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World Championships from 1891 to Today
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This section of the Lift Up project features the database with the top results shown at the World Championships in Olympic weightlifing held in the 20th century.
To view the results at these tournaments, please select the search criteria in the forms. There are various types of searches available. You may choose to view the list of medalist or generate the lists of all world champions by weight class or year of the world championship.
Please note that the Olympic Games in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 were counted as World Championships too. The results for these tournaments are available both in this and the Search the Olympics sections of the site.
To view the results of the other major international tournaments available at the Lift Up, please visit the Top Tournaments section of the site.
Summary table below displays a historical overview of tournaments through the years.
| Year | Host | City/Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 |  |
London, Great Britain |
| 1898 |  |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1899 |  |
Milan, Italy |
| 1903 |  |
Paris, France |
| 1904 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1905 |  |
Berlin, Germany |
| 1905 | |
Duisburg, Germany |
| 1905 | |
Paris, France |
| 1906 | |
Lille, France |
| 1907 | |
Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1908 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1910 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1910 | |
Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1911 | |
Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1911 | |
Berlin, Germany |
| 1911 | |
Dresden, Germany |
| 1911 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1913 | |
Breslau, Germany |
| 1920 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1922 |  |
Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1923 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1937 | |
Paris, France |
| 1938 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1946 | |
Paris, France |
| 1947 |  |
Philadelphia, United States |
| 1950 | |
Paris, France |
| 1951 | |
Milan, Italy |
| 1953 |  |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1954 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1955 |  |
Munich, West Germany |
| 1957 |  |
Teheran, Iran |
| 1958 | |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1959 |  |
Warsaw, Poland |
| 1961 | |
Vienna, Austria |
| 1962 |  |
Budapest, Hungary |
| 1963 | |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1964 |  |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 1965 | |
Teheran, Iran |
| 1966 |  |
East Berlin, East Germany |
| 1968 |  |
Mexico-City, Mexico |
| 1969 | |
Warsaw, Poland |
| 1970 | |
Columbus, United States |
| 1971 |  |
Lima, Peru |
| 1972 | |
Munich, West Germany |
| 1973 |  |
Havana, Cuba |
| 1974 |  |
Manila, Philippines |
| 1975 |  |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1976 |  |
Montreal, Canada |
| 1977 | |
Stuttgart, West Germany |
| 1978 | |
Gettysburg, United States |
| 1979 |  |
Saloniki, Greece |
| 1980 | |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1981 | |
Lille, France |
| 1982 |  |
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
| 1983 | |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1984 | |
Los Angeles, United States |
| 1985 | |
Sodertelje, Sweden |
| 1986 |  |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1987 |  |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
| 1989 | |
Athens, Greece |
| 1990 | |
Budapest, Hungary |
| 1991 | |
Donaueschingen, Germany |
| 1993 |  |
Melbourne, Australia |
| 1994 |  |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1995 |  |
Guangzhou, China |
| 1997 |  |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| 1998 |  |
Lahti, Finland |
| 1999 | |
Athens, Greece |
| 2001 | |
Antalya, Turkey |
| 2002 | |
Warsaw, Poland |
| 2003 | |
Vancouver, Canada |
| 2005 |  |
Doha, Qatar |
| 2006 |  |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 2007 | |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| 2009 |  |
Goyang, South Korea |
| 2010 | |
Antalya, Turkey |
| 2011 | |
Paris, France |
| 2013 | |
Wroclaw, Poland |
| 2014 |  |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| 2015 | |
Houston, United States |
| 2017 | |
Anaheim, United States |
| 2018 |  |
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| 2019 | |
Pattaya, Thailand |
| 2021 |  |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 2022 |  |
Bogota, Colombia |
