Japan in Weightlifting

1952 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Isamu Shiraishi DNF

1956 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Yoshio Nanbu 6
Yukio Furuyama 8
Featherweight, Men Hiroyoshi Shiratori 5
Takahiro Yamaguchi 10
Lightweight, Men Kenji Onuma 4

1960 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Yoshinobu Miyake 2 Silver
Shigeo Kogure 4
Featherweight, Men Yukio Furuyama 5
Yoshinobu Fujishima AC
Lightweight, Men Hiroshi Yamazaki AC
Kenji Onuma DNF
Light-Heavyweight, Men Minoru Kubota 7

1964 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Shiro Ichinoseki 3 Bronze
Yukio Furuyama 6
Featherweight, Men Yoshinobu Miyake 1 Gold
Hiroshi Fukuda 4
Lightweight, Men Hiroshi Yamazaki 6
Middleweight, Men Masashi Ohuchi 3 Bronze
Sadahiro Miwa 5

1968 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Shiro Ichinoseki 5
Featherweight, Men Yoshinobu Miyake 1 Gold
Yoshiyuki Miyake 3 Bronze
Lightweight, Men Nobuyuki Hatta 4
Takeo Kimura 7
Middleweight, Men Masashi Ohuchi 2 Silver
Sadahiro Miwa 10

1972 Summer Olympics

Flyweight, Men Tetsuhide Sasaki 4
Kyujiro Saito 12
Bantamweight, Men Hiroshi Ono 7
Koji Miki 10
Featherweight, Men Yoshinobu Miyake 4
Kenkichi Ando DNF
Lightweight, Men Masao Kato 8
Yusaku Ono 10
Middle-Heavyweight, Men Ryoichi Goto DNF

1976 Summer Olympics

Flyweight, Men Masatomo Takeuchi 4
Takeshi Horikoshi AC
Bantamweight, Men Kenkichi Ando 3 Bronze
Jiro Hosotani AC
Featherweight, Men Kazumasa Hirai 3 Bronze
Takashi Saito 4
Lightweight, Men Yatsuo Shimaya 5
Yusaku Ono AC
Light-Heavyweight, Men Sueo Fujishiro 7

1984 Summer Olympics

Flyweight, Men Kazushito Manabe 3 Bronze
Hidemi Miyashita 4
Bantamweight, Men Masahiro Kotaka 3 Bronze
Takashi Ichiba 4
Featherweight, Men Kaoru Wabiko 4
Yosuke Muraki-Iwata 5
Lightweight, Men Choji Taira 5
Yasushige Sasaki 6
Light-Heavyweight, Men Ryoji Isaoka 3 Bronze

1988 Summer Olympics

Flyweight, Men Kazushito Manabe 8
Yoshinori Namiki 17
Bantamweight, Men Takashi Ichiba 5
Toru Hara 14
Featherweight, Men Yosuke Muraki-Iwata 5
Kazushige Oguri 7
Lightweight, Men Choji Taira 9
Yasushige Sasaki DNF
Light-Heavyweight, Men Ryoji Isaoka 6
Heavyweight I, Men Nobutaka Tomatsu 11

1992 Summer Olympics

Flyweight, Men Atsushi Irei 9
Hiroshi Watanabe DNF
Bantamweight, Men Katsuhiko Sakuma 5
Katsuhisa Nitta 13
Featherweight, Men Yosuke Muraki-Iwata 11
Kazuo Sato 20
Lightweight, Men Noriaki Horikoshi 9
Middleweight, Men Hideo Mizuno 21
Light-Heavyweight, Men Ryoji Isaoka AC
Heavyweight I, Men Yoshimitsu Nishimoto 8

1996 Summer Olympics

Flyweight, Men Toshiyuki Notomi 10
Bantamweight, Men Hiroshi Ikehata 4
Featherweight, Men Yoshihisa Miyaji 10
Masato Tachibana 15
Lightweight, Men Noriaki Horikoshi 19
Heavyweight I, Men Yoshimitsu Nishimoto 15
Heavyweight II, Men Hisaya Yoshimoto 15

2000 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Koki Tagashira 13
Yasuji Kikuzuma 15
Featherweight, Men Hiroshi Ikehata 6
Lightweight, Men Yoshihisa Miyaji 11
Super-Heavyweight, Men Hisaya Yoshimoto DNF
Flyweight, Women Kaori Niyanagi 6
Featherweight, Women Mari Nakaga 7
Lightweight, Women Yuriko Takahashi DNF

2004 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Masaharu Yamada DNF
Featherweight, Men Toshio Imamura 11
Super-Heavyweight, Men Takanobu Iwazaki 12
Flyweight, Women Hiromi Miyake 9

2008 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Masaharu Yamada 9
Yasunobi Sekikawa 11
Lightweight, Men Yoshito Shintani 8
Flyweight, Women Hiromi Miyake 4
Misaki Oshiro 6
Light-Heavyweight, Women Rika Saito 6

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Super-Heavyweight, Girls Miku Shichinohe 12

2012 Summer Olympics

Super-Heavyweight, Men Kazuomi Ota 10
Flyweight, Women Hiromi Miyake 2 Silver
Honami Mizuochi 6
Featherweight, Women Kanae Yagi 10
Super-Heavyweight, Women Mami Shimamoto 8

2016 Summer Olympics

Bantamweight, Men Hiroaki Takao 11
Featherweight, Men Yoichi Itokazu 4
Yosuke Nakayama 12
Flyweight, Women Hiromi Miyake 3 Bronze
Featherweight, Women Kanae Yagi 6
Lightweight, Women Mikiko Ando 5
Middleweight, Women Namika Matsumoto 9

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Heavyweight, Girls Sumire Hashimoto 8

2020 Summer Olympics

Featherweight, Men Yoichi Itokazu 4
Lightweight, Men Mitsunori Konnai 7
Middleweight, Men Masanori Miyamoto 7
Middle-Heavyweight, Men Toshiki Yamamoto DNF
Flyweight, Women Hiromi Miyake DNF
Featherweight, Women Kanae Yagi 11
Lightweight, Women Mikiko Ando 3 Bronze