World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1975 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Marseille	FRA	5 – 12 July 1975	27	33	11
1976 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Gdańsk	POL	6 – 13 June 1976	27	35	8
1977 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Sofia	BUL	9 – 17 July 1977	30	40	11
1978 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Athina	GRE	15 – 22 July 1978	30	44	10
1979 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Debrecen	HUN	16 – 23 June 1979	30	37	10
1980 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Montréal	CAN	24 – 31 May 1980	30	38	11
1981 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Lignano-Sabbiadoro	ITA	14 – 21 June 1981	30	37	9
1982 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	São Paulo	BRA	9 – 15 August 1982	30	36	11
1983 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	23 – 29 July 1983	30	36	12
1984 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Lignano-Sabbiadoro	ITA	22 – 27 May 1984	30	41	11
1985 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Edinburgh	GBR	26 – 30 June 1985	30	0	0
1986 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Donaueschingen	GER	26 May – 2 June 1986	30	0	0
1987 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Beograd	YUG	26 – 31 May 1987	30	0	0
1988 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Athina	GRE	23 – 29 May 1988	30	0	0
1989 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	USA	25 – 29 May 1989	30	0	0
1990 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Sarajevo	YUG	26 May – 3 June 1990	30	0	0
1991 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Wolmirstedt	GER	7 – 12 May 1991	30	0	0
1992 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Varna	BUL	16 – 24 May 1992	30	0	0
1993 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Cheb	CZE	18 – 23 May 1993	30	0	0
1994 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Jakarta	INA	26 – 30 July 1994	30	0	0
1995 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Warszawa	POL	9 – 16 July 1995	57	0	0
1996 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Warszawa	POL	3 – 11 May 1996	57	0	0
1997 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Cape Town	RSA	29 May – 4 June 1997	57	0	0
1998 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Sofia	BUL	18 – 24 May 1998	45	0	0
1999 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Savannah, Georgia	USA	3 – 8 July 1999	45	0	0
2000 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Praha	CZE	2 – 9 July 2000	45	0	0
2001 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Thessaloniki	GRE	1 – 8 July 2001	45	0	0
2002 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Havířov	CZE	30 May – 5 June 2002	45	0	0
2003 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Hermosillo	MEX	1 – 7 June 2003	45	0	0
2004 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Minsk	BLR	24 – 30 May 2004	45	0	0
2005 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Busan	KOR	18 – 24 May 2005	45	0	0
2006 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Hangzhou	CHN	28 May – 3 June 2006	45	0	0
2007 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Praha	CZE	10 – 16 June 2007	45	0	0
2008 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Cali	COL	15 – 21 June 2008	45	0	0
2009 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	București	ROU	15 – 21 June 2009	45	0	0
2010 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Sofia	BUL	14 – 20 June 2010	45	0	0
2011 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Penang	MAS	30 June – 7 July 2011	45	0	0
2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Antigua Guatemala	GUA	10 – 18 May 2012	45	0	0
2013 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Lima	PER	3 – 10 May 2013	45	0	0
2014 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Kazan	RUS	20 – 28 June 2014	45	0	0
2015 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Wrocław	POL	6 – 13 June 2015	45	0	0
2016 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Tbilisi	GEO	25 June – 2 July 2016	45	0	0
2017 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Tokyo	JPN	15 – 23 June 2017	48	0	0
2018 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Tashkent	UZB	7 – 14 July 2018	48	0	0
2019 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Suva	FIJ	1 – 8 June 2019	60	0	0
2021 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Tashkent	UZB	23 – 31 May 2021	60	0	0
2022 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Heraklion	GRE	2 – 10 May 2022	60	0	0
2023 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Guadalajara	MEX	15 – 23 November 2023	60	0	0
2024 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	León	ESP	19 – 27 September 2024	60	0	0
2025 World Junior Weightlifting Championships	Lima	PER	30 April – 5 May 2025	60	0	0

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	BUL	138	72	43	253
2	Soviet Union	URS	102	86	42	230
3	Hungary	HUN	16	21	40	77
4	Poland	POL	12	27	34	73
5	East Germany	GDR	10	30	33	73
6	Cuba	CUB	9	18	25	52
7	China	CHN	3	16	19	38
8	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	8	7	17
9	Japan	JPN	1	5	8	14
10	Great Britain	GBR	1	3	4	8
11	Romania	ROU	1	2	7	10
12	Indonesia	INA	0	2	3	5
=	Iran	IRI	0	2	3	5
14	Australia	AUS	0	1	3	4
=	South Korea	KOR	0	1	3	4
16	Finland	FIN	0	1	2	3
17	Canada	CAN	0	0	3	3
=	Iraq	IRQ	0	0	3	3
=	Sweden	SWE	0	0	3	3
20	Italy	ITA	0	0	2	2
=	Portugal	POR	0	0	2	2
22	Germany	GER	0	0	1	1
=	Mongolia	MGL	0	0	1	1
=	Nigeria	NGR	0	0	1	1
=	Norway	NOR	0	0	1	1