World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Sport Weightlifting
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1975—2025
Editions 50
Competitors 2030
Countries 86

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 36 10
1986 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Donaueschingen GER 26 May – 2 June 1986 30 44 10
1987 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Beograd YUG 26 – 31 May 1987 30 42 12
1988 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Athina GRE 23 – 29 May 1988 30 43 10
1989 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA 25 – 29 May 1989 30 38 12
1990 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Sarajevo YUG 26 May – 3 June 1990 30 38 12
1991 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Wolmirstedt GER 7 – 12 May 1991 30 43 10
1992 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Varna BUL 16 – 24 May 1992 30 38 11
1993 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Cheb CZE 18 – 23 May 1993 30 45 16
1994 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Jakarta INA 26 – 30 July 1994 30 46 15
1995 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Warszawa POL 9 – 16 July 1995 57 82 28
1996 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Warszawa POL 3 – 11 May 1996 57 77 27
1997 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Cape Town RSA 29 May – 4 June 1997 57 76 25
1998 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Sofia BUL 18 – 24 May 1998 45 63 23
1999 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Savannah, Georgia USA 3 – 8 July 1999 45 58 18
2000 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Praha CZE 2 – 9 July 2000 45 63 20
2001 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Thessaloniki GRE 1 – 8 July 2001 45 61 19
2002 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Havířov CZE 30 May – 5 June 2002 45 55 16
2003 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Hermosillo MEX 1 – 7 June 2003 45 59 17
2004 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Minsk BLR 24 – 30 May 2004 45 60 21
2005 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Busan KOR 18 – 24 May 2005 45 63 22
2006 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Hangzhou CHN 28 May – 3 June 2006 45 63 18
2007 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Praha CZE 10 – 16 June 2007 45 57 23
2008 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Cali COL 15 – 21 June 2008 45 59 21
2009 World Junior Weightlifting Championships București ROU 15 – 21 June 2009 45 64 24
2010 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Sofia BUL 14 – 20 June 2010 45 64 26
2011 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Penang MAS 30 June – 7 July 2011 45 60 22
2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Antigua Guatemala GUA 10 – 18 May 2012 45 60 22
2013 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 3 – 10 May 2013 45 60 27
2014 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Kazan RUS 20 – 28 June 2014 45 60 22
2015 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Wrocław POL 6 – 13 June 2015 45 62 23
2016 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Tbilisi GEO 25 June – 2 July 2016 45 61 27
2017 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Tokyo JPN 15 – 23 June 2017 48 71 29
2018 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Tashkent UZB 7 – 14 July 2018 48 62 25
2019 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Suva FIJ 1 – 8 June 2019 60 80 31
2021 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Tashkent UZB 23 – 31 May 2021 60 84 25
2022 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Heraklion GRE 2 – 10 May 2022 60 85 29
2023 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Guadalajara MEX 15 – 23 November 2023 60 83 25
2024 World Junior Weightlifting Championships León ESP 19 – 27 September 2024 60 86 34
2025 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 30 April – 5 May 2025 60 82 34

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 464 196 114 774
2 Bulgaria BUL 259 163 135 557
3 Russia RUS 195 174 148 517
4 Soviet Union URS 166 163 70 399
5 Turkey TUR 64 89 100 253
6 Ukraine UKR 54 51 67 172
7 Thailand THA 53 74 48 175
8 United States USA 52 49 54 155
9 Armenia ARM 52 44 52 148
10 Egypt EGY 47 45 71 163
11 Colombia COL 46 65 73 184
12 South Korea KOR 45 67 84 196
13 Kazakhstan KAZ 43 44 30 117
14 Iran IRI 42 58 62 162
15 Poland POL 40 72 73 185
16 Romania ROU 37 50 46 133
17 Belarus BLR 35 55 56 146
18 Uzbekistan UZB 32 24 25 81
19 Indonesia INA 25 21 21 67
20 Georgia GEO 24 9 22 55
21 Hungary HUN 23 40 75 138
22 Cuba CUB 22 42 52 116
23 Chinese Taipei TPE 20 46 43 109
24 East Germany GDR 19 44 57 120
25 Ecuador ECU 19 23 21 63
26 Vietnam VIE 18 12 8 38
27 Mexico MEX 16 26 23 65
28 Commonwealth of Independendent States CIS 15 5 2 22
29 North Korea PRK 13 20 24 57
30 Spain ESP 13 17 45 75
31 Latvia LAT 13 14 7 34
32 Japan JPN 11 38 53 102
33 Italy ITA 8 18 23 49
34 Tunisia TUN 8 9 16 33
35 Neutral Participant NEU 7 10 10 27
36 Turkmenistan TKM 7 8 7 22
37 Canada CAN 6 16 15 37
38 Venezuela VEN 6 12 19 37
39 Azerbaijan AZE 6 6 2 14
40 Philippines PHI 6 3 3 12
41 Greece GRE 4 19 19 42
42 Germany GER 4 16 22 42
43 Czechoslovakia TCH 4 11 18 33
44 Albania ALB 4 9 10 23
45 Qatar QAT 4 2 2 8
46 Republic of Moldova MDA 3 12 14 29
47 Belgium BEL 3 3 0 6
48 Samoa SAM 3 2 0 5
49 Netherlands NED 3 0 0 3
50 India IND 2 12 16 30
51 Brazil BRA 2 8 8 18
52 Dominican Republic DOM 2 7 4 13
53 Lithuania LTU 2 1 1 4
54 Great Britain GBR 1 6 13 20
55 Iraq IRQ 1 3 6 10
56 Mongolia MGL 1 2 3 6
57 New Zealand NZL 1 1 7 9
58 Pakistan PAK 1 0 2 3
59 Palestine PLE 1 0 1 2
60 Slovakia SVK 0 6 8 14
61 Australia AUS 0 5 5 10
= Austria AUT 0 5 5 10
63 Cameroon CMR 0 4 1 5
64 Nigeria NGR 0 3 1 4
65 France FRA 0 2 8 10
66 Finland FIN 0 2 5 7
67 Saudi Arabia KSA 0 2 3 5
68 Guatemala GUA 0 2 2 4
69 Fiji FIJ 0 2 1 3
70 Syria SYR 0 2 0 2
71 Sweden SWE 0 1 5 6
72 Serbia SRB 0 1 4 5
73 Nauru NRU 0 1 2 3
74 Refugee Team REF 0 1 1 2
75 Croatia CRO 0 1 0 1
= Israel ISR 0 1 0 1
77 Argentina ARG 0 0 5 5
78 Libya LBA 0 0 4 4
79 Algeria ALG 0 0 3 3
= Czech Republic CZE 0 0 3 3
81 Chile CHI 0 0 2 2
= Portugal POR 0 0 2 2
83 Jordan JOR 0 0 1 1
= Morocco MAR 0 0 1 1
= Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
= Panama PAN 0 0 1 1