Weightlifting at the Asian Games

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

Editions

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

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

Records

Main article: List of Asian Games records in Olympic weightlifting

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	81	35	12	128
2	Iran (IRI)	31	29	19	79
3	South Korea (KOR)	31	26	29	86
4	Japan (JPN)	23	19	28	70
5	North Korea (PRK)	14	23	18	55
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	12	9	8	29
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	10	17	30
8	Myanmar (MYA)	3	8	13	24
9	Syria (SYR)	3	0	0	3
10	Thailand (THA)	2	12	8	22
11	Lebanon (LIB)	2	2	1	5
12	Singapore (SIN)	1	3	2	6
13	Qatar (QAT)	1	1	0	2
14	Turkmenistan (TKM)	1	0	0	1
15	Indonesia (INA)	0	7	13	20
16	Iraq (IRQ)	0	6	10	16
17	India (IND)	0	5	9	14
18	Philippines (PHI)	0	5	3	8
19	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	4	8	12
20	Vietnam (VIE)	0	2	0	2
21	Israel (ISR)	0	1	4	5
22	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	3	4
23	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
Total		208	208	208	624

External links

• Asian Weightlifting Confederation