World Youth Weightlifting Championships

Sport Weightlifting
Competition Category World Championships
Years 2009—2025
Editions 13
Competitors 796
Countries 65

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
2009 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Chiang Mai THA 20 – 24 May 2009 45 62 18
2011 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 10 – 14 May 2011 45 60 18
2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Kosice SVK 18 – 22 September 2012 45 57 20
2013 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Toshkent UZB 8 – 13 April 2013 45 62 21
2015 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 8 – 12 April 2015 45 60 25
2016 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Penang MAS 20 – 25 October 2016 45 64 28
2017 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Bangkok THA 4 – 10 April 2017 48 64 23
2019 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Las Vegas USA 8 – 15 March 2019 60 76 26
2021 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Jeddah KSA 5 – 12 October 2021 60 81 21
2022 World Youth Weightlifting Championships León MEX 11 – 18 June 2022 60 77 24
2023 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Durrës ALB 25 March – 1 April 2023 60 81 30
2024 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 22 – 26 May 2024 60 81 32
2025 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 30 April – 4 May 2025 60 80 34

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 98 43 35 176
2 Kazakhstan KAZ 74 43 43 160
3 Russia RUS 53 36 42 131
4 Colombia COL 46 35 26 107
5 Turkey TUR 37 37 52 126
6 Egypt EGY 27 23 13 63
7 Thailand THA 24 21 29 74
8 Uzbekistan UZB 21 38 26 85
9 Armenia ARM 20 17 23 60
10 Philippines PHI 19 8 4 31
11 Iran IRI 18 23 19 60
12 United States USA 17 28 18 63
13 Georgia GEO 16 30 7 53
14 Mexico MEX 16 23 49 88
15 North Korea PRK 16 11 5 32
16 Venezuela VEN 14 22 21 57
17 Vietnam VIE 13 23 11 47
18 Ecuador ECU 13 11 12 36
19 Bulgaria BUL 12 3 4 19
20 Ukraine UKR 11 12 25 48
21 India IND 9 23 32 64
22 Turkmenistan TKM 9 19 11 39
23 Republic of Moldova MDA 9 6 5 20
24 Canada CAN 7 4 5 16
25 Italy ITA 6 11 4 21
26 Romania ROU 5 16 19 40
27 Iraq IRQ 5 4 4 13
28 Spain ESP 5 3 3 11
29 Poland POL 4 10 13 27
30 Chinese Taipei TPE 4 9 14 27
31 Saudi Arabia KSA 4 9 7 20
32 Neutral Participant NEU 4 5 7 16
33 Indonesia INA 4 3 10 17
34 Syria SYR 4 2 4 10
35 Fiji FIJ 4 0 1 5
36 Brazil BRA 3 8 5 16
37 Czech Republic CZE 3 3 0 6
38 Albania ALB 3 0 2 5
39 Algeria ALG 3 0 0 3
= Argentina ARG 3 0 0 3
= Malta MLT 3 0 0 3
= Slovakia SVK 3 0 0 3
43 Latvia LAT 2 5 3 10
44 Belarus BLR 2 0 1 3
45 Azerbaijan AZE 1 5 7 13
46 Nauru NRU 1 5 1 7
47 Austria AUT 1 2 2 5
48 Belgium BEL 1 2 0 3
49 Oman OMA 1 0 1 2
50 South Korea KOR 0 7 13 20
51 Finland FIN 0 6 4 10
52 Great Britain GBR 0 5 4 9
53 Peru PER 0 4 10 14
54 Japan JPN 0 4 6 10
55 Greece GRE 0 3 3 6
56 Myanmar MYA 0 3 1 4
57 Samoa SAM 0 2 1 3
58 New Zealand NZL 0 1 2 3
59 Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
60 Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
61 France FRA 0 0 3 3
62 Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 2 2
63 Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1