China · Men's 73 kg, August 2024
Shi Zhiyong
Shi Zhiyong is a weightlifter from China, born in 1980, with three Olympic gold medals and seven World Championships medals (4 gold, 3 silver). The results below cover 28 competitions from 1999 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 73 kg class, at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Olympic golds
- 3
- World medals
- 7
- Best total
- 364 kg
- Best snatch
- 169 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 198 kg
Shi Zhiyong's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 3 gold. World Championships: 4 gold, 3 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 62 kg from 1999 to 2004, 69 kg from 2005 to 2015, 77 kg in 2016, 69 kg in 2016, 73 kg from 2018 to 2019, 81 kg in 2019, 73 kg from 2019 to 2021, 81 kg in 2022, 73 kg in 2023, 81 kg in 2023, 73 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 73 kg) and again in June 2025. At 72.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.
Latest result: 2024 Olympic Games, 7 August 2024, 73 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 kg2018 to 2024 | 169 | 198 | 364 |
| 81 kg2019 to 2023 | 150 | 180 | 330 |
| 77 kg2016 | 157 | 191 | 348 |
| 69 kg2005 to 2016 | 162 | 190 | 352 |
| 62 kg1999 to 2004 | 153 | 172.5 | 325 |
Shi Zhiyong by the numbers
Shi Zhiyong's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 500.8
- From 350 kg at 67.98 kg bodyweight, 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 2nd of 434
- 364 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 73 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 84%
- At the best total, 166 kg of 198 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
- Age at best total
- 41
- Turned 41 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 22 of 28
- Of the other six: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and three entered without taking an attempt.
How often Shi Zhiyong makes each attempt
Shi Zhiyong made 75% of snatch attempts and 59% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Shi Zhiyong head to head
The lifters Shi Zhiyong has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Shi Zhiyong ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Masanori Miyamoto |
7 | 7 | 0 |
 Briken Calja |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Rahmat Erwin Abdullah |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Achinta Sheuli |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 David Sánchez |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Doston Yokubov |
5 | 5 | 0 |
Shi Zhiyong's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.9 | 161 | 165 | ||||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 2 | 356 | 73 kg | 73 | 161 | 165 | 191 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 2 | 340 | 73 kg | 73 | 155 | 160 | 180 | not taken | not taken | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | No lifts | 81 kg | 76.29 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | - | No lifts | 73 kg | 72.59 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | No lifts | 81 kg | 74.9 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 1 | 364 | 73 kg | 72.85 | 158 | 163 | 166 | 188 | 198 | |
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 1 | 363 | 73 kg | 72.8 | 160 | 164 | 169 | 190 | 194 | not taken |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 363 | 73 kg | 72.91 | 155 | 160 | 165 | 187 | 192 | 198 |
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 1 | 330 | 81 kg | 77.39 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 180 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 363 | 73 kg | 72.9 | 160 | 163 | 166 | 190 | 197 | not taken |
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 345 | 73 kg | 72.9 | 155 | 180 | 190 | |||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 362 | 73 kg | 72.96 | 160 | 165 | 168 | 194 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 1 | 360 | 73 kg | 72.81 | 158 | 161 | 164 | 188 | 196 | not taken |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 1 | 352 | 69 kg | 68.72 | 156 | 160 | 162 | 188 | 190 | |
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 1 | 348 | 77 kg | 72.4 | 152 | 157 | 183 | 191 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 1 | 348 | 69 kg | 68.96 | 155 | 158 | 187 | 190 | ||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 1 | 324 | 69 kg | 68.84 | 130 | 137 | 144 | 170 | 180 | |
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.17 | 152 | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 2 | 338 | 69 kg | 68.06 | 153 | 158 | 180 | |||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 2 | 327 | 69 kg | 67.2 | 145 | 150 | 172 | 177 | ||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 1 | 350 | 69 kg | 67.98 | 152 | 157 | 160 | 180 | 185 | 190 |
| 2005 University World Cup 8 Jul 2005 | - | - | 69 kg | 66.85 | 150 | |||||
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 1 | 325 | 62 kg | 61.96 | Snatch 152.5, clean and jerk 172.5; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 2 | 317.5 | 62 kg | 61.62 | 147.5 | 170 | ||||
| 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002 | 1 | 325 | 62 kg | 62 | 145 | 153 | 165 | 172.5 | ||
| 1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 | 4 | 315 | 62 kg | 61.63 | 147.5 | 167.5 | ||||
| 1999 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 Jul 1999 | 1 | 317.5 | 62 kg | 61.64 | 142.5 | 148 | 150 | 167.5 | ||
Compare Shi Zhiyong
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Shi Zhiyong met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.