's events

1990

44 kg
48 kg
52 kg
56 kg
60 kg
67.5 kg
75 kg
82.5 kg
+82.5 kg

1994

46 kg
50 kg
54 kg
59 kg
64 kg
70 kg
76 kg
83 kg
+83 kg

1998–2018

48 kg
53 kg
58 kg
63 kg
69 kg
75 kg
+75 kg

2022–present

49 kg
55 kg
59 kg
64 kg
76 kg
87 kg
+87 kg

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	81	35	12	128
2	Iran (IRI)	33	30	20	83
3	South Korea (KOR)	31	29	31	91
4	Japan (JPN)	23	19	29	71
5	North Korea (PRK)	22	24	19	65
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	12	9	8	29
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	4	11	17	32
8	Myanmar (MYA)	3	8	13	24
9	Syria (SYR)	3	0	0	3
10	Thailand (THA)	2	13	14	29
11	Indonesia (INA)	2	8	14	24
12	Lebanon (LBN)	2	2	1	5
13	Iraq (IRQ)	1	7	10	18
14	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	6	10	17
15	Philippines (PHI)	1	5	3	9
16	Singapore (SGP)	1	3	2	6
17	Qatar (QAT)	1	2	0	3
18	Turkmenistan (TKM)	1	1	0	2
19	India (IND)	0	5	9	14
20	Vietnam (VIE)	0	4	0	4
21	Israel (ISR)	0	1	4	5
22	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	3	4
23	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	2	2
24	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
24	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		224	223	223	670

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals.

Rank	Weightlifter	Country	Gender	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	M	52 kg / 56 kg	1966	1974	3	-	-	3
	Kim Tae-hyun	South Korea	M	110 kg / +108 kg / +105 kg	1990	1998	3	-	-	3
	Behdad Salimi	Iran	M	+105 kg	2010	2018	3	-	-	3
4	Ryoji Isaoka	Japan	M	82.5 kg	1982	1990	2	-	1	3
4	Hossein Rezazadeh	Iran	M	+105 kg	1998	2006	2	-	1	3
6	Talal Najjar	Syria	M	110 kg/+110 kg	1978	1982	2	-	-	2
	Yao Jingyuan	China	M	67.5 kg	1982	1986	2	-	-	2
	He Zhuoqiang	China	M	52 kg	1986	1990	2	-	-	2
	Huang Woo-won	South Korea	M	100 kg	1986	1990	2	-	-	2
	Chun Byung-kwan	South Korea	M	56 kg / 59 kg	1990	1994	2	-	-	2
	Lan Shizhang	China	M	54 kg / 56 kg	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
	Andrey Makarov	Kazakhstan	M	91 kg / 94 kg	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
	Cui Wenhua	China	M	108 kg / 105 kg	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
	Le Maosheng	China	M	62 kg	1998	2002	2	-	-	2
	Zhang Guozheng	China	M	69 kg	2002	2006	2	-	-	2
	Ilya Ilyin	Kazakhstan	M	94 kg	2006	2010	2	-	-	2
	Yang Zhe	China	M	105 kg	2010	2014	2	-	-	2
	Om Yun-chol	North Korea	M	56 kg	2014	2018	2	-	-	2
	Ri Song-gum	North Korea	F	48 kg / 49 kg	2018	2022	2	-	-	2
	Rim Un-sim	North Korea	F	69 kg / 64 kg	2018	2022	2	-	-	2
	Tian Tao	China	M	85 kg / 96 kg	2014	2022	2	-	-	2

List of medalists

Records

External links

Asian Weightlifting Confederation

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