List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting.

Current program

Men

Bantamweight

• –56 kg (1948–1968)
• 52–56 kg (1972–1992)
• 54–59 kg (1996)
• –56 kg (2000–2016)
• –61 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Joseph DePietro United States	Julian Creus Great Britain	Richard Tom United States
1952 Helsinki	Ivan Udodov Soviet Union	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran	Ali Mirzaei Iran
1956 Melbourne	Charles Vinci United States	Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran
1960 Rome	Charles Vinci United States	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan	Esmaeil Elmkhah Iran
1964 Tokyo	Aleksey Vakhonin Soviet Union	Imre Földi Hungary	Shiro Ichinoseki Japan
1968 Mexico City	Mohammad Nassiri Iran	Imre Földi Hungary	Henryk Trębicki Poland
1972 Munich	Imre Földi Hungary	Mohammad Nassiri Iran	Gennady Chetin Soviet Union
1976 Montreal	Norair Nurikyan Bulgaria	Grzegorz Cziura Poland	Kenkichi Ando Japan
1980 Moscow	Daniel Núñez Cuba	Yurik Sarkisyan Soviet Union	Tadeusz Dembonczyk Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Wu Shude China	Lai Runming China	Masahiro Kotaka Japan
1988 Seoul	Oksen Mirzoyan Soviet Union	He Yingqiang China	Liu Shoubin China
1992 Barcelona	Chun Byung-kwan South Korea	Liu Shoubin China	Luo Jianming China
1996 Atlanta	Tang Lingsheng China	Leonidas Sabanis Greece	Nikolay Peshalov Bulgaria
2000 Sydney	Halil Mutlu Turkey	Wu Wenxiong China	Zhang Xiangxiang China
2004 Athens	Halil Mutlu Turkey	Wu Meijin China	Sedat Artuç Turkey
2008 Beijing	Long Qingquan China	Hoang Anh Tuan Vietnam	Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia
2012 London	Om Yun-chol North Korea	Wu Jingbiao China	Tran Le Quoc Toan Vietnam
2016 Rio	Long Qingquan China	Om Yun-chol North Korea	Sinphet Kruaithong Thailand
2020 Tokyo

Featherweight

• –60 kg (1920–1936)
• 56–60 kg (1948–1992)
• 59–64 kg (1996)
• 56–62 kg (2000–2016)
• 61–67 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Frans De Haes Belgium	Alfred Schmidt Estonia	Eugène Ryter Switzerland
1924 Paris	Pierino Gabetti Italy	Andreas Stadler Austria	Arthur Reinmann Switzerland
1928 Amsterdam	Franz Andrysek Austria	Pierino Gabetti Italy	Hans Wölpert Germany
1932 Los Angeles	Raymond Suvigny France	Hans Wölpert Germany	Anthony Terlazzo United States
1936 Berlin	Anthony Terlazzo United States	Saleh Soliman Egypt	Ibrahim Shams Egypt
1948 London	Mahmoud Fayad Egypt	Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago	Jafar Salmasi Iran
1952 Helsinki	Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union	Nikolay Saksonov Soviet Union	Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago
1956 Melbourne	Isaac Berger United States	Yevgeni Minaev Soviet Union	Marian Zieliński Poland
1960 Rome	Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union	Isaac Berger United States	Sebastiano Mannironi Italy
1964 Tokyo	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan	Isaac Berger United States	Mieczysław Nowak Poland
1968 Mexico City	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan	Dito Shanidze Soviet Union	Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan
1972 Munich	Norair Nurikyan Bulgaria	Dito Shanidze Soviet Union	János Benedek Hungary
1976 Montreal	Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union	Georgi Todorov Bulgaria	Kazumasa Hirai Japan
1980 Moscow	Viktor Mazin Soviet Union	Stefan Dimitrov Bulgaria	Marek Seweryn Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Chen Weiqiang China	Gelu Radu Romania	Tsai Wen-Yee Chinese Taipei
1988 Seoul	Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey	Stefan Topurov Bulgaria	Ye Huanming China
1992 Barcelona	Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey	Nikolay Peshalov Bulgaria	He Yingqiang China
1996 Atlanta	Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey	Valerios Leonidis Greece	Xiao Jiangang China
2000 Sydney	Nikolaj Pešalov Croatia	Leonidas Sabanis Greece	Gennady Oleshchuk Belarus
2004 Athens	Shi Zhiyong China	Le Maosheng China	Israel José Rubio Venezuela
2008 Beijing	Zhang Xiangxiang China	Diego Salazar Colombia	Triyatno Indonesia
2012 London	Kim Un-guk North Korea	Óscar Figueroa Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia
2016 Rio	Óscar Figueroa Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia	Farkhad Kharki Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo

Lightweight

• 60–67.5 kg (1920–1992)
• 64–70 kg (1996)
• 62–69 kg (2000–2016)
• 67–73 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Alfred Neuland Estonia	Louis Williquet Belgium	Florimond Rooms Belgium
1924 Paris	Edmond Decottignies France	Anton Zwerina Austria	Bohumil Durdis Czechoslovakia
1928 Amsterdam	Hans Haas Austria Kurt Helbig Germany	None awarded	Fernand Arnout France
1932 Los Angeles	René Duverger France	Hans Haas Austria	Gastone Pierini Italy
1936 Berlin	Robert Fein Austria Anwar Mesbah Egypt	None awarded	Karl Jansen Germany
1948 London	Ibrahim Shams Egypt	Attia Hamouda Egypt	James Halliday Great Britain
1952 Helsinki	Tommy Kono United States	Yevgeny Lopatin Soviet Union	Vern Barberis Australia
1956 Melbourne	Ihor Rybak Soviet Union	Ravil Khabutdinov Soviet Union	Kim Chang-hee South Korea
1960 Rome	Viktor Bushuev Soviet Union	Tan Howe Liang Singapore	Abdul-Wahid Aziz Iraq
1964 Tokyo	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	Vladimir Kaplunov Soviet Union	Marian Zieliński Poland
1968 Mexico City	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	Parviz Jalayer Iran	Marian Zieliński Poland
1972 Munich	Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union	Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland
1976 Montreal	Petro Korol Soviet Union	Daniel Senet France	Kazimierz Czarnecki Poland
1980 Moscow	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria	Joachim Kunz East Germany	Mincho Pashov Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles	Yao Jingyuan China	Andrei Socaci Romania	Jouni Grönman Finland
1988 Seoul	Joachim Kunz East Germany	Israel Militosyan Soviet Union	Li Jinhe China
1992 Barcelona	Israel Militosyan Unified Team	Yoto Yotov Bulgaria	Andreas Behm Germany
1996 Atlanta	Zhan Xugang China	Kim Myong-Nam North Korea	Attila Feri Hungary
2000 Sydney	Galabin Boevski Bulgaria	Georgi Markov Bulgaria	Siarhei Laurenau Belarus
2004 Athens	Zhang Guozheng China	Lee Bae-young South Korea	Nikolaj Pešalov Croatia
2008 Beijing	Liao Hui China	Vencelas Dabaya France	Yordanis Borrero Cuba
2012 London	Lin Qingfeng China	Triyatno Indonesia	Răzvan Martin Romania
2016 Rio	Shi Zhiyong China	Daniyar Ismayilov Turkey	Luis Javier Mosquera Colombia
2020 Tokyo

Middleweight

• 67.5–75 kg (1920–1992)
• 70–76 kg (1996)
• 69–77 kg (2000–2016)
• 73–81 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Henri Gance France	Pietro Bianchi Italy	Albert Pettersson Sweden
1924 Paris	Carlo Galimberti Italy	Alfred Neuland Estonia	Jaan Kikkas Estonia
1928 Amsterdam	Roger François France	Carlo Galimberti Italy	Guus Scheffer Netherlands
1932 Los Angeles	Rudolf Ismayr Germany	Carlo Galimberti Italy	Karl Hipfinger Austria
1936 Berlin	Khadr El-Touni Egypt	Rudolf Ismayr Germany	Adolf Wagner Germany
1948 London	Frank Spellman United States	Pete George United States	Kim Seong-jip South Korea
1952 Helsinki	Pete George United States	Gerry Gratton Canada	Kim Seong-jip South Korea
1956 Melbourne	Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union	Pete George United States	Ermanno Pignatti Italy
1960 Rome	Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union	Tommy Kono United States	Győző Veres Hungary
1964 Tokyo	Hans Zdražila Czechoslovakia	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	Masushi Ouchi Japan
1968 Mexico City	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	Masushi Ouchi Japan	Károly Bakos Hungary
1972 Munich	Yordan Bikov Bulgaria	Mohamed Tarabulsi Lebanon	Anselmo Silvino Italy
1976 Montreal	Yordan Mitkov Bulgaria	Vardan Militosyan Soviet Union	Peter Wenzel East Germany
1980 Moscow	Asen Zlatev Bulgaria	Aleksandr Pervi Soviet Union	Nedelcho Kolev Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky West Germany	Jacques Demers Canada	Dragomir Cioroslan Romania
1988 Seoul	Borislav Gidikov Bulgaria	Ingo Steinhöfel East Germany	Aleksandar Varbanov Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona	Fedor Kassapu Unified Team	Pablo Lara Cuba	Kim Myong-Nam North Korea
1996 Atlanta	Pablo Lara Cuba	Yoto Yotov Bulgaria	Jon Chol-ho North Korea
2000 Sydney	Zhan Xugang China	Viktor Mitrou Greece	Arsen Melikyan Armenia
2004 Athens	Taner Sağır Turkey	Sergey Filimonov Kazakhstan	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Turkey
2008 Beijing	Sa Jae-hyouk South Korea	Li Hongli China	Gevorg Davtyan Armenia
2012 London	Lü Xiaojun China	Lu Haojie China	Iván Cambar Cuba
2016 Rio	Nijat Rahimov Kazakhstan	Lü Xiaojun China	Mohamed Ihab Egypt
2020 Tokyo

Middle heavyweight

• 82.5 kg–90 kg (1952–1992)
• 83–91 kg (1996)
• 85–94 kg (2000–2016)
• 81–96 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Helsinki	Norbert Schemansky United States	Grigory Novak Soviet Union	Lennox Kilgour Trinidad and Tobago
1956 Melbourne	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union	David Sheppard United States	Jean Debuf France
1960 Rome	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union	Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union	Louis Martin Great Britain
1964 Tokyo	Vladimir Golovanov Soviet Union	Louis Martin Great Britain	Ireneusz Paliński Poland
1968 Mexico City	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	Marek Gołąb Poland
1972 Munich	Andon Nikolov Bulgaria	Atanas Shopov Bulgaria	Hans Bettembourg Sweden
1976 Montreal	David Rigert Soviet Union	Lee James United States	Atanas Shopov Bulgaria
1980 Moscow	Péter Baczakó Hungary	Rumen Aleksandrov Bulgaria	Frank Mantek East Germany
1984 Los Angeles	Nicu Vlad Romania	Dumitru Petre Romania	David Mercer Great Britain
1988 Seoul	Anatoly Khrapaty Soviet Union	Nail Mukhamedyarov Soviet Union	Slawomir Zawada Poland
1992 Barcelona	Kakhi Kakhiashvili Unified Team	Sergey Syrtsov Unified Team	Sergiusz Wolczaniecki Poland
1996 Atlanta	Aleksey Petrov Russia	Leonidas Kokas Greece	Oliver Caruso Germany
2000 Sydney	Akakios Kakiasvilis Greece	Szymon Kołecki Poland	Aleksey Petrov Russia
2004 Athens	Milen Dobrev Bulgaria	Khadzhimurat Akkaev Russia	Eduard Tyukin Russia
2008 Beijing	Szymon Kołecki Poland	Arsen Kasabiev Georgia	Yoandry Hernández Cuba
2012 London	Saeid Mohammadpour Iran	Kim Min-jae South Korea	Tomasz Zieliński Poland
2016 Rio	Sohrab Moradi Iran	Vadzim Straltsou Belarus	Aurimas Didžbalis Lithuania
2020 Tokyo

Heavyweight

• +82.5 kg (1920–1948)
• +90 kg (1952–1968)
• 90–110 kg (1972–1976)
• 100–110 kg (1980–1992)
• 99–108 kg (1996)
• 94–105 kg (2000–2016)
• 96–109 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Filippo Bottino Italy	Joseph Alzin Luxembourg	Louis Bernot France
1924 Paris	Giuseppe Tonani Italy	Franz Aigner Austria	Harald Tammer Estonia
1928 Amsterdam	Josef Straßberger Germany	Arnold Luhaäär Estonia	Jaroslav Skobla Czechoslovakia
1932 Los Angeles	Jaroslav Skobla Czechoslovakia	Václav Pšenička Czechoslovakia	Josef Straßberger Germany
1936 Berlin	Josef Manger Germany	Václav Pšenička Czechoslovakia	Arnold Luhaäär Estonia
1948 London	John Davis United States	Norbert Schemansky United States	Abraham Charité Netherlands
1952 Helsinki	John Davis United States	James Bradford United States	Humberto Selvetti Argentina
1956 Melbourne	Paul Anderson United States	Humberto Selvetti Argentina	Alberto Pigaiani Italy
1960 Rome	Yury Vlasov Soviet Union	James Bradford United States	Norbert Schemansky United States
1964 Tokyo	Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union	Yury Vlasov Soviet Union	Norbert Schemansky United States
1968 Mexico City	Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union	Serge Reding Belgium	Joseph Dube United States
1972 Munich	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	Aleksandar Kraychev Bulgaria	Stefan Grützner East Germany
1976 Montreal	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union	Krastyu Semerdzhiev Bulgaria	Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland
1980 Moscow	Leonid Taranenko Soviet Union	Valentin Khristov Bulgaria	György Szalai Hungary
1984 Los Angeles	Norberto Oberburger Italy	Stefan Tasnadi Romania	Guy Carlton United States
1988 Seoul	Yury Zakharevich Soviet Union	József Jacsó Hungary	Ronny Weller East Germany
1992 Barcelona	Ronny Weller Germany	Artur Akoyev Unified Team	Stefan Botev Bulgaria
1996 Atlanta	Timur Taymazov Ukraine	Sergey Syrtsov Russia	Nicu Vlad Romania
2000 Sydney	Hossein Tavakkoli Iran	Alan Tsagaev Bulgaria	Said Saif Asaad Qatar
2004 Athens	Dmitry Berestov Russia	Ihor Razoronov Ukraine	Gleb Pisarevskiy Russia
2008 Beijing	Andrei Aramnau Belarus	Dmitry Klokov Russia	Marcin Dołęga Poland
2012 London	Navab Nassirshalal Iran	Bartłomiej Bonk Poland	Ivan Efremov Uzbekistan
2016 Rio	Ruslan Nurudinov Uzbekistan	Simon Martirosyan Armenia	Aleksandr Zaychikov Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo

Super heavyweight

• +110 kg (1972–1992)
• +108 kg (1996)
• +105 kg (2000–2016)
• +109 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union	Rudolf Mang West Germany	Gerd Bonk East Germany
1976 Montreal	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union	Gerd Bonk East Germany	Helmut Losch East Germany
1980 Moscow	Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union	Jürgen Heuser East Germany	Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Dean Lukin Australia	Mario Martinez United States	Manfred Nerlinger West Germany
1988 Seoul	Aleksandr Kurlovich Soviet Union	Manfred Nerlinger West Germany	Martin Zawieja West Germany
1992 Barcelona	Aleksandr Kurlovich Unified Team	Leonid Taranenko Unified Team	Manfred Nerlinger Germany
1996 Atlanta	Andrei Chemerkin Russia	Ronny Weller Germany	Stefan Botev Australia
2000 Sydney	Hossein Rezazadeh Iran	Ronny Weller Germany	Andrei Chemerkin Russia
2004 Athens	Hossein Rezazadeh Iran	Viktors Ščerbatihs Latvia	Velichko Cholakov Bulgaria
2008 Beijing	Matthias Steiner Germany	Evgeny Chigishev Russia	Viktors Ščerbatihs Latvia
2012 London	Behdad Salimi Iran	Sajjad Anoushiravani Iran	Ruslan Albegov Russia
2016 Rio	Lasha Talakhadze Georgia	Gor Minasyan Armenia	Irakli Turmanidze Georgia
2020 Tokyo

Women

Flyweight

• 48 kg (2000–2016)
• 49 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Tara Nott United States	Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia	Sri Indriyani Indonesia
2004 Athens	Nurcan Taylan Turkey	Li Zhuo China	Aree Wiratthaworn Thailand
2008 Beijing	Chen Wei-ling Chinese Taipei	Im Jyoung-hwa South Korea	Pensiri Laosirikul Thailand
2012 London	Wang Mingjuan China	Hiromi Miyake Japan	Ryang Chun-hwa North Korea
2016 Rio	Sopita Tanasan Thailand	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani Indonesia	Hiromi Miyake Japan
2020 Tokyo

Featherweight

• 53 kg (2000–2016)
• 55 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Yang Xia China	Li Fengying Chinese Taipei	Winarni Binti Slamet Indonesia
2004 Athens	Udomporn Polsak Thailand	Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia	Mabel Mosquera Colombia
2008 Beijing	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon Thailand	Yoon Jin-hee South Korea	Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia
2012 London	Hsu Shu-ching Chinese Taipei	Citra Febrianti Indonesia	Iulia Paratova Ukraine
2016 Rio	Hsu Shu-ching Chinese Taipei	Hidilyn Diaz Philippines	Yoon Jin-hee South Korea
2020 Tokyo

Lightweight

• 58 kg (2000–2016)
• 59 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Soraya Jiménez Mexico	Ri Song Hui North Korea	Khassaraporn Suta Thailand
2004 Athens	Chen Yanqing China	Ri Song Hui North Korea	Wandee Kameaim Thailand
2008 Beijing	Chen Yanqing China	O Jong Ae North Korea	Wandee Kameaim Thailand
2012 London	Li Xueying China	Pimsiri Sirikaew Thailand	Rattikan Gulnoi Thailand
2016 Rio	Sukanya Srisurat Thailand	Pimsiri Sirikaew Thailand	Kuo Hsing-chun Chinese Taipei
2020 Tokyo

Middleweight

• 63 kg (2000–2016)
• 64 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Chen Xiaomin China	Valentina Popova Russia	Ioanna Khatziioannou Greece
2004 Athens	Nataliya Skakun Ukraine	Hanna Batsiushka Belarus	Tatsiana Stukalava Belarus
2008 Beijing	Pak Hyon-suk North Korea	Lu Ying-chi Chinese Taipei	Christine Girard Canada
2012 London	Christine Girard Canada	Milka Maneva Bulgaria	Luz Acosta Mexico
2016 Rio	Deng Wei China	Choe Hyo-sim North Korea	Karina Goricheva Kazakhstan
2020 Tokyo

Light heavyweight

• 69 kg (2000–2016)
• 76 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Lin Weining China	Erzsébet Márkus Hungary	Karnam Malleswari India
2004 Athens	Liu Chunhong China	Eszter Krutzler Hungary	Zarema Kasaeva Russia
2008 Beijing	Oksana Slivenko Russia	Leydi Solís Colombia	Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt
2012 London	Rim Jong-sim North Korea	Roxana Cocoș Romania	Anna Nurmukhambetova Kazakhstan
2016 Rio	Xiang Yanmei China	Zhazira Zhapparkul Kazakhstan	Sara Ahmed Egypt
2020 Tokyo

Heavyweight

• 75 kg (2000–2016)
• 87 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	María Isabel Urrutia Colombia	Ruth Ogbeifo Nigeria	Kuo Yi-hang Chinese Taipei
2004 Athens	Pawina Thongsuk Thailand	Natalya Zabolotnaya Russia	Valentina Popova Russia
2008 Beijing	Alla Vazhenina Kazakhstan	Lidia Valentín Spain	Damaris Aguirre Mexico
2012 London	Lidia Valentín Spain	Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt	Madias Nzesso Cameroon
2016 Rio	Rim Jong-sim North Korea	Darya Naumava Belarus	Lidia Valentín Spain
2020 Tokyo

Super heavyweight

• +75 kg (2000–2016)
• +87 kg (2020–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Ding Meiyuan China	Agata Wróbel Poland	Cheryl Haworth United States
2004 Athens	Tang Gonghong China	Jang Mi-ran South Korea	Agata Wróbel Poland
2008 Beijing	Jang Mi-ran South Korea	Ele Opeloge Samoa	Mariam Usman Nigeria
2012 London	Zhou Lulu China	Tatiana Kashirina Russia	Jang Mi-ran South Korea
2016 Rio	Meng Suping China	Kim Kuk-hyang North Korea	Sarah Robles United States
2020 Tokyo

Discontinued events

Men

One hand lift

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Launceston Elliot Great Britain	Viggo Jensen Denmark	Alexandros Nikolopoulos Greece

Two hand lift

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Viggo Jensen Denmark	Launceston Elliot Great Britain	Sotirios Versis Greece
1900 Paris	not included in the Olympic program
1904 St. Louis	Perikles Kakousis Greece	Oscar Osthoff United States	Frank Kugler United States

All-around dumbbell contest

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Oscar Osthoff United States	Frederick Winters United States	Frank Kugler United States

Flyweight

• –52 kg (1972–1992)
• –54 kg (1996)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland	Lajos Szűcs Hungary	Sándor Holczreiter Hungary
1976 Montreal	Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union	György Kőszegi Hungary	Mohammad Nassiri Iran
1980 Moscow	Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union	Ho Bong-chol North Korea	Han Gyong-si North Korea
1984 Los Angeles	Zeng Guoqiang China	Zhou Peishun China	Kazushito Manabe Japan
1988 Seoul	Sevdalin Marinov Bulgaria	Chun Byung-kwan South Korea	He Zhuoqiang China
1992 Barcelona	Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria	Lin Qisheng China	Traian Cihărean Romania
1996 Atlanta	Halil Mutlu Turkey	Zhang Xiangsen China	Sevdalin Minchev Bulgaria

Light heavyweight

• 75–82.5 kg (1920–1992)
• 76–83 kg (1996)
• 77–85 kg (2000–2016)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Ernest Cadine France	Fritz Hünenberger Switzerland	Erik Pettersson Sweden
1924 Paris	Charles Rigoulot France	Fritz Hünenberger Switzerland	Leopold Friedrich Austria
1928 Amsterdam	El Sayed Nosseir Egypt	Louis Hostin France	Jan Verheijen Netherlands
1932 Los Angeles	Louis Hostin France	Svend Olsen Denmark	Henry Duey United States
1936 Berlin	Louis Hostin France	Eugen Deutsch Germany	Ibrahim Wasif Egypt
1948 London	Stanley Stanczyk United States	Harold Sakata United States	Gösta Magnusson Sweden
1952 Helsinki	Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union	Stanley Stanczyk United States	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne	Tommy Kono United States	Vasilijs Stepanovs Soviet Union	Jim George United States
1960 Rome	Ireneusz Palinski Poland	Jim George United States	Jan Bochenek Poland
1964 Tokyo	Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union	Géza Tóth Hungary	Győző Veres Hungary
1968 Mexico City	Boris Selitsky Soviet Union	Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union	Norbert Ozimek Poland
1972 Munich	Leif Jenssen Norway	Norbert Ozimek Poland	György Horváth Hungary
1976 Montreal	Valery Shary Soviet Union	Trendafil Stoychev Bulgaria	Péter Baczakó Hungary
1980 Moscow	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union	Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria	Dušan Poliačik Czechoslovakia
1984 Los Angeles	Petre Becheru Romania	Robert Kabbas Australia	Ryoji Isaoka Japan
1988 Seoul	Israil Arsamakov Soviet Union	István Messzi Hungary	Lee Hyung-kun South Korea
1992 Barcelona	Pyrros Dimas Greece	Krzysztof Siemion Poland	none awarded
1996 Atlanta	Pyrros Dimas Greece	Marc Huster Germany	Andrzej Cofalik Poland
2000 Sydney	Pyrros Dimas Greece	Marc Huster Germany	Giorgi Asanidze Georgia
2004 Athens	Giorgi Asanidze Georgia	Andrei Rybakou Belarus	Pyrros Dimas Greece
2008 Beijing	Lu Yong China	Tigran Martirosyan Armenia	Jadier Valladares Cuba
2012 London	Adrian Zieliński Poland	Kianoush Rostami Iran	Tarek Yehia Egypt
2016 Rio	Kianoush Rostami Iran	Tian Tao China	Denis Ulanov Kazakhstan

First heavyweight

• 90–100 kg (1980–1992)
• 91–99 kg (1996)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Moscow	Ota Zaremba Czechoslovakia	Igor Nikitin Soviet Union	Alberto Blanco Cuba
1984 Los Angeles	Rolf Milser West Germany	Vasile Groapa Romania	Pekka Niemi Finland
1988 Seoul	Pavel Kuznetsov Soviet Union	Nicu Vlad Romania	Peter Immesberger West Germany
1992 Barcelona	Viktor Tregubov Unified Team	Timur Taymazov Unified Team	Waldemar Malak Poland
1996 Atlanta	Akakios Kakiasvilis Greece	Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan	Denys Gotfrid Ukraine

See also

• List of Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
• Weightlifting at the 1906 Intercalated Games — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee

References

• International Olympic Committee results database