The weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 7 to 11 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.[1][2] Several significant changes are instituted in the weightlifting program for Paris 2024, as the number of categories is trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten. Furthermore, a total of 120 weightlifters, with an equal split between men and women, will compete in each of the ten weight classes, a massive drop from the 196 at the previous Games.[3]
| Weightlifting at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Paris Expo Porte de Versailles |
| Dates | 7–11 August 2024 |
| No. of events | 10 (5 men, 5 women) |
| Competitors | 122 from 57 nations |
Qualification
edit120 weightlifting quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, are available for Paris 2024, almost eighty fewer overall than those in Tokyo 2020. Qualified NOCs are permitted to enter a maximum of three weightlifters per gender, with a maximum of one in each bodyweight category.[3]
Over eighty-three percent of the total quota will be awarded to the ten highest-ranked weightlifters across ten different weight classes through the biennial IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking list (running from 1 August 2022, to 28 April 2024). Five more spots per gender will be offered to the highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification and outside the top ten based on their continental representation (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, or Oceania) from the list.[2][4][5]
Host country France reserves two men's and two women's quota places in weightlifting, while a further three places per gender are entitled to eligible NOCs to have their weightlifters compete in Paris 2024 as granted by the Universality principle.[3][5]
Competition format
editOn 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for Paris 2024, with the total medal count reducing from fourteen to ten. Among the weightlifting medal events, the 61 and 73 kg categories for men and the 49 and 59 kg for women remain present from Tokyo 2020. The following list is the official weight categories for men and women, respectively.[6]
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Competition schedule
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Date→ Event↓ |
Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | |||||
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15:00 |
19:30 |
15:00 |
19:30 |
15:00 |
19:30 |
11:30 |
16:00 |
20:30 |
11:30
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| Men's weight categories | ||||||||||
| Men's 61 kg | F | |||||||||
| Men's 73 kg | F | |||||||||
| Men's 89 kg | F | |||||||||
| Men's 102 kg | F | |||||||||
| Men's +102 kg | F | |||||||||
| Women's weight categories | ||||||||||
| Women's 49 kg | F | |||||||||
| Women's 59 kg | F | |||||||||
| Women's 71 kg | F | |||||||||
| Women's 81 kg | F | |||||||||
| Women's +81 kg | F | |||||||||
Participating nations
editThere are 57 participating nations:
Algeria (1)
Armenia (3)
Australia (3)
Bahrain (2)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (2)
China (6)
Colombia (4)
Cuba (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Dominican Republic (3)
Ecuador (3)
Egypt (5)
Estonia (1)
France (4) (host)
Georgia (3)
Great Britain (1)
Guam (1)
India (1)
Individual Neutral Athletes (2)
Indonesia (3)
Iran (2)
Iraq (1)
Italy (3)
Japan (3)
Kiribati (1)
Latvia (1)
Libya (1)
Madagascar (1)
Marshall Islands (1)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (1)
Mongolia (1)
New Zealand (1)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (1)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Philippines (3)
Poland (1)
Qatar (1)
Refugee Olympic Team (2)
Romania (2)
Samoa (2)
South Korea (5)
Syria (1)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Thailand (4)
Tunisia (1)
Turkey (1)
Turkmenistan (1)
Ukraine (1)
United States (5)
Uzbekistan (3)
Vanuatu (1)
Venezuela (5)
Vietnam (1)
Medal summary
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (France)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Thailand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Colombia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| – |  Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Men's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg |
Li Fabin China |
310 kg | Theerapong Silachai Thailand |
303 kg | Hampton Morris United States |
298 kg |
| 73 kg |
Rizki Juniansyah Indonesia |
354 kg | Weeraphon Wichuma Thailand |
346 kg | Bozhidar Andreev Bulgaria |
344 kg |
| 89 kg |
Karlos Nasar Bulgaria |
404 kg WR | Yeison López Colombia |
390 kg | Antonino Pizzolato Italy |
384 kg |
| 102 kg |
Liu Huanhua China |
406 kg | Akbar Djuraev Uzbekistan |
404 kg | Yauheni Tsikhantsou Individual Neutral Athletes |
402 kg |
| +102 kg |
Lasha Talakhadze Georgia |
470 kg | Varazdat Lalayan Armenia |
467 kg | Gor Minasyan Bahrain |
461 kg |
Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg |
Hou Zhihui China |
206 kg | Mihaela Cambei Romania |
205 kg | Surodchana Khambao Thailand |
200 kg |
| 59 kg |
Luo Shifang China |
241 kg OR | Maude Charron Canada |
236 kg | Kuo Hsing-chun Chinese Taipei |
235 kg |
| 71 kg |
Olivia Reeves United States |
262 kg | Mari Sánchez Colombia |
257 kg | Angie Palacios Ecuador |
256 kg |
| 81 kg |
Solfrid Koanda Norway |
275 kg OR | Sara Ahmed Egypt |
268 kg | Neisi Dajomes Ecuador |
267 kg |
| +81 kg |
Li Wenwen China |
309 kg | Park Hye-jeong South Korea |
299 kg | Emily Campbell Great Britain |
288 kg |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paris 2024 – Weightlifting". Paris 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Weightlifting Dates Confirmed for Paris 2024". International Weightlifting Federation. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Meng, Licheng (21 December 2022). "How to qualify for weightlifting at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Weightlifting" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b Oliver, Brian (5 December 2022). "IWF reveals dates and details for Paris 2024 weightlifting qualifying". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Weight categories for the Olympic weightlifting competition". International Olympic Committee. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifting – Competition Schedule" (PDF). olympics.com. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.