Championships
What It Takes to Medal at the World Weightlifting Championships
The totals that won gold and bronze in every class at the senior World Championships since 2018, men and women. Gold is the total that won the class; bronze is the lowest total that still won a medal, so it is the number to beat. These are medals for the total, not for the snatch or the clean and jerk alone.
- World Championships
- 8
- Latest Worlds
- 2026, running
- Heaviest winning total
- 492 kg
Men's gold and bronze totals at the 2026 Worlds
The 2026 Worlds, running to 8 November, use the classes in force from August 2026; this table has the five men's classes decided so far, and the 95 kg, 110 kg and +110 kg will be added when the meet ends.
| Class | Gold | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| 60 kg | 304 | 300 |
| 65 kg | 331 | 328 |
| 70 kg | 355 | 339 |
| 75 kg | 365 | 355 |
| 85 kg | 390 | 382 |
Women's gold and bronze totals at the 2026 Worlds
The 2026 Worlds, running to 8 November, use the classes in force from August 2026; this table has the five women's classes decided so far, and the 77 kg, 86 kg and +86 kg will be added when the meet ends.
| Class | Gold | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| 49 kg | 211 | 186 |
| 53 kg | 221 | 214 |
| 57 kg | 227 | 214 |
| 61 kg | 254 | 243 |
| 69 kg | 275 | 245 |
Men's gold and bronze totals at the 2025 Worlds
The 2025 Worlds used the classes in force from June 2025 to July 2026.
| Class | Gold | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| 60 kg | 302 | 295 |
| 65 kg | 324 | 311 |
| 71 kg | 346 | 344 |
| 79 kg | 361 | 360 |
| 88 kg | 387 | 369 |
| 94 kg | 395 | 390 |
| 110 kg | 428 | 414 |
| +110 kg | 461 | 410 |
Women's gold and bronze totals at the 2025 Worlds
The 2025 Worlds used the classes in force from June 2025 to July 2026.
| Class | Gold | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | 213 | 198 |
| 53 kg | 214 | 200 |
| 58 kg | 236 | 224 |
| 63 kg | 253 | 231 |
| 69 kg | 270 | 241 |
| 77 kg | 278 | 248 |
| 86 kg | 272 | 252 |
| +86 kg | 283 | 269 |
Men's gold and bronze totals at the Worlds, 2018 to 2024
These championships used the classes in force from November 2018 to May 2025. Each cell gives the gold total, with the bronze total under it: the weight that won the title, and the weight that won a medal.
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| Class | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg | 282 252 | 294 265 | 260 254 | 265 260 | 269 259 | 273 263 |
| 61 kg | 317 308 | 318 302 | 288 282 | 312 296 | 308 301 | 305 291 |
| 67 kg | 332 322 | 337 330 | 324 315 | 325 323 | 333 312 | 336 327 |
| 73 kg | 360 343 | 363 346 | 343 334 | 352 343 | 349 334 | 349 336 |
| 81 kg | 374 372 | 378 363 | 374 363 | 372 357 | 356 352 | 371 355 |
| 89 kg | 372 371 | 375 371 | 371 370 | 385 381 | 384 381 | 405 379 |
| 96 kg | 416 391 | 410 394 | 400 391 | 397 380 | 387 379 | 388 387 |
| 102 kg | 396 393 | 398 394 | 397 388 | 391 389 | 404 394 | 400 395 |
| 109 kg | 435 403 | 429 420 | 433 416 | 397 388 | 415 403 | 424 400 |
| +109 kg | 474 436 | 484 437 | 492 448 | 466 461 | 473 459 | 467 456 |
Women's gold and bronze totals at the Worlds, 2018 to 2024
These championships used the classes in force from November 2018 to May 2025. Each cell gives the gold total, with the bronze total under it: the weight that won the title, and the weight that won a medal.
Swipe the table sideways to see every year.
| Class | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 kg | 179 157 | 169 165 | 172 169 | 182 170 | 179 162 | 200 170 |
| 49 kg | 208 188 | 212 204 | 191 172 | 206 198 | 215 200 | 213 193 |
| 55 kg | 225 213 | 227 214 | 203 201 | 207 198 | 203 199 | 226 205 |
| 59 kg | 237 227 | 246 233 | 230 218 | 234 231 | 243 232 | 249 224 |
| 64 kg | 252 234 | 261 240 | 233 217 | 233 224 | 223 220 | 264 241 |
| 71 kg | 267 242 | 248 230 | 235 231 | 256 252 | 273 253 | 267 261 |
| 76 kg | 270 259 | 276 245 | 244 242 | 261 245 | 246 240 | 264 245 |
| 81 kg | 249 242 | 247 245 | 248 238 | 270 262 | 281 256 | 278 261 |
| 87 kg | 268 254 | 278 252 | 250 244 | 260 241 | 245 241 | 272 256 |
| +87 kg | 330 295 | 332 311 | 282 278 | 311 286 | 289 276 | 324 280 |
Data: the totals of the gold and bronze medallists in the total at the senior World Championships of 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. None was held in 2020.