Weightlifting at the Asian Games

Weightlifting has been an event at the Asian Games since 1951 in New Delhi.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
I	1951	New Delhi, India	Iran
II	1954	Manila, Philippines	South Korea
III	1958	Tokyo, Japan	Iran
V	1966	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran
VI	1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan
VII	1974	Tehran, Iran	Iran
VIII	1978	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea
IX	1982	New Delhi, India	China
X	1986	Seoul, South Korea	China
XI	1990	Beijing, China	China
XII	1994	Hiroshima, Japan	China
XIII	1998	Bangkok, Thailand	China
XIV	2002	Busan, South Korea	China
XV	2006	Doha, Qatar	China
XVI	2010	Guangzhou, China	China
XVII	2014	Incheon, South Korea	China
XVIII	2018	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia	North Korea

Events

Men's events

1951–1954 Bantamweight -56kg Featherweight 56-60kg Lightweight 60-67.5kg Middleweight 67.5-75kg Light-heavyweight 75-82.5kg Middle-heavyweight 82.5-90kg Heavyweight +90kg

1958–1970 (except 1962) Flyweight -52kg Bantamweight 52-56kg Featherweight 56-60kg Lightweight 60-67.5kg Middleweight 67.5-75kg Light-heavyweight 75-82.5kg Middle-heavyweight 82.5-90kg Heavyweight +90kg

1974 Flyweight -52kg Bantamweight 52-56kg Featherweight 56-60kg Lightweight 60-67.5kg Middleweight 67.5-75kg Light-heavyweight 75-82.5kg Middle-heavyweight 82.5-90kg Heavyweight 90-110kg Super heavyweight +110kg

1978-1990 Flyweight -52kg Bantamweight 52-56kg Featherweight 56-60kg Lightweight 60-67.5kg Middleweight 67.5-75kg Light-heavyweight 75-82.5kg Middle-heavyweight 82.5-90kg First-heavyweight 90-100kg Heavyweight 100-110kg Super heavyweight +110kg

1994 Flyweight -54kg Bantamweight 54-59kg Featherweight 59-64kg Lightweight 64-70kg Middleweight 70-76kg Light-heavyweight 76-83kg Middle-heavyweight 83-91kg First-heavyweight 91-99kg Heavyweight 99-108kg Super heavyweight +108kg

1998-present Bantamweight -56kg Featherweight 56-62kg Lightweight 62-69kg Middleweight 69-77kg Light-heavyweight 77-85kg Middle-heavyweight 85-94kg Heavyweight 94-105kg Super heavyweight +105kg

Women's events

1990 44 kg 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 67.5 kg 75 kg 82.5 kg +82.5 kg

1994 46 kg 50 kg 54 kg 59 kg 64 kg 70 kg 76 kg 83 kg +83 kg

1998-present 48 kg 53 kg 58 kg 63 kg 69 kg 75 kg +75 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	81	35	12	128
2	Iran (IRI)	33	30	20	83
3	South Korea (KOR)	31	29	31	91
4	Japan (JPN)	23	19	29	71
5	North Korea (PRK)	22	24	19	65
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	12	9	8	29
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	4	11	17	32
8	Myanmar (MYA)	3	8	13	24
9	Syria (SYR)	3	0	0	3
10	Thailand (THA)	2	13	14	29
11	Lebanon (LBN)	2	2	1	5
12	Indonesia (INA)	1	8	14	23
13	Iraq (IRQ)	1	7	10	18
14	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	6	10	17
15	Philippines (PHI)	1	5	3	9
16	Singapore (SGP)	1	3	2	6
17	Qatar (QAT)	1	2	0	3
18	Turkmenistan (TKM)	1	1	0	2
19	India (IND)	0	5	9	14
20	Vietnam (VIE)	0	4	0	4
21	Israel (ISR)	0	1	4	5
22	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	3	4
23	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	2	2
24	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 nations)		223	223	223	669

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals.

Rank	Weightlifter	Country	Gender	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	M	52 kg / 56 kg	1966	1974	3	-	-	3
	Kim Tae-hyun	South Korea	M	110 kg / +108 kg / +105 kg	1990	1998	3	-	-	3
	Behdad Salimi	Iran	M	+105 kg	2010	2018	3	-	-	3
4	Ryoji Isaoka	Japan	M	82.5 kg	1982	1990	2	-	1	3
	Hossein Rezazadeh	Iran	M	+105 kg	1998	2006	2	-	1	3
6	Yao Jingyuan	China	M	67.5 kg	1982	1986	2	-	-	2
	He Zhuoqiang	China	M	52 kg	1986	1990	2	-	-	2
	Huang Woo-won	South Korea	M	100 kg	1986	1990	2	-	-	2
	Chun Byung-kwan	South Korea	M	56 kg / 59 kg	1990	1994	2	-	-	2
	Lan Shizhang	China	M	54 kg / 56kg	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
	Andrey Makarov	Kazakhstan	M	91 kg / 94 kg	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
	Cui Wenhua	China	M	108 kg / 105 kg	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
	Le Maosheng	China	M	62 kg	1998	2002	2	-	-	2
	Zhang Guozheng	China	M	69 kg	2002	2006	2	-	-	2
	Ilya Ilyin	Kazakhstan	M	94 kg	2006	2010	2	-	-	2
	Yang Zhe	China	M	105 kg	2010	2014	2	-	-	2
	Om Yun-chol	North Korea	M	56 kg	2014	2018	2	-	-	2

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in weightlifting

Records

Further information: List of Asian Games records in Olympic weightlifting

See also

• Asian Weightlifting Championships

External links

• Asian Weightlifting Confederation