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2026 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2026 World Weightlifting Championships run in Ningbo, China, from 27 October to 8 November 2026. Ten of the 16 classes are decided. This page lists their medallists; the men's 95 kg, 110 kg and +110 kg and the women's 77 kg, 86 kg and +86 kg will be added when the meet ends. Gold went to Yang Yang (60 kg, 304 kg), Pak Myong-jin (65 kg, 331 kg), Pak Pyol (70 kg, 355 kg), Ri Ryong-hyon (75 kg, 365 kg) and Abdelrahman Younes (85 kg, 390 kg) for the men, and Ri Sŏng-gŭm (49 kg, 211 kg), Zhang Haiqin (53 kg, 221 kg), Oh Kwang Ok (57 kg, 227 kg), Pei Xinyi (61 kg, 254 kg) and Song Kuk-hyang (69 kg, 275 kg) for the women.

Medallists: 30
Classes so far: 10
Start date: 27 Oct 2026

Numbers

The 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in numbers

How close each class decided so far finished.

Winning margin in each class

The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Men's 65 kg and Women's 53 kg each came down to 1 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Women's 69 kg by 16 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.

Men's 60 kg

4 kg

Men's 65 kg

1 kg

Men's 70 kg

12 kg

Men's 75 kg

6 kg

Men's 85 kg

3 kg

Women's 49 kg

4 kg

Women's 53 kg

1 kg

Women's 57 kg

12 kg

Women's 61 kg

5 kg

Women's 69 kg

16 kg

Results

Results by class

All competitions

Each class lists its medallists with their best snatch, best clean and jerk and total.

Men's 60 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Yang Yang China	China	136	168	304
2	Pang Un-chol North Korea	North Korea	130	170	300
3	Pak In Song North Korea	North Korea	129	171	300

Men's 65 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Pak Myong-jin North Korea	North Korea	144	187	331
2	Muhammed Furkan Özbek Turkey	Turkey	147	183	330
3	Hampton Morris United States	United States	143	185	328

Men's 70 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Pak Pyol North Korea	North Korea	157	198	355
2	Ri Won-ju North Korea	North Korea	151	192	343
3	He Baozhen China	China	151	188	339

Men's 75 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Ri Ryong-hyon North Korea	North Korea	160	205	365
2	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah Indonesia	Indonesia	157	202	359
3	Weeraphon Wichuma Thailand	Thailand	155	200	355

Men's 85 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Abdelrahman Younes Egypt	Egypt	177	213	390
2	Yeison López Colombia	Colombia	178	209	387
3	Lei Jiangqing China	China	168	214	382

Women's 49 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Ri Sŏng-gŭm North Korea	North Korea	92	119	211
2	Zhao Jinhong China	China	91	116	207
3	Huang Yi-chen Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	82	104	186

Women's 53 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Zhang Haiqin China	China	98	123	221
2	Miranda Ulrey United States	United States	98	122	220
3	Kim So Hyon North Korea	North Korea	91	123	214

Women's 57 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Oh Kwang Ok North Korea	North Korea	102	125	227
2	Chen Guan-ling Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	90	125	215
3	Olha Ivzhenko Ukraine	Ukraine	96	118	214

Women's 61 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Pei Xinyi China	China	112	142	254
2	Yang Liuyue China	China	110	139	249
3	Pak Jin-Hae North Korea	North Korea	105	138	243

Women's 69 kg, 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Song Kuk-hyang North Korea	North Korea	122	153	275
2	Ri Suk North Korea	North Korea	112	147	259
3	Julieth Rodríguez Colombia	Colombia	109	136	245