Medal table

Weightlifting medal table by nation

Medals for the total (the best snatch plus the best clean and jerk) at every Olympic Games and senior World Championships from 1998 to 2026: 1,413 medals, won by lifters from 65 nations. The count starts in 1998, the year the IWF reset its weight classes and every world record with them. China leads with 156 golds, ahead of North Korea with 37. The count includes the 30 medals won so far at the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships, which run to 8 November; ten of the 16 classes are decided, and the rest will be added when the meet ends.

Top 15

The nations with the most gold medals

Ranked by gold. Each bar is a nation's medals of every colour, Olympic Games and World Championships together, on one scale, so a nation with more silver and bronze can have the longer bar.

China

156 gold, 83 silver, 42 bronze

North Korea

37 gold, 35 silver, 23 bronze

Russia

33 gold, 47 silver, 36 bronze

Iran

25 gold, 15 silver, 12 bronze

Kazakhstan

18 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze

Thailand

17 gold, 23 silver, 29 bronze

Chinese Taipei

17 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze

Bulgaria

16 gold, 14 silver, 19 bronze

South Korea

15 gold, 17 silver, 18 bronze

Turkey

13 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze

Georgia

13 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze

Colombia

9 gold, 21 silver, 23 bronze

Uzbekistan

9 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze

Belarus

8 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze

Poland

8 gold, 9 silver, 9 bronze

All nations

Every nation with a medal

Ranked by gold, then silver, then bronze, as the Olympic medal table is. The Olympic Games and World Championships figures read gold, silver and bronze; a dash means none.

Nation Gold Medals Olympic Games World Championships
1 ChinaOlympic 38-9-1, World 118-74-41 156 281 38-9-1 118-74-41
2 North KoreaOlympic 5-6-2, World 32-29-21 37 95 5-6-2 32-29-21
3 RussiaOlympic 2-6-6, World 31-41-30 33 116 2-6-6 31-41-30
4 IranOlympic 8-3-0, World 17-12-12 25 52 8-3-0 17-12-12
5 KazakhstanOlympic 1-3-6, World 17-9-7 18 43 1-3-6 17-9-7
6 ThailandOlympic 5-4-9, World 12-19-20 17 69 5-4-9 12-19-20
7 Chinese TaipeiOlympic 4-2-4, World 13-8-6 17 37 4-2-4 13-8-6
8 BulgariaOlympic 4-3-3, World 12-11-16 16 49 4-3-3 12-11-16
9 South KoreaOlympic 2-6-3, World 13-11-15 15 50 2-6-3 13-11-15
10 TurkeyOlympic 4-1-2, World 9-12-15 13 43 4-1-2 9-12-15
11 GeorgiaOlympic 4-1-3, World 9-4-5 13 26 4-1-3 9-4-5
12 ColombiaOlympic 2-6-3, World 7-15-20 9 53 2-6-3 7-15-20
13 UzbekistanOlympic 2-1-1, World 7-5-6 9 22 2-1-1 7-5-6
14 BelarusOlympic 1-4-4, World 7-8-8 8 32 1-4-4 7-8-8
15 PolandOlympic 2-3-3, World 6-6-6 8 26 2-3-3 6-6-6
16 EgyptOlympic 0-3-3, World 7-7-5 7 25 0-3-3 7-7-5
17 United StatesOlympic 2-1-4, World 5-6-9 7 27 2-1-4 5-6-9
18 ArmeniaOlympic 0-5-3, World 6-10-14 6 38 0-5-3 6-10-14
19 GreeceOlympic 2-2-2, World 4-8-5 6 23 2-2-2 4-8-5
20 UkraineOlympic 1-1-1, World 5-6-15 6 29 1-1-1 5-6-15
21 QatarOlympic 1-0-1, World 5-5-4 6 16 1-0-1 5-5-4
22 IndonesiaOlympic 1-7-8, World 4-13-5 5 38 1-7-8 4-13-5
23 RomaniaOlympic 0-1-0, World 3-4-7 3 15 0-1-0 3-4-7
24 SpainOlympic 1-1-1, World 2-1-2 3 8 1-1-1 2-1-2
25 AzerbaijanOlympic -, World 3-2-3 3 8 - 3-2-3
26 NorwayOlympic 1-0-0, World 2-0-1 3 4 1-0-0 2-0-1
27 VietnamOlympic 0-1-1, World 2-5-7 2 16 0-1-1 2-5-7
28 CanadaOlympic 2-1-1, World 0-1-2 2 7 2-1-1 0-1-2
29 PhilippinesOlympic 1-1-0, World 1-0-5 2 8 1-1-0 1-0-5
30 BahrainOlympic -, World 2-0-1 2 3 - 2-0-1
31 GermanyOlympic 1-2-0, World 0-3-2 1 8 1-2-0 0-3-2
32 EcuadorOlympic 1-1-2, World 0-3-9 1 16 1-1-2 0-3-9
33 TurkmenistanOlympic 0-1-0, World 1-3-0 1 5 0-1-0 1-3-0
34 HungaryOlympic 0-2-0, World 1-1-3 1 7 0-2-0 1-1-3
35 IndiaOlympic 0-1-1, World 1-2-0 1 5 0-1-1 1-2-0
36 LatviaOlympic 0-1-2, World 1-1-5 1 10 0-1-2 1-1-5
37 ItalyOlympic 0-1-3, World 1-1-2 1 8 0-1-3 1-1-2
38 VenezuelaOlympic 0-2-1, World 1-0-4 1 8 0-2-1 1-0-4
39 FranceOlympic 0-1-0, World 1-1-3 1 6 0-1-0 1-1-3
40 ChileOlympic -, World 1-1-0 1 2 - 1-1-0
41 MexicoOlympic 1-0-3, World 0-0-2 1 6 1-0-3 0-0-2
42 TunisiaOlympic -, World 1-0-1 1 2 - 1-0-1
43 FinlandOlympic -, World 1-0-0 1 1 - 1-0-0
44 MongoliaOlympic -, World 1-0-0 1 1 - 1-0-0
45 NigeriaOlympic 0-1-1, World 0-4-4 0 10 0-1-1 0-4-4
46 CubaOlympic 0-0-4, World 0-4-2 0 10 0-0-4 0-4-2
47 JapanOlympic 0-1-2, World 0-3-4 0 10 0-1-2 0-3-4
48 Great BritainOlympic 0-1-1, World 0-2-1 0 5 0-1-1 0-2-1
49 Dominican RepublicOlympic 0-1-1, World 0-1-4 0 7 0-1-1 0-1-4
50 AustraliaOlympic -, World 0-2-3 0 5 - 0-2-3
51 MoldovaOlympic -, World 0-1-4 0 5 - 0-1-4
52 BrazilOlympic -, World 0-1-1 0 2 - 0-1-1
53 LithuaniaOlympic 0-0-1, World 0-1-0 0 2 0-0-1 0-1-0
54 AlbaniaOlympic -, World 0-1-0 0 1 - 0-1-0
55 EstoniaOlympic -, World 0-1-0 0 1 - 0-1-0
56 MadagascarOlympic -, World 0-1-0 0 1 - 0-1-0
57 MalaysiaOlympic -, World 0-1-0 0 1 - 0-1-0
58 New ZealandOlympic -, World 0-1-0 0 1 - 0-1-0
59 SamoaOlympic 0-1-0, World - 0 1 0-1-0 -
60 Saudi ArabiaOlympic -, World 0-0-2 0 2 - 0-0-2
61 CameroonOlympic 0-0-1, World - 0 1 0-0-1 -
62 IraqOlympic -, World 0-0-1 0 1 - 0-0-1
63 SlovakiaOlympic -, World 0-0-1 0 1 - 0-0-1
64 SwedenOlympic -, World 0-0-1 0 1 - 0-0-1
65 SyriaOlympic 0-0-1, World - 0 1 0-0-1 -
Women and men

The top nations in women's and men's weightlifting

The ten nations with the most golds in each. Women's weightlifting joined the Olympic Games in 2000, so their Olympic medals start there; their world championship medals start in 1998, like the men's.

Women's weightlifting

Nation Gold Medals
China 93 161
Russia 19 59
North Korea 19 56
Chinese Taipei 16 33
Thailand 13 54
South Korea 9 25
Kazakhstan 8 20
United States 7 23
Colombia 5 30
Egypt 4 14

Men's weightlifting

Nation Gold Medals
China 63 120
Iran 25 52
North Korea 18 39
Bulgaria 15 41
Russia 14 57
Georgia 12 25
Kazakhstan 10 23
Turkey 10 25
Uzbekistan 9 20
Belarus 7 22
Method

How the medals are counted

  • Medals for the total only. World Championships also award medals in the snatch and the clean and jerk; those are not counted here, and the Olympic Games award the total alone.
  • Places follow the published results, so a medal reallocated after a doping retest counts for the lifter who holds it now.
  • A lifter counts for the nation on record for them. The few who changed nations count for that one nation.

Sources

  • Results data: OpenWeightlifting, up to 23 July 2026.
  • Medallists entered by FitnessVolt from the published results.

FitnessVolt is independent of the International Weightlifting Federation and every national federation.

FitnessVolt Weightlifting