Weightlifting — Middleweight, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 411
Total countries 95

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 10 7
1924 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 25 13
1928 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 23 15
1932 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 7 6
1936 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 16 12
1948 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 24 18
1952 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 21 20
1956 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 16 15
1960 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 27 20
1964 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 19 17
1968 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 20 17
1972 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 26 22
1976 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 17 14
1980 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 16 14
1984 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 21 17
1988 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 25 20
1992 Middleweight (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 34 27
1996 Middleweight (≤76 kg), Men Olympic 24 21
2000 Middleweight (≤77 kg), Men Olympic 17 15
2004 Middleweight (≤77 kg), Men Olympic 25 22
2008 Middleweight (≤77 kg), Men Olympic 28 25
2012 Middleweight (≤77 kg), Men Olympic 12 11
2016 Middleweight (≤77 kg), Men Olympic 14 13
2020 Middleweight (≤73 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
2024 Middleweight (≤73 kg), Men Olympic 12 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Henri GanceFRA Pietro BianchiITA Albert PetterssonSWE
1924 Carlo GalimbertiITA Alfred NeulandEST Jaan KikkasEST
1928 Roger FrançoisFRA Carlo GalimbertiITA Guus SchefferNED
1932 Rudolf IsmayrGER Carlo GalimbertiITA Karl HipfingerAUT
1936 Khadr El-TouniEGY Rudolf IsmayrGER Adolf WagnerGER
1948 Frank SpellmanUSA Pete GeorgeUSA Kim Seong-JipKOR
1952 Pete GeorgeUSA Gerry GrattonCAN Kim Seong-JipKOR
1956 Fyodor BogdanovskyURS Pete GeorgeUSA Ermanno PignattiITA
1960 Aleksandr KurynovURS Tommy KonoUSA Győző VeresHUN
1964 Hans ZdražilaTCH Viktor KurentsovURS Masashi OhuchiJPN
1968 Viktor KurentsovURS Masashi OhuchiJPN Károly BakosHUN
1972 Yordan BikovBUL Mohamed Kheir TarabulsiLBN Anselmo SilvinoITA
1976 Yordan MitkovBUL Vardan MilitosyanURS Peter WenzelGDR
1980 Asen ZlatevBUL Aleksandr PervyURS Nedelcho KolevBUL
1984 Karl-Heinz RadschinskyFRG Jacques DemersCAN Dragomir CioroslanROU
1988 Borislav GidikovBUL Ingo SteinhöfelGDR Aleksandar VarbanovBUL
1992 Tudor CasapuEUN Pablo LaraCUB Kim Myong-NamPRK
1996 Pablo LaraCUB Yoto YotovBUL Chon Chol-HoPRK
2000 Zhan XugangCHN Viktor MitrouGRE Arsen MelikyanARM
2004 Taner SağırTUR Sergey FilimonovKAZ Reyhan ArabacıoğluTUR
2008 Sa Jae-HyeokKOR Li HongliCHN Gevorg DavtyanARM
2012 Lu XiaojunCHN Lu HaojieCHN Iván CambarCUB
2016 Lu XiaojunCHN Mohamed IhabEGY
2020 Shi ZhiyongCHN Julio MayoraVEN Rahmat AbdullahINA
2024 Rizki JuniansyahINA Weeraphon WichumaTHA Bozhidar Dimitrov AndreevBUL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bulgaria BUL 4 1 3 8
People's Republic of China CHN 3 3 0 6
Soviet Union URS 3 3 0 6
United States USA 2 3 0 5
France FRA 2 0 0 2
Italy ITA 1 3 2 6
Cuba CUB 1 1 1 3
Germany GER 1 1 1 3
Republic of Korea KOR 1 0 2 3
Egypt EGY 1 0 1 2
Indonesia INA 1 0 1 2
Türkiye TUR 1 0 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 2 0 2
East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
Estonia EST 0 1 1 2
Japan JPN 0 1 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
Lebanon LBN 0 1 0 1
Thailand THA 0 1 0 1
Venezuela VEN 0 1 0 1
Armenia ARM 0 0 2 2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 0 2 2
Hungary HUN 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Carlo Galimberti ITA 1 2 0 3
Pete George USA 1 2 0 3
Pablo Lara CUB 1 1 0 2
Rudolf Ismayr GER 1 1 0 2
Viktor Kurentsov RUS
URS
1 1 0 2
Lu Xiaojun CHN 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 2020 Summer Olympics Briken Calja 4 See all
Argentina ARG 1932 Summer Olympics Julio Juaneda 6 See all
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Arsen Melikyan 3 Bronze See all
2008 Summer Olympics Gevorg Davtyan 3 Bronze
Aruba ARU 1996 Summer Olympics Junior Faro 21 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Tony Pignone 7 See all
Austria AUT 1932 Summer Olympics Karl Hipfinger 3 Bronze See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Leanid Lobachou 9 See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics René Marchand 7 See all
Brazil BRA 1968 Summer Olympics Luiz de Almeida 13 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Yordan Bikov 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Yordan Mitkov 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Asen Zlatev 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Borislav Gidikov 1 Gold
Canada CAN 1952 Summer Olympics Gerry Gratton 2 Silver See all
1984 Summer Olympics Jacques Demers 2 Silver
Chinese Taipei TPE 1956 Summer Olympics Ko Bu-Beng 12 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Chao Cheng-Hsueng 12
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Luis Mosquera 5 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Luis Fonseca 17 See all
Cuba CUB 1996 Summer Olympics Pablo Lara 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1964 Summer Olympics Hans Zdražila 1 Gold See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Kim Myong-Nam 3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Chon Chol-Ho 3 Bronze
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Christian Jensen 6 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Ingo Steinhöfel 2 Silver See all
Egypt EGY 1936 Summer Olympics Khadr El-Touni 1 Gold See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Alfred Neuland 2 Silver See all
Eswatini SWZ 1984 Summer Olympics Paul Hoffman 19 See all
Fiji FIJ 2008 Summer Olympics Josefa Vueti 23 See all
Finland FIN 1976 Summer Olympics Arvo Ala-Pöntiö 5 See all
France FRA 1920 Summer Olympics Henri Gance 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Roger François 1 Gold
Germany GER 1932 Summer Olympics Rudolf Ismayr 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Dave Morgan 4 See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Viktor Mitrou 2 Silver See all
Guam GUM 1992 Summer Olympics Edgar Molinos 30 See all
Guatemala GUA 1992 Summer Olympics Luis Coronado 28 See all
Guyana GUY 1956 Summer Olympics Winston McArthur 11 See all
Hungary HUN 1960 Summer Olympics Győző Veres 3 Bronze See all
1968 Summer Olympics Károly Bakos 3 Bronze
India IND 2016 Summer Olympics Sathish Kumar Sivalingam 9 See all
Indonesia INA 2024 Summer Olympics Rizki Juniansyah 1 Gold See all
Iraq IRQ 1984 Summer Olympics Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed 6 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2004 Summer Olympics Mohamed Hossein Barkhah 5 See all
Israel ISR 1992 Summer Olympics Oleg Sadikov 10 See all
Italy ITA 1924 Summer Olympics Carlo Galimberti 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1968 Summer Olympics Masashi Ohuchi 2 Silver See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Sergey Filimonov 2 Silver See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics David Maina AC See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2020 Summer Olympics Mahmoud Al-Humayd 12 See all
Latvia LAT 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandrs Žerebkovs 14 See all
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi 2 Silver See all
Libya LBA 2004 Summer Olympics Mohamed Eshtiwi 15 See all
Lithuania LTU 1928 Summer Olympics Pranas Vitonis =15 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1924 Summer Olympics Michel Mertes =19 See all
Malaya MAL 1956 Summer Olympics Chan Pak Lum AC See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Tiger Tan 11 See all
Mexico MEX 1980 Summer Olympics Rogelio Weatherbee 9 See all
Monaco MON 2008 Summer Olympics Romain Marchessou 24 See all
Mongolia MGL 1980 Summer Olympics Damdinsürengiin Boldbayar 13 See all
Morocco MAR 1960 Summer Olympics Mustapha Adnane 13 See all
Myanmar MYA 1964 Summer Olympics Pe Aye 15 See all
Nauru NRU 1996 Summer Olympics Quincy Detenamo 20 See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Guus Scheffer 3 Bronze See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1968 Summer Olympics Rudy Monk 16 See all
New Zealand NZL 1972 Summer Olympics Tony Ebert 17 See all
Nigeria NGR 2012 Summer Olympics Felix Ekpo 8 See all
Norway NOR 1972 Summer Olympics Tore Bjørnsen =10 See all
Pakistan PAK 1976 Summer Olympics Malik Arshad 15 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1988 Summer Olympics Roger Token 20 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2000 Summer Olympics Zhan Xugang 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Lu Xiaojun 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Shi Zhiyong 1 Gold
Poland POL 1956 Summer Olympics Jan Bochenek 4 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Andrzej Kozłowski 4
Puerto Rico PUR 1964 Summer Olympics Víctor Ángel Pagán 9 See all
Qatar QAT 2004 Summer Olympics Nader Sufyan Abbas 8 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Sa Jae-Hyeok 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2020 Summer Olympics Marin Robu 8 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Dragomir Cioroslan 3 Bronze See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Oleg Perepechonov 5 See all
Samoa SAM 2012 Summer Olympics Toafitu Perive 11 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 2000 Summer Olympics Joseph Bellon 16 See all
Singapore SGP 1956 Summer Olympics Wong Kay Poh 9 See all
Slovakia SVK 2004 Summer Olympics Rudolf Lukáč 14 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1988 Summer Olympics Benjamin Fafale 22 See all
South Africa RSA 1956 Summer Olympics Jannie Greeff 10 See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Fyodor Bogdanovsky 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Kurynov 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Viktor Kurentsov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2012 Summer Olympics Andrés Mata 6 See all
Sudan SUD 1960 Summer Olympics Mirza Adil 20 See all
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Albert Pettersson =2 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Albert Aeschmann 5 See all
Thailand THA 2024 Summer Olympics Weeraphon Wichuma 2 Silver See all
Tonga TGA 1992 Summer Olympics Uasi Vi Kohinoa 31 See all
Tunisia TUN 2020 Summer Olympics Karem Ben Hnia 6 See all
Türkiye TUR 2004 Summer Olympics Taner Sağır 1 Gold See all
Uganda UGA 1984 Summer Olympics Fred Bunjo 18 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Dmytro Hnidenko 8 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Tudor Casapu 1 Gold See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Amer Hanafi 9 See all
United States USA 1948 Summer Olympics Frank Spellman 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Pete George 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1996 Summer Olympics Edward Silva 19 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Shcherzodzhon Yusupov 16 See all
Venezuela VEN 2020 Summer Olympics Julio Mayora 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Karl-Heinz Radschinsky 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Dušan Mirković 12 See all