The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Weightlifting - Heavyweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 10 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 8 Medals

RUSSIA - 6 Medals

Medal Table
Bantamweight
Flyweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Middle Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Super Heavyweight
Discontinued

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1920
Filippo Bottino - Italy
Joseph Alzin - Luxembourg
Louis Bernot - France
1924
Guiseppe Tonani - Italy
Franz Aigner - Austria
Harald Tammer - Estonia
1928
Josef Straßberger - Germany
Arnold Luhaäär - Estonia
Jaroslav Skobla - Czechoslovakia
1932
Jaroslav Skobla - Czechoslovakia Václav Pšenička - Czechoslovakia
Josef Straßberger - Germany
1936
Josef Manger - Germany
Václav Pšenička - Czechoslovakia Arnold Luhaäär - Estonia
1948
John Davis - United States
Norbert Schemansky - United States
Abraham Charité - Netherlands
1952
John Davis - United States James Bradford - United States
Humberto Selvetti - Argentina
1956
Paul Anderson - United States
Humberto Selvetti - Argentina Alberto Pigaiani - Italy
1960
Yury Vlasov - Soviet Union
James Bradford - United States
Norbert Schemansky - United States
1964
Leonid Zhabotinsky - Soviet Union
Yury Vlasov - Soviet Union Norbert Schemansky - United States
1968
Leonid Zhabotinsky - Soviet Union Serge Reding - Belgium
Joseph Dube - United States
1972
Jaan Talts - Soviet Union
Aleksandar Kraychev - Bulgaria
Stefan Grützner - East Germany
1976
Yury Zaitsev - Soviet Union
Krastyu Semerdzhiev - Bulgaria
Tadeusz Rutkowski - Poland
1980
Leonid Taranenko - Soviet Union
Valentin Khristov - Bulgaria
György Szalai - Hungary
1984
Norberto Oberburger - Italy
Stefan Tasnadi - Romania
Guy Carlton - United States
1988
Yury Zakharevich - Soviet Union
Józef Jacsó - Hungary
Ronny Weller - East Germany
1992
Ronny Weller - Germany
Artur Akoyev - Unified Team
Stefan Botev - Bulgaria
1996
Timur Taymazov - Ukraine
Sergey Syrtsov - Russia
Nicu Vlad - Romania
2000
Hossein Tavakkoli - Iran
Alan Tsagaev - Bulgaria
Said Saif Asaad - Qatar
2004
Dmitry Berestov - Russia
Ihor Razoronov - Ukraine
Gleb Pisarevskiy - Russia
2008
Andrei Aramnau - Belarus
Dmitry Klokov - Russia
Marcin Dołȩga - Poland
2012
Navab Nassirshalal - Iran Bartłomiej Bonk - Poland Ivan Efremov - Uzbekistan
2016
Ruslan Nurudinov - Uzbekistan
Simon Martirosyan - Armenia
Aleksandr Zaychikov - Kazakhstan
2020
Akbar Djuraev - Uzbekistan Simon Martirosyan - Armenia Artūrs Plēsnieks - Latvia
2024
Liu Huanhua - China
Akbar Djuraev - Uzbekistan Yauheni Tsikhantsou - Individual Neutral Athletes

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2000
María Isabel Urrutia - Colombia
Ruth Ogbeifo - Nigeria
Kuo Yi-Hang - Chinese Taipei
2004
Pawina Thingsuk - Thailand
Natalya Zabolotnaya - Russia
Valentina Popova - Russia
2008
Alla Vazhenina - Kazakhstan
Lidia Valentin - Spain
Damaris Aguirre - Mexico
2012
Lidia Valentin - Spain Abeer Abdelrahman - Egypt
Madias Nzesso - Cameroon
2016
Rim Jong-sim - North Korea
Darya Naumava - Belarus
Lidia Valentin - Spain
2020
Wang Zhouyu - China Tamara Salazar - Ecuador Crismery Santana - Dominican Republic
2024
Solfrid Koanda - Norway
Sara Ahmed - Egypt
Neisi Dajomes - Ecuador

Medal Total   Men's  Women's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
3
3
4
10
2
Soviet Union
7
1
0
8
3
Russia
1
3
2
6
4
Bulgaria
0
4
1
5
5
Italy
3
0
1
4
6
Germany
3
0
1
4
7
Uzbekistan 2
1
1
4
8
Czechoslovakia 1
2
1
4
9
Spain
1
1
1
3
10
Estonia
0
1
2
3
11
Poland
0
1
2
3
12
Iran
2
0
0
2
13
China 2
0
0
2
14
Belarus
1
1
0
2
15
Ukraine 1
1
0
2
16
Kazakhstan
1
0
1
2
17
Armenia 0
2
0
2
18
Egypt 0
2
0
2
19
Argentina
0
1
1
2
20
Hungary
0
1
1
2
21
Romania
0
1
1
2
22
Ecuador 0
1
1
2
23
East Germany
0
0
2
2
24
Colombia
1
0
0
1
25
Thailand
1
0
0
1
26
North Korea
1
0
0
1
27
Norway
1
0
0
1
28
Luxembourg
0
1
0
1
29
Austria
0
1
0
1
30
Belgium
0
1
0
1
31
Nigeria
0
1
0
1
32
Unified Team
0
1
0
1
33
France
0
0
1
1
34
Netherlands
0
0
1
1
35
Qatar
0
0
1
1
36
Chinese Taipei
0
0
1
1
37
Mexico
0
0
1
1
38
Cameroon
0
0
1
1
39
Dominican Republic
0
0
1
1
40
Latvia
0
0
1
1
41
Individual Neutral Athletes
0
0
1
1