Weightlifting — Heavyweight, Women

Times held	6
Total participants	64
Total countries	40

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
2000	Heavyweight (≤75 kilograms), Women	Olympic	11	11
2004	Heavyweight (≤75 kilograms), Women	Olympic	16	15
2008	Heavyweight (≤75 kilograms), Women	Olympic	12	11
2012	Heavyweight (≤75 kilograms), Women	Olympic	13	12
2016	Heavyweight (≤75 kilograms), Women	Olympic	15	15
2020	Heavyweight (≤87 kilograms), Women	Olympic	13	13

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2000	María Isabel Urrutia	COL	Ruth Ogbeifo	NGR	Kuo Yi-Hang	TPE
2004	Pawina Thongsuk	THA	Nataliya Zabolotnaya	RUS	Valentina Popova	RUS
2008	Alla Vazhenina	KAZ	Lydia Valentín	ESP	Damaris Gabriela Aguirre	MEX
2012	Lydia Valentín	ESP	Abir Abdulrahman	EGY	Madias Nzesso	CMR
2016	Rim Jong-Sim	PRK	Daria Navumava	BLR	Lydia Valentín	ESP
2020	Wang Zhouyu	CHN	Tamara Salazar	ECU	Crismery Santana	DOM

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Spain	ESP	1	1	1	3
Colombia	COL	1	0	0	1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	1	0	0	1
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	0	0	1
People's Republic of China	CHN	1	0	0	1
Thailand	THA	1	0	0	1
Russian Federation	RUS	0	1	1	2
Belarus	BLR	0	1	0	1
Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
Egypt	EGY	0	1	0	1
Nigeria	NGR	0	1	0	1
Cameroon	CMR	0	0	1	1
Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	0	1	1
Dominican Republic	DOM	0	0	1	1
Mexico	MEX	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Lydia Valentín	ESP	1	1	1	3
María Isabel Urrutia	COL	1	0	0	1
Pawina Thongsuk	THA	1	0	0	1
Alla Vazhenina	KAZ	1	0	0	1
Rim Jong-Sim	PRK	1	0	0	1
Wang Zhouyu	CHN	1	0	0	1