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The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

• Main Article : World Weightlifting Championships
• The weightlifting tournaments held during Summer Olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

Year	Edition		Venue	Events	Men		Women
	M	W			Athletes	Countries	Athletes	Countries
1891	1	-	London, United Kingdom	1	7	6	-	-
1898	2	-	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	1	11	3	-	-
1899	3	-	Milan, Italy	1	5	3	-	-
1903	4	-	Paris, France	1	18	5	-	-
1904	5	-	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	1	13	4	-	-
1905	6	-	Berlin, Germany	3	41	4	-	-
1905	7	-	Duisburg, Germany	1	7	2	-	-
1905	8	-	Paris, France	3	16	1	-	-
1906	9	-	Lille, France	4	33	4	-	-
1907	10	-	Frankfurt, Germany	3	23	3	-	-
1908	11	-	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	2	23	2	-	-
1909	12	-	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	2	23	3	-	-
1910	13	-	Düsseldorf, Germany	4	57	5	-	-
1910	14	-	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	2	15	2	-	-
1911	15	-	Stuttgart, Germany	4	36	3	-	-
1911	16	-	Berlin, Germany	4	27	2	-	-
1911	17	-	Dresden, Germany	4	21	3	-	-
1911	18	-	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	4	32	3	-	-
1913	19	-	Breslau, Germany	4	40	4	-	-
1920	20	-	Vienna, Austria	5	74	4	-	-
1922	21	-	Tallinn, Estonia	5	33	4	-	-
1923	22	-	Vienna, Austria	5	76	7	-	-
1937	23	-	Paris, France	5	50	10	-	-
1938	24	-	Vienna, Germany	5	38	11	-	-
1946	25	-	Paris, France	5	79	13	-	-
1947	26	-	Philadelphia, United States	6	39	12	-	-
1949	27	-	Scheveningen, Netherlands	6	38	13	-	-
1950	28	-	Paris, France	6	56	17	-	-
1951	29	-	Milan, Italy	7	62	14	-	-
1953	30	-	Stockholm, Sweden	7	70	19	-	-
1954	31	-	Vienna, Austria	7	100	23	-	-
1955	32	-	Munich, West Germany	7	108	25	-	-
1957	33	-	Tehran, Iran	7	76	21	-	-
1958	34	-	Stockholm, Sweden	7	96	27	-	-
1959	35	-	Warsaw, Poland	7	85	19	-	-
1961	36	-	Vienna, Austria	7	120	33	-	-
1962	37	-	Budapest, Hungary	7	113	27	-	-
1963	38	-	Stockholm, Sweden	7	134	32	-	-
1964	39	-	Tokyo, Japan	7	149	42	-	-
1965	40	-	Tehran, Iran	7	85	24	-	-
1966	41	-	East Berlin, East Germany	7	117	28	-	-
1968	42	-	Mexico City, Mexico	7	160	55	-	-
1969	43	-	Warsaw, Poland	36	166	37	-	-
1970	44	-	Columbus, United States	36	129	28	-	-
1971	45	-	Lima, Peru	36	144	30	-	-
1972	46	-	Munich, West Germany	36	188	54	-	-
1973	47	-	Havana, Cuba	27	189	39	-	-
1974	48	-	Manila, Philippines	27	143	32	-	-
1975	49	-	Moscow, Soviet Union	27	169	33	-	-
1976	50	-	Montreal, Canada	27	173	46	-	-
1977	51	-	Stuttgart, West Germany	30	186	44	-	-
1978	52	-	Gettysburg, United States	30	185	35	-	-
1979	53	-	Thessaloniki, Greece	30	189	39	-	-
1980	54	-	Moscow, Soviet Union	30	173	40	-	-
1981	55	-	Lille, France	30	194	35	-	-
1982	56	-	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia	30	205	38	-	-
1983	57	-	Moscow, Soviet Union	30	187	32	-	-
1984	58	-	Los Angeles, United States	30	187	48	-	-
1985	59	-	Södertälje, Sweden	30	195	38	-	-
1986	60	-	Sofia, Bulgaria	30	193	41	-	-
1987	61	-	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	30	168	29	-	-
1987	-	1	Daytona Beach, United States	27	-	-	100	22
1988	-	2	Jakarta, Indonesia	27	-	-	103	23
1989	62	-	Athens, Greece	30	220	37	-	-
1989	-	3	Manchester, United Kingdom	27	-	-	133	25
1990	63	-	Budapest, Hungary	30	182	38	-	-
1990	-	4	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	27	-	-	109	25
1991	64	5	Donaueschingen, Germany	57	200	40	108	24
1992	-	6	Varna, Bulgaria	27	-	-	110	25
1993	65	7	Melbourne, Australia	57	195	57	94	25
1994	66	8	Istanbul, Turkey	57	242	52	105	30
1995	67	9	Guangzhou, China	57	345	63	93	26
1996	-	10	Warsaw, Poland	27	-	-	102	24
1997	68	11	Chiang Mai, Thailand	57	189	51	143	39
1998	69	12	Lahti, Finland	45	210	53	122	35
1999	70	13	Piraeus, Greece	45	395	79	231	51
2001	71	14	Antalya, Turkey	45	153	47	114	34
2002	72	15	Warsaw, Poland	45	170	47	115	37
2003	73	16	Vancouver, Canada	45	297	59	208	47
2005	74	17	Doha, Qatar	45	169	58	112	42
2006	75	18	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	45	298	58	186	39
2007	76	19	Chiang Mai, Thailand	45	355	70	225	53
2009	77	20	Goyang, South Korea	45	196	57	133	38
2010	78	21	Antalya, Turkey	45	312	63	203	50
2011	79	22	Paris, France	45	307	75	212	61
2013	80	23	Wrocław, Poland	45	168	49	124	37
2014	81	24	Almaty, Kazakhstan	45	307	62	219	51
2015	82	25	Houston, United States	45	324	76	261	72
2017	83	26	Anaheim, United States	48	176	54	139	44
2018	84	27	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	60
2019	85	28	Pattaya, Thailand	60

• Source :
• http://iwrp.net/
• http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/

• http://www.iwf.net/weightlifting_/history/ - Team ranking system (History)
• Team ranking was started from 1949
• 1- 7th August 1948 FIH Congress, London : For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
• 2- 7th November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran : For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
• 3- 24th May 1958 Tokyo : For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
• 4- 1973 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
• 5- 1977 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
• 6- 12th–14th January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27th July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
• 7- 1st May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw : For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
• 10th and 11th December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.

Year	Host	Men			Women
		1	2	3	1	2	3
1997	Chiang Mai, Thailand	China 643	Bulgaria 521	Turkey 507	China 666	Myanmar 510	India 508
1998	Lahti, Finland	Greece 566	Bulgaria 566	China 428	China 508	Chinese Taipei 453	Hungary 328
1999	Athens, Greece	Greece 581	Bulgaria 465	China 437	China 530	Chinese Taipei 392	Bulgaria 374
2001	Antalya, Turkey	Russia 523	Turkey 476	Bulgaria 462	China 455	Russia 426	Turkey 423
2002	Warsaw, Poland	China 484	Bulgaria 482	Turkey 410	China 494	Russia 414	Hungary 322
2003	Vancouver, Canada	China 541	Turkey 509	Russia 395	China 474	Thailand 425	Bulgaria 418
2005	Doha, Qatar	China 595	Russia 545	Bulgaria 314	China 555	Russia 505	Thailand 447
2006	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Russia 510	China 457	Poland 440	Russia 520	China 514	South Korea 437
2007	Chiang Mai, Thailand	China 523	Bulgaria 520	Russia 501	China 565	Russia 450	Thailand 390
2009	Goyang, South Korea	China 623	South Korea 506	Russia 395	China 514	South Korea 429	Turkey 408
2010	Antalya, Turkey	Russia 520	China 453	Poland 429	China 522	Kazakhstan 413	Turkey 398
2011	Paris, France	China 568	Russia 542	Iran 495	China 510	Russia 509	Kazakhstan 443
2013	Wrocław, Poland	Russia 586	China 510	Iran 449	China 505	Russia 441	Mexico 377
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	China 556	Kazakhstan 456	Russia 440	China 527	Thailand 481	Russia 454
2015 *	Houston, United States	China 555	Belarus 418	Kazakhstan 406	China 556	Russia 448	Kazakhstan 423
2017	Anaheim, United States	Iran 509	South Korea 454	Uzbekistan 354	Thailand 495	United States 467	Colombia 466

• 2015 Ranking before positive doping tests and will be changed.

• http://iwrp.net/
• http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/

• International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Database IWRP