2023 World Weightlifting Championships

2023 World Championships

Host city	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates	4–17 September[1]
Main venue	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex (Green Hall)[2]

The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023.^[1][3]

The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[4] The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one.^[5][6]

Schedule

Men's events

Date →	Mon 4		Tue 5		Wed 6		Thu 7		Fri 8	Sat 9			Sun 10				Mon 11				Tue 12	Wed 13				Thu 14		Sat 16		Sun 17
Event ↓	16:30	21:30	11:30	19:00	11:30	16:30	16:00	19:00	14:00	11:30	16:30	19:00	09:00	11:30	14:00	21:30	11:30	14:00	16:30	19:00	20:30	09:00	14:00	16:30	21:30	11:30	19:00	14:00	19:00	09:00	11:30	14:00	16:30
55 kg	B			A
61 kg		D	C		B	A
67 kg							B	A
73 kg									D	C	B	A
81 kg															C		B		A
89 kg													E	D		C		B		A
96 kg																					C		B	A
102 kg																						D			C	B	A
109 kg																												B	A
+109 kg																														D	C	B	A

Women's events

Date →	Mon 4			Tue 5			Wed 6		Thu 7			Fri 8		Sat 9		Sun 10		Mon 11		Tue 12	Wed 13		Thu 14				Fri 15				Sat 16
Event ↓	11:30	14:00	19:00	14:00	16:30	21:30	14:00	19:00	09:30	11:30	13:30	16:30	19:00	09:00	14:00	16:30	19:00	09:00	21:30	18:30	11:30	19:00	09:00	14:00	16:30	21:30	11:30	14:30	16:30	19:00	09:30	11:30	16:30
45 kg			A
49 kg	D	C		B	A
55 kg						C	B	A
59 kg									E	D	C	B	A
64 kg														D	C	B	A
71 kg																		E	D	C	B	A
76 kg																							C	B	A
81 kg																										C	B		A
87 kg																												B		A
+87 kg																															C	B	A

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	4	2	13
2	Thailand	2	0	1	3
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2
	Egypt	2	0	0	2
5	Colombia	1	3	0	4
6	South Korea	1	2	2	5
7	Uzbekistan	1	1	1	3
8	Italy	1	1	0	2
	Vietnam	1	1	0	2
10	Georgia	1	0	0	1
	Iran	1	0	0	1
12	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
13	Ecuador	0	1	2	3
	United States	0	1	2	3
15	Armenia	0	1	1	2
16	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
19	Turkey	0	0	2	2
20	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Iraq	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [a]	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		20	20	20	60

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	20	10	3	33
2	Thailand	5	1	3	9
3	Egypt	5	1	1	7
4	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	6
5	South Korea	4	7	7	18
6	Uzbekistan	4	2	1	7
7	Vietnam	3	3	0	6
8	Georgia	3	0	1	4
9	Colombia	2	9	3	14
10	Iran	2	0	1	3
11	Armenia	1	3	4	8
	United States	1	3	4	8
13	Indonesia	1	3	0	4
	Italy	1	3	0	4
15	Iraq	1	0	1	2
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [a]	1	0	1	2
16	Norway	1	0	0	1
17	Madagascar	0	3	0	3
18	Ecuador	0	2	7	9
19	Ukraine	0	2	2	4
20	Nigeria	0	2	1	3
21	Bulgaria	0	2	0	2
22	Bahrain	0	1	1	2
23	Moldova	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
25	Turkey	0	0	5	5
26	Azerbaijan	0	0	3	3
	Venezuela	0	0	3	3
28	Australia	0	0	2	2
	Mexico	0	0	2	2
30	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (33 entries)		60	60	60	180

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 kg (details)
Snatch	Lại Gia Thành  Vietnam	123 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh  Vietnam	117 kg	Thada Somboon-uan  Thailand	116 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lại Gia Thành  Vietnam	146 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh  Vietnam	144 kg	Natthawat Chomchuen  Thailand	143 kg
Total	Lại Gia Thành  Vietnam	269 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh  Vietnam	261 kg	Natthawat Chomchuen  Thailand	259 kg
61 kg (details)
Snatch	Li Fabin  China	141 kg	Sergio Massidda  Italy	137 kg	Shota Mishvelidze  Georgia	136 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hampton Morris  United States	168 kg	Li Fabin  China	167 kg	Aniq Kasdan  Malaysia	166 kg
Total	Li Fabin  China	308 kg	Sergio Massidda  Italy	302 kg	Ding Hongjie  China	301 kg
67 kg (details)
Snatch	Chen Lijun  China	153 kg	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	146 kg	Gor Sahakyan  Armenia	142 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Lijun  China	180 kg	Francisco Mosquera  Colombia	176 kg	Lee Sang-yeon  South Korea	176 kg
Total	Chen Lijun  China	333 kg	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia	321 kg	Gor Sahakyan  Armenia	312 kg
73 kg (details)
Snatch	Wei Yinting  China	157 kg	Weeraphon Wichuma  Thailand	154 kg	Ritvars Suharevs  Latvia	154 kg
Clean & Jerk	Weeraphon Wichuma  Thailand	195 kg	Bak Joo-hyo  South Korea	187 kg	Muhammed Furkan Özbek  Turkey	187 kg
Total	Weeraphon Wichuma  Thailand	349 kg	Wei Yinting  China	337 kg	Muhammed Furkan Özbek  Turkey	334 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch	Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov  Uzbekistan	164 kg	Oscar Reyes  Italy	163 kg	Rafik Harutyunyan  Armenia	162 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah  Indonesia	209 kg WR	Bozhidar Andreev  Bulgaria	195 kg	Gaýgysyz Töräýew  Turkmenistan	193 kg
Total	Oscar Reyes  Italy	356 kg	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah  Indonesia	354 kg	Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov  Uzbekistan	352 kg
89 kg (details)
Snatch	Andranik Karapetyan  Armenia	175 kg	Marin Robu  Moldova	173 kg	Keydomar Vallenilla  Venezuela	171 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mirmostafa Javadi  Iran	215 kg	Li Dayin  China	213 kg	Keydomar Vallenilla  Venezuela	210 kg
Total	Mirmostafa Javadi  Iran	384 kg	Li Dayin  China	383 kg	Keydomar Vallenilla  Venezuela	381 kg
96 kg (details)
Snatch	Qasim Al-Lami  Iraq	175 kg	Karim Abokahla  Egypt	174 kg	Won Jong-beom  South Korea	172 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karim Abokahla  Egypt	213 kg	Won Jong-beom  South Korea	212 kg	Mahmoud Hassan  Egypt	209 kg
Total	Karim Abokahla  Egypt	387 kg	Won Jong-beom  South Korea	384 kg	Qasim Al-Lami  Iraq	379 kg
102 kg (details)
Snatch	Yauheni Tsikhantsou Individual Neutral Athletes	183 kg	Garik Karapetyan  Armenia	183 kg	Jang Yeon-hak  South Korea	182 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liu Huanhua  China	224 kg	Fares El-Bakh  Qatar	218 kg	Jang Yeon-hak  South Korea	217 kg
Total	Liu Huanhua  China	404 kg	Jang Yeon-hak  South Korea	399 kg	Yauheni Tsikhantsou Individual Neutral Athletes	394 kg
109 kg (details)
Snatch	Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan	189 kg	Hristo Hristov  Bulgaria	181 kg	Dadash Dadashbayli  Azerbaijan	180 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ruslan Nurudinov  Uzbekistan	227 kg	Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan	226 kg	Dadash Dadashbayli  Azerbaijan	223 kg
Total	Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan	415 kg	Ruslan Nurudinov  Uzbekistan	407 kg	Dadash Dadashbayli  Azerbaijan	403 kg
+109 kg (details)
Snatch	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	220 kg	Gor Minasyan  Bahrain	213 kg	Varazdat Lalayan  Armenia	212 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	253 kg	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	250 kg	Ali Davoudi  Iran	249 kg
Total	Lasha Talakhadze  Georgia	473 kg	Varazdat Lalayan  Armenia	460 kg	Gor Minasyan  Bahrain	459 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
45 kg (details)
Snatch	Sirivimon Pramongkhol  Thailand	78 kg	Rosina Randafiarison  Madagascar	77 kg	Cansu Bektaş  Turkey	75 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sirivimon Pramongkhol  Thailand	101 kg	Rosina Randafiarison  Madagascar	93 kg	Cansu Bektaş  Turkey	87 kg
Total	Sirivimon Pramongkhol  Thailand	179 kg	Rosina Randafiarison  Madagascar	170 kg	Cansu Bektaş  Turkey	162 kg
49 kg (details)
Snatch	Hou Zhihui  China	95 kg	Jiang Huihua  China	95 kg	Mihaela Cambei  Romania	90 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jiang Huihua  China	120 kg WR	Hou Zhihui  China	116 kg	Jourdan Delacruz  United States	112 kg
Total	Jiang Huihua  China	215 kg WR	Hou Zhihui  China	211 kg	Jourdan Delacruz  United States	200 kg
55 kg (details)
Snatch	Chen Guan-ling  Chinese Taipei	91 kg	Rohelys Galvis  Colombia	90 kg	Irene Borrego  Mexico	89 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Guan-ling  Chinese Taipei	112 kg	Rohelys Galvis  Colombia	111 kg	Rosalba Morales  Colombia	110 kg
Total	Chen Guan-ling  Chinese Taipei	203 kg	Rohelys Galvis  Colombia	201 kg	Irene Borrego  Mexico	199 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch	Luo Shifang  China	107 kg	Kamila Konotop  Ukraine	106 kg	Pei Xinyi  China	102 kg
Clean & Jerk	Luo Shifang  China	136 kg	Kuo Hsing-chun  Chinese Taipei	130 kg	Kamila Konotop  Ukraine	130 kg
Total	Luo Shifang  China	243 kg	Kamila Konotop  Ukraine	236 kg	Pei Xinyi  China	232 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch	Natalia Llamosa  Colombia	101 kg	Julieth Rodríguez  Colombia	101 kg	Ruth Ayodele  Nigeria	100 kg
Clean & Jerk	Park Min-kyung  South Korea	123 kg	Ruth Ayodele  Nigeria	122 kg	Natalia Llamosa  Colombia	122 kg
Total	Natalia Llamosa  Colombia	223 kg	Ruth Ayodele  Nigeria	222 kg	Park Min-kyung  South Korea	220 kg
71 kg (details)
Snatch	Liao Guifang  China	120 kg	Angie Palacios  Ecuador	117 kg	Olivia Reeves  United States	111 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liao Guifang  China	153 kg WR	Olivia Reeves  United States	142 kg	Angie Palacios  Ecuador	138 kg
Total	Liao Guifang  China	273 kg WR	Angie Palacios  Ecuador	255 kg	Olivia Reeves  United States	253 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	108 kg	Kim Su-hyeon  South Korea	106 kg	Hellen Escobar  Colombia	106 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	138 kg	Hellen Escobar  Colombia	136 kg	Bella Paredes  Ecuador	135 kg
Total	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	246 kg	Hellen Escobar  Colombia	242 kg	Bella Paredes  Ecuador	240 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch	Wang Zhouyu  China	122 kg	Liang Xiaomei  China	122 kg	Neisi Dajomes  Ecuador	115 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liang Xiaomei  China	159 kg WR	Wang Zhouyu  China	155 kg	Eileen Cikamatana  Australia	146 kg
Total	Liang Xiaomei  China	281 kg	Wang Zhouyu  China	277 kg	Eileen Cikamatana  Australia	256 kg
87 kg (details)
Snatch	Lo Ying-yuan  Chinese Taipei	112 kg	Jung A-ram  South Korea	107 kg	Anastasiia Manievska  Ukraine	106 kg
Clean & Jerk	Solfrid Koanda  Norway	156 kg	Yeinny Geles  Colombia	138 kg	Jung A-ram  South Korea	134 kg
Total	Lo Ying-yuan  Chinese Taipei	245 kg	Yeinny Geles  Colombia	244 kg	Jung A-ram  South Korea	241 kg
+87 kg (details)
Snatch	Park Hye-jeong  South Korea	124 kg	Son Young-hee  South Korea	122 kg	Lisseth Ayoví  Ecuador	121 kg
Clean & Jerk	Park Hye-jeong  South Korea	165 kg	Mary Theisen-Lappen  United States	160 kg	Lisseth Ayoví  Ecuador	155 kg
Total	Park Hye-jeong  South Korea	289 kg	Mary Theisen-Lappen  United States	277 kg	Lisseth Ayoví  Ecuador	276 kg

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1  Armenia 522 2  China 492 3  Iran 458 4  Colombia 440 5  Uzbekistan 429 6  South Korea 399

Women Rank Team Points 1  Colombia 619 2  United States 559 3  China 554 4  Chinese Taipei 520 5  South Korea 434 6  Mexico 368

Participating nations

A total of 719 competitors from 117 nations participated.^[12]

•  Afghanistan (2)^[b]
• AIN (10) ^[a]
•  Albania (3)
•  Algeria (4)
•  Argentina (1)
•  Armenia (14)
•  Australia (9)
•  Austria (2)
•  Azerbaijan (6)
•  Bahrain (3)
•  Bangladesh (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Brunei (2)
•  Bulgaria (10)
•  Cameroon (5)
•  Canada (16)
•  Chile (4)
•  China (18)
•  Chinese Taipei (16)
•  Cook Islands (1)
•  Colombia (20)
•  Croatia (3)
•  Cuba (5)
•  Czech Republic (6)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Dominican Republic (5)
•  Ecuador (9)
•  Egypt (7)
•  Estonia (3)
•  Fiji (1)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (9)
•  Georgia (11)
•  Germany (7)
•  Ghana (4)
•  Great Britain (11)
•  Greece (4)
•  Guam (1)
•  Guatemala (3)
•  Honduras (3)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Iceland (3)
•  India (6)
•  Indonesia (15)
•  Iran (16)
•  Iraq (6)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Israel (4)
•  Italy (9)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (14)
•  Jordan (1)
•  Kazakhstan (12)
•  Kenya (8)
•  Kiribati (2)
•  Kuwait (8)
•  Kyrgyzstan (2)
•  Latvia (4)
•  Lebanon (2)
•  Libya (2)
•  Lithuania (6)
•  Madagascar (4)
•  Malaysia (2)
•  Malta (1)
•  Marshall Islands (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (19)
•  Moldova (4)
•  Mongolia (10)
•  Morocco (5)
•  Nauru (1)
•  Nepal (5)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  Nigeria (6)
•  New Zealand (6)
•  Norway (5)
•  Oman (2)
•  Papua New Guinea (2)
•  Peru (4)
•  Philippines (7)
•  Poland (10)
•  Portugal (10)
•  Puerto Rico (5)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (8)
•  Samoa (3)
•  Saudi Arabia (20)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Sierra Leone (1)
•  Slovakia (6)
•  Solomon Islands (1)
•  South Africa (3)
•  South Korea (19)
•  Spain (18)
•  Sri Lanka (3)
•  Sweden (4)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Syria (1)
•  Thailand (16)
•  Tonga (1)
•  Tunisia (5)
•  Turkey (12)
•  Turkmenistan (15)
•  Tuvalu (1)
•  Uganda (3)
•  Ukraine (7)
•  United Arab Emirates (2)
•  United States (20)
•  Uzbekistan (13)
•  Vanuatu (2)
•  Venezuela (15)
•  Vietnam (7)
• IWF Refugee Team (6)^[c]
•  Yemen (2)

North Korea entered a team in July 2023,^[15] but was disqualified due to not allowing independent anti-doping testers into the country.^[16]

See also

• List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (men)
• List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (women)

Notes

1. As a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian weightlifters participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (Athlètes Individuels Neutres in French) according to an IOC decision implemented by the IWF.^[7] No Russian athlete agreed to participate as neutrals.^[8][9] No flag at all was used for the delegation, not even the IWF flag.^[10] The IWF does not include the medals won by these weightlifters in the official medal table, they results does not counted in the team rankings.^[11]
2. The IWF continues to recognize the de jure Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.^[13]
3. The team competed under the IWF flag and the Olympic Anthem, and used the country code WRT.^[14]

References

1. "Saudi Arabia to host 2023 world weightlifting champs". Arab News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. "Competition Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
3. Barker, Philip (22 February 2023). "SOPC awards ceremony celebrates achievements of Saudi Arabia's sports stars in 2022". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
4. "Weightlifting Qualification System Paris 2024" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
5. Oliver, Brian (10 November 2022). "Record entries for IWF World Championships as weightlifters take first steps to Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
6. Oliver, Brian (13 October 2022). "Exclusive: IWF plans two platforms at Paris qualifying events to cope with huge entry numbers". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
7. "Recommended Conditions of Pariticipation for Individual Neutral Athletes and Support Personnel" (PDF). Olympics.
8. Oliver, Brian (8 August 2023). "New chief executive for IWF as IOC's decision on weightlifting's future looms". Inside the Games.
9. Oliver, Brian (20 May 2023). "Russia out of Paris 2024 weightlifting after missing deadline". Inside the Games.
10. "Henadz Laptseu". International Weightlifting Federation.
11. "IWF World Championships Riyadh 2023 Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 17 September 2023.
12. "Start Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
13. "Zubair Nazari". International Weightlifting Federation.
14. "Weightlifting for Refugees | IWF Refugee Team" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
15. Oliver, Brian (7 July 2023). "North Korea's weightlifters set to return at World Championships - if they turn up". Inside the Games.
16. Oliver, Brian (8 October 2023). "North Korea "opens up" to foreigners after threat of weightlifting exclusion". Inside the Games.

External links

• Results book