The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Weightlifting - Middleweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

BULGARIA - 9 Medals

ITALY - 9 Medals

CHINA - 8 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
Henri Gance - France
Pietro Bianchi - Italy
Albert Pettersson - Sweden
1924
Carlo Galimberti - Italy
Alfred Beuland - Estonia
Jaan Kikkas - Estonia
1928
Roger François - France
Carlo Galimberti - Italy Guus Scheffer - Netherlands
1932
Rudolf Ismayr - Germany
Carlo Galimberti - Italy Karl Hipfinger - Austria
1936
Khadr El-Touni - Egypt
Rudolf Ismayr - Germany Adolf Wagner - Germany
1948
Frank Spellman - United States
Pete George - United States
Kim Seong-jip - South Korea
1952
Pete George - United States
Gerry Gratton - Canada
Kim Seong-jip - South Korea
1956
Fyodor Bogdanovsky - Soviet Union
Pete George - United States Ermanno Pignatti - Italy
1960
Aleksandr Kurynov - Soviet Union
Tommy Kono - United States
Győző Veres - Hungary
1964
Hans Zdražila - Czechoslovakia
Viktor Kurentsov - Soviet Union
Masushi Ouchi - Japan
1968
Viktor Kurentsov - Soviet Union Masushi Ouchi - Japan Károly Bakos - Hungary
1972
Yordan Bikov - Bulgaria
Mohamed Tarabulsi - Lebanon
Anselmo Silvino - Italy
1976
Yordan Mitkov - Bulgaria
Vardan Militosyan - Soviet Union
Peter Wenzel - East Germany
1980
Asen Zlatev - Bulgaria
Aleksandr Pervi - Soviet Union
Nedelcho Kolev - Bulgaria
1984
Karl-Heinz Radschinsky - West Germany
Jacques Demers - Canada
Dragomir Cioroslan - Romania
1988
Borislav Gidikov - Bulgaria
Ingo Steinhöfel - East Germany
Aleksandar Varbanov - Bulgaria
1992
Fedor Kassapu - Unified Team
Pablo Lara - Cuba
Kim Myong-Nam - North Korea
1996
Pablo Lara - Cuba Yoto Yotov - Bulgaria
Jon Chol-ho - North Korea
2000
Zhan Xugang - China
Viktor Mitrou - Greece
Arsen Melikyan - Armenia
2004
Taner Sağir - Turkey
Sergey Filimonov - Kazakhstan
Reyhan Arabacioğlu - Turkey
2008
Sa Jae-hyouk - South Korea
Li Hongli - China
Gevorg Davtyan - Armenia
2012
Lü Xiaojun - China
Lu Haojie - China
Iván Cambar - Cuba
2016
Nijat Rahimov - Kazakhstan
Lü Xiaojun - China Mohamed Ihab - Egypt
2020
Lü Xiaojun - China Zacarías Bonnat - Domincan Republic Antonio Pizzolato - Italy
2024
Karlos Nasar - Bulgaria
Yeison López - Colombia
Antonio Pizzolato - Italy

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2000
Chen Xiaomin - China
Valentina Popova - Russia
Ioanna Khatziioannou - Greece
2004
Nataliya Skakun - Ukraine
Hanna Batsiushka - Belarus
Tatsiana Stukalava - Belarus
2008
Pak Hyon Suk - North Korea
Lu Ying-Chi - Chinese Taipei
Christine Girard - Canada
2012
Christine Girard - Canada Milka Maneva - Bulgaria
Luz Acosta - Mexico
2016
Deng Wei - China
Choe Hyo-sim - North Korea
Karina Goricheva - Kazakhstan
2020
Maude Charron - Canada Giorgia Bordignon - Italy Chen Wen-huei - Chinese Taipei

Medal Total   Men's  Women's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Bulgaria
5
2
2
9
2
Italy 1
4
4
9
3
China 5
3
0
8
4
Soviet Union
3
3
0
6
5
United States
2
3
0
5
6
Canada
2
2
1
5
7
North Korea
1
1
2
4
8
Germany
1
1
1
3
9
Cuba
1
1
1
3
10
Kazakhstan
1
1
1
3
11
South Korea
1
0
2
3
12
France
2
0
0
2
13
Egypt
1
0
1
2
14
Turkey
1
0
1
2
15
Estonia
0
1
1
2
16
Japan
0
1
1
2
17
Greece
0
1
1
2
18
Belarus
0
1
1
2
19
Chinese Taipei 0
1
1
2
20
East Germany
0
1
1
2
21
Hungary
0
0
2
2
22
Armenia
0
0
2
2
23
Ukraine
1
0
0
1
24
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
25
West Germany
1
0
0
1
26
Czechoslovakia 1
0
0
1
27
Lebanon
0
1
0
1
28
Russia
0
1
0
1
29
Dominican Republic
0
1
0
1
30
Colombia
0
1
0
1
31
Sweden
0
0
1
1
32
Netherlands
0
0
1
1
33
Austria
0
0
1
1
34
Romania
0
0
1
1
35
Mexico
0
0
1
1