Weightlifting — Heavyweight, Men

Times held 20
Total participants 257
Total countries 80

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men Olympic 6 5
1924 Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men Olympic 19 12
1928 Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men Olympic 17 11
1932 Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men Olympic 6 4
1936 Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men Olympic 13 9
1948 Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men Olympic 16 14
1952 Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men Olympic 13 11
1956 Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men Olympic 9 9
1960 Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men Olympic 18 15
1964 Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men Olympic 21 18
1968 Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men Olympic 17 14
1972 Heavyweight (≤110 kg), Men Olympic 26 19
1976 Heavyweight (≤110 kg), Men Olympic 22 16
2000 Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men Olympic 21 18
2004 Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men Olympic 22 19
2008 Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men Olympic 19 15
2012 Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men Olympic 17 14
2016 Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men Olympic 17 15
2020 Heavyweight (≤109 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
2024 Heavyweight (≤102 kg), Men Olympic 13 13

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Filippo BottinoITA Jos AlzinLUX Léon BernotFRA
1924 Giuseppe TonaniITA Franz AignerAUT Harald TammerEST
1928 Josef StraßbergerGER Arnold LuhaäärEST Jaroslav SkoblaTCH
1932 Jaroslav SkoblaTCH Václav Pšenička, Sr.TCH Josef StraßbergerGER
1936 Josef MangerGER Václav Pšenička, Sr.TCH Arnold LuhaäärEST
1948 John DavisUSA Norb SchemanskyUSA Bram CharitéNED
1952 John DavisUSA Jim BradfordUSA Humberto SelvettiARG
1956 Paul AndersonUSA Humberto SelvettiARG Alberto PigaianiITA
1960 Yury VlasovURS Jim BradfordUSA Norb SchemanskyUSA
1964 Leonid ZhabotinskyURS Yury VlasovURS Norb SchemanskyUSA
1968 Leonid ZhabotinskyURS Serge RedingBEL Joe DubeUSA
1972 Jaan TaltsURS Aleksandar KraychevBUL Stefan GrütznerGDR
1976 Yury ZaytsevURS Krastyu SemerdzhievBUL Tadeusz RutkowskiPOL
2000 Hossein TavakoliIRI Alan TsagaevBUL Asaad Said SaifQAT
2004 Dmitry BerestovRUS Ihor RazoronovUKR Gleb PisarevskyRUS
2008 Andrei AramnauBLR Dmitry KlokovRUS Marcin DołęgaPOL
2012 Navab NassirshalalIRI Bartłomiej BonkPOL Ivan YefremovUZB
2016 Ruslan NurudinovUZB Simon MartirosyanARM Aleksandr ZaychikovKAZ
2020 Akbar DjuraevUZB Simon MartirosyanARM Artūrs PlēsnieksLAT
2024 Liu HuanhuaCHN Akbar DjuraevUZB Yauhen TsikhantsouAIN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 5 1 0 6
United States USA 3 3 3 9
Uzbekistan UZB 2 1 1 4
Germany GER 2 0 1 3
Italy ITA 2 0 1 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2 0 0 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 2 1 4
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 1 3
Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 3 0 3
Armenia ARM 0 2 0 2
Estonia EST 0 1 2 3
Poland POL 0 1 2 3
Argentina ARG 0 1 1 2
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Luxembourg LUX 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Latvia LAT 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Qatar QAT 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Leonid Zhabotinsky URS
UKR
2 0 0 2
John Davis USA 2 0 0 2
Yury Vlasov RUS
URS
1 1 0 2
Akbar Djuraev UZB 1 1 0 2
Josef Straßberger GER 1 0 1 2
Jaroslav Skobla CZE
TCH
1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2012 Summer Olympics Walid Bidani 12 See all
American Samoa ASA 2020 Summer Olympics Tanumafili Jungblut 13 See all
Argentina ARG 1956 Summer Olympics Humberto Selvetti 2 Silver See all
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Simon Martirosyan 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Simon Martirosyan 2 Silver
Australia AUS 1960 Summer Olympics Arthur Shannos 9 See all
Austria AUT 1924 Summer Olympics Franz Aigner 2 Silver See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2004 Summer Olympics Alan Naniyev 6 See all
Bahrain BRN 2024 Summer Olympics Lesman Paredes 6 See all
Belarus BLR 2008 Summer Olympics Andrei Aramnau 1 Gold See all
Belgium BEL 1968 Summer Olympics Serge Reding 2 Silver See all
Brazil BRA 1952 Summer Olympics Waldemar da Silveira 12 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Kraychev 2 Silver See all
1976 Summer Olympics Krastyu Semerdzhiev 2 Silver
2000 Summer Olympics Alan Tsagaev 2 Silver
Canada CAN 1952 Summer Olympics Dave Baillie 5 See all
Chile CHI 2012 Summer Olympics Jorge García 11 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1964 Summer Olympics Oun Yao-Ling 14 See all
Cook Islands COK 2004 Summer Olympics Sam Nunuke Pera 14 See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics Javier González 6 See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Tomáš Matykiewicz 13 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1932 Summer Olympics Jaroslav Skobla 1 Gold See all
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Ejnar Juul Jensen 4 See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Stefan Grützner 3 Bronze See all
Ecuador ECU 2012 Summer Olympics Jorge Arroyo 6 See all
Egypt EGY 1936 Summer Olympics Moukhtar Hussein 5 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Hanafi Moustafa 5
Estonia EST 1928 Summer Olympics Arnold Luhaäär 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 1956 Summer Olympics Eino Mäkinen 5 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Eino Mäkinen 5
France FRA 1920 Summer Olympics Léon Bernot 3 Bronze See all
Georgia GEO 2008 Summer Olympics Albert Kuzilovi 5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Irakli Chkheidze 5
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Josef Straßberger 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Josef Manger 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1936 Summer Olympics Ron Walker 4 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Alf Knight 4
Greece GRE 2008 Summer Olympics Nikos Kourtidis 8 See all
Guatemala GUA 2008 Summer Olympics Christian López 15 See all
Hungary HUN 1964 Summer Olympics Károly Ecser 5 See all
Iceland ISL 1972 Summer Olympics Óskar Sigurpálsson 19 See all
India IND 1956 Summer Olympics Dandamudi Rajagopal 9 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Yauhen Tsikhantsou 3 Bronze See all
Iraq IRQ 2016 Summer Olympics Salwan Jasim Al-Aifuri 9 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2000 Summer Olympics Hossein Tavakoli 1 Gold See all
Italy ITA 1920 Summer Olympics Filippo Bottino 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Giuseppe Tonani 1 Gold
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Zaychikov 3 Bronze See all
Kiribati KIR 2016 Summer Olympics David Katoatau 14 See all
Latvia LAT 2020 Summer Olympics Artūrs Plēsnieks 3 Bronze See all
Libya LBA 2024 Summer Olympics Ahmed Abuzriba 11 See all
Lithuania LTU 2004 Summer Olympics Ramūnas Vyšniauskas 5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Jos Alzin 2 Silver See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Bram Charité 3 Bronze See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1960 Summer Olympics Bèto Adriana AC See all
New Zealand NZL 1952 Summer Olympics Harold Cleghorn 7 See all
Norway NOR 1972 Summer Olympics Edgar Kjerran 16 See all
Pakistan PAK 1948 Summer Olympics Muhammad Naqi Butt 15 See all
Panama PAN 1972 Summer Olympics Henry Phillips 23 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2024 Summer Olympics Liu Huanhua 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Carlos Domínguez 10 See all
Poland POL 2012 Summer Olympics Bartłomiej Bonk 2 Silver See all
1976 Summer Olympics Tadeusz Rutkowski 3 Bronze
2008 Summer Olympics Marcin Dołęga 3 Bronze
Puerto Rico PUR 1972 Summer Olympics Pablo Juan Campos 20 See all
Qatar QAT 2000 Summer Olympics Asaad Said Saif 3 Bronze See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Timur Naniyev 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2020 Summer Olympics Jin Yun-Seong 6 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2004 Summer Olympics Alexandru Bratan 4 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Florin Vlad 7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Dmitry Berestov 1 Gold See all
Samoa SAM 2024 Summer Olympics Don Opeloge DNF See all
Slovakia SVK 2012 Summer Olympics Martin Tešovič 9 See all
South Africa RSA 1948 Summer Olympics Piet Taljaard 8 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Yury Vlasov 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Leonid Zhabotinsky 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Leonid Zhabotinsky 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Jaan Talts 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Yury Zaytsev 1 Gold
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Rikard Brunn 5 See all
Switzerland SUI 1936 Summer Olympics Ernest Fischer 13 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2012 Summer Olympics Ahed Joughili 4 See all
Tonga TGA 2000 Summer Olympics Tevita Kofe Ngalu 13 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1964 Summer Olympics Brandon Bailey 20 See all
Tunisia TUN 2020 Summer Olympics Aymen Bacha 9 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2020 Summer Olympics Öwez Öwezow 10 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Dawranbek Hasanbaýew 10
Türkiye TUR 2008 Summer Olympics Bünyamin Sudaş 13 See all
Ukraine UKR 2004 Summer Olympics Ihor Razoronov 2 Silver See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim 4 See all
United States USA 1948 Summer Olympics John Davis 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics John Davis 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Paul Anderson 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1968 Summer Olympics Liston Sprauve 12 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Ruslan Nurudinov 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Akbar Djuraev 1 Gold
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Rudolf Mang 5 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Ramiro Mora 7 See all