Weightlifting at the Asian Games

Weightlifting has been an event at the Asian Games since 1951 in New Delhi.

Editions

Games Year Host city Best nation
I 1951 New Delhi, India  Iran
II 1954 Manila, Philippines  South Korea
III 1958 Tokyo, Japan  Iran
V 1966 Bangkok, Thailand  Iran
VI 1970 Bangkok, Thailand  Japan
VII 1974 Tehran, Iran  Iran
VIII 1978 Bangkok, Thailand  North Korea
IX 1982 New Delhi, India  China
X 1986 Seoul, South Korea  China
XI 1990 Beijing, China  China
XII 1994 Hiroshima, Japan  China
XIII 1998 Bangkok, Thailand  China
XIV 2002 Busan, South Korea  China
XV 2006 Doha, Qatar  China
XVI 2010 Guangzhou, China  China
XVII 2014 Incheon, South Korea  China
XVIII 2018 JakartaPalembang, Indonesia  North Korea
XIX 2022 Hangzhou, China  North Korea

Events

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)813512128
2 Iran (IRI)33302083
3 South Korea (KOR)31293191
4 Japan (JPN)23192971
5 North Korea (PRK)22241965
6 Kazakhstan (KAZ)129829
7 Chinese Taipei (TPE)4111732
8 Myanmar (MYA)381324
9 Syria (SYR)3003
10 Thailand (THA)2131429
11 Indonesia (INA)281424
12 Lebanon (LBN)2215
13 Iraq (IRQ)171018
14 Uzbekistan (UZB)161017
15 Philippines (PHI)1539
16 Singapore (SGP)1326
17 Qatar (QAT)1203
18 Turkmenistan (TKM)1102
19 India (IND)05914
20 Vietnam (VIE)0404
21 Israel (ISR)0145
22 Pakistan (PAK)0134
23 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0022
24 Hong Kong (HKG)0011
 Malaysia (MAS)0011
Totals (25 entries)224223223670

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals.

Rank Weightlifter Country Gender Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Mohammad Nassiri  Iran M 52 kg / 56 kg 1966 1974 3 - - 3
Kim Tae-hyun  South Korea M 110 kg / +108 kg / +105 kg 1990 1998 3 - - 3
Behdad Salimi  Iran M +105 kg 2010 2018 3 - - 3
4 Ryoji Isaoka  Japan M 82.5 kg 1982 1990 2 - 1 3
Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran M +105 kg 1998 2006 2 - 1 3
6 Talal Najjar  Syria M 110 kg/+110 kg 1978 1982 2 - - 2
Yao Jingyuan  China M 67.5 kg 1982 1986 2 - - 2
He Zhuoqiang  China M 52 kg 1986 1990 2 - - 2
Huang Woo-won  South Korea M 100 kg 1986 1990 2 - - 2
Chun Byung-kwan  South Korea M 56 kg / 59 kg 1990 1994 2 - - 2
Lan Shizhang  China M 54 kg / 56 kg 1994 1998 2 - - 2
Andrey Makarov  Kazakhstan M 91 kg / 94 kg 1994 1998 2 - - 2
Cui Wenhua  China M 108 kg / 105 kg 1994 1998 2 - - 2
Le Maosheng  China M 62 kg 1998 2002 2 - - 2
Zhang Guozheng  China M 69 kg 2002 2006 2 - - 2
Ilya Ilyin  Kazakhstan M 94 kg 2006 2010 2 - - 2
Yang Zhe  China M 105 kg 2010 2014 2 - - 2
Om Yun-chol  North Korea M 56 kg 2014 2018 2 - - 2
Ri Song-gum  North Korea F 48 kg / 49 kg 2018 2022 2 - - 2
Rim Un-sim  North Korea F 69 kg / 64 kg 2018 2022 2 - - 2
Tian Tao  China M 85 kg / 96 kg 2014 2022 2 - - 2

List of medalists

Records

See also