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

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