Weightlifting — Lightweight, Men

Times held 24
Total participants 405
Total countries 104

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 12 10
1924 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 22 12
1928 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 18 12
1932 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 6 4
1936 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 16 12
1948 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 22 17
1952 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 24 22
1956 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 18 17
1960 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 33 29
1964 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 20 18
1968 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 20 17
1972 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 22 18
1976 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 23 18
1980 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 20 16
1984 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 19 17
1988 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 29 25
1992 Lightweight (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 18 16
1996 Lightweight (≤70 kg), Men Olympic 27 22
2000 Lightweight (≤69 kg), Men Olympic 17 14
2004 Lightweight (≤69 kg), Men Olympic 17 16
2008 Lightweight (≤69 kg), Men Olympic 30 26
2012 Lightweight (≤69 kg), Men Olympic 24 18
2016 Lightweight (≤69 kg), Men Olympic 21 18
2020 Lightweight (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 14 14

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Alfred NeulandEST Louis WilliquetBEL Georges RoomsBEL
1924 Edmond DécottigniesFRA Anton ZwerinaAUT Bohumil DurdisTCH
1928 Hans Haas
Kurt Helbig
AUT
GER
Fernand ArnoutFRA
1932 René DuvergerFRA Hans HaasAUT Gastone PieriniITA
1936 Robert Fein
Anwar Mousbah
AUT
EGY
Karl JansenGER
1948 Ibrahim ShamsEGY Attia MohammedEGY Jim HallidayGBR
1952 Tommy KonoUSA Yevgeny LopatinURS Vern BarberisAUS
1956 Igor RybakURS Ravil KhabutdinovURS Kim Chang-HuiKOR
1960 Viktor BushuyevURS Tiger TanSGP Abdul Wahid AzizIRQ
1964 Waldemar BaszanowskiPOL Vladimir KaplunovURS Marian ZielińskiPOL
1968 Waldemar BaszanowskiPOL Parviz JalayerIRI Marian ZielińskiPOL
1972 Mukharby KirzhinovURS Mladen KuchevBUL Zbigniew KaczmarekPOL
1976 Pyotr KorolURS Daniel SenetFRA Kazimierz CzarneckiPOL
1980 Yanko RusevBUL Joachim KunzGDR Mincho PashovBUL
1984 Yao JingyuanCHN Andrei SocaciROU Jouni GrönmanFIN
1988 Joachim KunzGDR Israel MilitosyanURS Li JinheCHN
1992 Israel MilitosyanEUN Yoto YotovBUL Andreas BehmGER
1996 Zhan XugangCHN Kim Myong-NamPRK Attila FeriHUN
2000 Galabin BoevskiBUL Georgi MarkovBUL Siarhei LaurenauBLR
2004 Zhang GuozhengCHN Lee Bae-YeongKOR Nikolaj PešalovCRO
2008 Liao HuiCHN Vencelas DabayaFRA Yordanis BorreroCUB
2012 Lin QingfengCHN TriyatnoINA Kim Myong-HyokPRK
2016 Shi ZhiyongCHN Daniyar İsmayilovTUR Luis MosqueraCOL
2020 Chen LijunCHN Luis MosqueraCOL Mirko ZanniITA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 7 0 1 8
Soviet Union URS 4 4 0 8
Bulgaria BUL 2 3 1 6
France FRA 2 2 1 5
Austria AUT 2 2 0 4
Egypt EGY 2 1 0 3
Poland POL 2 0 4 6
East Germany GDR 1 1 0 2
Germany GER 1 0 2 3
Estonia EST 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
United States USA 1 0 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 1 1 2
Colombia COL 0 1 1 2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 1 1 2
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 1 2
Indonesia INA 0 1 0 1
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
Singapore SGP 0 1 0 1
Türkiye TUR 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Croatia CRO 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Iraq IRQ 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Waldemar Baszanowski POL 2 0 0 2
Israel Militosyan ARM
URS
EUN
1 1 0 2
Hans Haas AUT 1 1 0 2
Joachim Kunz GDR 1 1 0 2
Robert Fein AUT 1 0 0 1
Yanko Rusev BUL 1 0 0 1
Yao Jingyuan CHN 1 0 0 1
Zhan Xugang CHN 1 0 0 1
Anwar Mousbah EGY 1 0 0 1
Ibrahim Shams EGY 1 0 0 1
Alfred Neuland EST 1 0 0 1
Edmond Décottignies FRA 1 0 0 1
René Duverger FRA 1 0 0 1
Kurt Helbig GER 1 0 0 1
Viktor Bushuyev RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Mukharby Kirzhinov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Pyotr Korol URS
UKR
1 0 0 1
Igor Rybak URS
UKR
1 0 0 1
Tommy Kono USA 1 0 0 1
Zhang Guozheng CHN 1 0 0 1
Galabin Boevski BUL 1 0 0 1
Liao Hui CHN 1 0 0 1
Lin Qingfeng CHN 1 0 0 1
Chen Lijun CHN 1 0 0 1
Shi Zhiyong CHN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 2016 Summer Olympics Briken Calja 5 See all
Algeria ALG 1992 Summer Olympics Abdel Manaane Yahiaoui 4 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Salvador Lo Presti 18 See all
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Rudik Petrosyan 5 See all
Australia AUS 1952 Summer Olympics Vern Barberis 3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1928 Summer Olympics Hans Haas =1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Robert Fein =1 Gold
Azerbaijan AZE 2004 Summer Olympics Turan Mirzəyev 4 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Turan Mirzəyev 4
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Siarhei Laurenau 3 Bronze See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Louis Williquet 2 Silver See all
Belize BIZ 1968 Summer Olympics Mario Mendoza 19 See all
Brazil BRA 1956 Summer Olympics Américo Ferreira 14 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Yanko Rusev 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Galabin Boevski 1 Gold
Cameroon CMR 2004 Summer Olympics Vencelas Dabaya 5 See all
Canada CAN 1948 Summer Olympics John Stuart 5 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2004 Summer Olympics Kuo Cheng-Wei 10 See all
Colombia COL 2020 Summer Olympics Luis Mosquera 2 Silver See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Nikolaj Pešalov 3 Bronze See all
Cuba CUB 2008 Summer Olympics Yordanis Borrero 3 Bronze See all
Cyprus CYP 2008 Summer Olympics Dimitris Minasidis 18 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1924 Summer Olympics Bohumil Durdis 3 Bronze See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1996 Summer Olympics Kim Myong-Nam 2 Silver See all
Denmark DEN 1952 Summer Olympics Johan Runge 7 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Joachim Kunz 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 2004 Summer Olympics Julio Idrovo 11 See all
Egypt EGY 1936 Summer Olympics Anwar Mousbah =1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Shams 1 Gold
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Valerio Fontanals AC See all
Estonia EST 1920 Summer Olympics Alfred Neuland 1 Gold See all
Finland FIN 1984 Summer Olympics Jouni Grönman 3 Bronze See all
France FRA 1924 Summer Olympics Edmond Décottignies 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics René Duverger 1 Gold
Georgia GEO 2020 Summer Olympics Goga Chkheidze 8 See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Kurt Helbig =1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1948 Summer Olympics Jim Halliday 3 Bronze See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Valerios Leonidis 6 See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Pete Fejeran 22 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Antulio Delgado AC See all
Hungary HUN 1996 Summer Olympics Attila Feri 3 Bronze See all
India IND 2012 Summer Olympics Ravi Kumar Katulu 12 See all
Indonesia INA 2012 Summer Olympics Triyatno 2 Silver See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Abdul Wahid Aziz 3 Bronze See all
Ireland IRL 1960 Summer Olympics Tommy Hayden 22 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1968 Summer Olympics Parviz Jalayer 2 Silver See all
Italy ITA 1932 Summer Olympics Gastone Pierini 3 Bronze See all
2020 Summer Olympics Mirko Zanni 3 Bronze
Jamaica JAM 1948 Summer Olympics George Espeut 9 See all
Japan JPN 1956 Summer Olympics Kenji Onuma 4 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Nobuyuki Hatta 4
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2004 Summer Olympics Abdul Mohsen Al-Bagir 12 See all
Kiribati KIR 2020 Summer Olympics Ruben Katoatau 12 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2016 Summer Olympics Izzat Artykov DQ See all
Latvia LAT 1924 Summer Olympics Ēriks Rauska 21 See all
Lebanon LBN 1968 Summer Olympics Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi 14 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Johny Grün =8 See all
Madagascar MAD 2020 Summer Olympics Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina 11 See all
Malaysia MAS 2016 Summer Olympics Mohammad Hafifi bin Mansor 12 See all
Mexico MEX 2016 Summer Olympics Bredni Roque 4 See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Summer Olympics Radnaasediin Amgaased AC See all
Morocco MAR 1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Meziane 15 See all
Myanmar MYA 1956 Summer Olympics Tun Maung 8 See all
Nauru NRU 2004 Summer Olympics Yukio Peter 8 See all
Nepal NEP 1984 Summer Olympics Surendra Hamal 15 See all
Netherlands NED 1924 Summer Olympics Guus Scheffer 7 See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1964 Summer Olympics Rudy Monk 17 See all
New Zealand NZL 2008 Summer Olympics Mark Spooner 19 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1976 Summer Olympics Sergio Moreno 18 See all
Nigeria NGR 1984 Summer Olympics Patrick Bassey 9 See all
Norway NOR 1952 Summer Olympics Bjørn Heyn 19 See all
Pakistan PAK 2020 Summer Olympics Talha Talib 5 See all
Panama PAN 1988 Summer Olympics Tomás Rodríguez 15 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1988 Summer Olympics Pinye Malaibi 19 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Yao Jingyuan 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Zhan Xugang 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Zhang Guozheng 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Liao Hui 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Lin Qingfeng 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Shi Zhiyong 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Chen Lijun 1 Gold
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Gonzalo Alvarado 16 See all
Poland POL 1964 Summer Olympics Waldemar Baszanowski 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Waldemar Baszanowski 1 Gold
Portugal POR 1988 Summer Olympics Paulo Duarte 14 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1952 Summer Olympics Antonio Hoffmann 16 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Julio Martínez 16
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Lee Bae-Yeong 2 Silver See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2016 Summer Olympics Serghei Cechir 6 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Andrei Socaci 2 Silver See all
Samoa SAM 1988 Summer Olympics Taveuni Ofisa 18 See all
San Marino SMR 1980 Summer Olympics Sergio De Luca 20 See all
Singapore SGP 1960 Summer Olympics Tiger Tan 2 Silver See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Rudolf Lukáč 20 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1984 Summer Olympics Leslie Ata 16 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Barrie Engelbrecht 13 See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Igor Rybak 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Viktor Bushuyev 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Mukharby Kirzhinov 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Pyotr Korol 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics David Sánchez 10 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2008 Summer Olympics Chinthana Vidanage 14 See all
Sudan SUD 1960 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Mitwalli 25 See all
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Martin Olofsson =5 See all
Switzerland SUI 1928 Summer Olympics Albert Aeschmann 4 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1996 Summer Olympics Abdalla Al-Sebaei 22 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2008 Summer Olympics Nizom Sangov 22 See all
Thailand THA 2008 Summer Olympics Sitthisak Suphalak 7 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1964 Summer Olympics Hugo Gittens 11 See all
Tunisia TUN 2000 Summer Olympics Youssef Sbaî 10 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2012 Summer Olympics Daniýar Ismaýilow 10 See all
Tuvalu TUV 2008 Summer Olympics Logona Esau 21 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Daniyar İsmayilov 2 Silver See all
Uganda UGA 1988 Summer Olympics Joseph Kaddu Kutfesa 21 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Oleksiy Khizhniak 15 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Israel Militosyan 1 Gold See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Fawzi Rasmy 12 See all
United States USA 1952 Summer Olympics Tommy Kono 1 Gold See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2020 Summer Olympics Adkhamjon Ergashev 6 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Junior Sánchez 4 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Werner Schraut 7 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Leopold Herenčić 13 See all