2015 World Weightlifting Championships
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| Host city |  Houston, United States |
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| Dates | November 19–28 |
| Main venue | George R. Brown Convention Center |
The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Houston, United States. The event took place from November 19 to 28, 2015.[1] This event was, together with the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, the first stage of the Qualification Process for the 2016 Olympic Games.
In May 2016, Russian athlete Aleksey Lovchev has been banned for four years for doping.[2][3] Three other Russian weightlifters, Olga Zubova, Olga Afanasyeva and Aleksey Kosov, also received bans for doping.[4] No final decision has yet been taken on reallocating their medals.
Contents
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  China |
6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Russia |
3 (-1) | 3 | 3 (-1) | 9 (-2) |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan |
2 | 2 (-1) | 1 | 5 (-1) |
| 4 |  North Korea |
1 | 3 (-2) | 2 | 6 (-2) |
| 5 |  Azerbaijan |
1 | 0 | 1 (-1) | 2 (-1) |
 Chinese Taipei |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Belarus |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Vietnam |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Georgia |
0 (+1) | 1 (-1) | 0 | 1 |
 Iran |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Egypt |
0 | 0 (+1) | 1 (-1) | 1 |
 Estonia |
0 | 0 (+1) | 1 (-1) | 1 | |
 Japan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| - |  Colombia |
0 | 0 (+1) | 0 (+1) | 0 (+2) |
 Poland |
0 | 0 (+1) | 0 | 0 (+1) | |
 Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 0 (+1) | 0 (+1) | |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
In the brackets possible medals reallocation due to positive doping tests.[citation needed]
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China |
18 (+1) | 12 (+1) | 2 (-1) | 32 (+1) |
| 2 | Russia |
11 (-5) | 6 (+1) | 7 (-2) | 24 (-6) |
| 3 | North Korea |
4 | 9 (-5) | 5 (-1) | 18 (-6) |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
3 | 7 (-2) | 5 (+1) | 15 (-1) |
| 5 | Azerbaijan |
3 | 2 (-2) | 3 (-3) | 8 (-5) |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Belarus |
2 | 0 | 0 (+1) | 2 (+1) |
| 8 | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Uzbekistan |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Vietnam |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Georgia |
0 (+2) | 2 (-1) | 1 | 3 (+1) |
| Iran |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | Estonia |
0 (+1) | 1 | 1 (-1) | 2 |
| 14 |  Lithuania |
0 (+1) | 1 (-1) | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Philippines |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 |  Armenia |
0 | 0 (+2) | 3 (+1) | 3 (+3) |
| 17 | Egypt |
0 | 0 (+2) | 2 (-1) | 2 (+1) |
| Japan |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Thailand |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Latvia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| - | Colombia |
0 | 0 (+3) | 0 (+3) | 0 (+6) |
| Poland |
0 | 0 (+2) | 0 (+1) | 0 (+3) | |
 Mexico |
0 | 0 | 0 (+1) | 0 (+1) | |
| Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 0 (+1) | 0 (+1) | |
| Total | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |
In the brackets possible medals reallocation due to positive doping tests.[citation needed]
Team ranking
Men
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Women
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Participating nations
A total of 585 competitors from 94 nations participated.[5]
References
- ↑ Schedule
- ↑ Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping ban
- ↑ Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse
- ↑ Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
