World Youth Weightlifting Championships

Sport Weightlifting
Competition Category World Championships
Years 2009—2026
Editions 14
Competitors 849
Countries 67

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
2026 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Cali COL 5 – 11 July 2026 48 68 28

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 98 43 35 176
2 Kazakhstan KAZ 76 45 44 165
3 Russia RUS 55 38 47 140
4 Colombia COL 46 35 31 112
5 Turkey TUR 41 46 55 142
6 Egypt EGY 30 24 14 68
7 Thailand THA 24 21 29 74
8 Philippines PHI 23 18 6 47
9 Uzbekistan UZB 21 38 26 85
10 Georgia GEO 21 32 14 67
11 United States USA 20 28 18 66
12 Armenia ARM 20 19 23 62
13 Mexico MEX 18 24 53 95
14 Venezuela VEN 18 24 25 67
15 Iran IRI 18 23 19 60
16 North Korea PRK 16 11 5 32
17 Vietnam VIE 13 23 11 47
18 Turkmenistan TKM 13 21 12 46
19 Ecuador ECU 13 12 13 38
20 Ukraine UKR 12 13 26 51
21 Republic of Moldova MDA 12 6 5 23
22 Bulgaria BUL 12 3 4 19
23 India IND 9 23 32 64
24 Iraq IRQ 8 4 4 16
25 Canada CAN 7 4 5 16
26 Italy ITA 6 14 8 28
27 Saudi Arabia KSA 6 10 7 23
28 Spain ESP 6 5 3 14
29 Romania ROU 5 18 21 44
30 Poland POL 4 11 14 29
31 Chinese Taipei TPE 4 10 15 29
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 6 17
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
= Aruba ARU 3 0 0 3
= Malta MLT 3 0 0 3
= Slovakia SVK 3 0 0 3
44 Latvia LAT 2 5 3 10
45 Belarus BLR 2 0 3 5
= Tunisia TUN 2 0 3 5
47 Azerbaijan AZE 1 5 7 13
48 Nauru NRU 1 5 1 7
49 Austria AUT 1 2 2 5
50 Belgium BEL 1 2 0 3
51 Oman OMA 1 0 1 2
52 South Korea KOR 0 7 13 20
53 Finland FIN 0 6 4 10
54 Great Britain GBR 0 5 4 9
55 Peru PER 0 4 10 14
56 Japan JPN 0 4 6 10
57 Greece GRE 0 4 3 7
58 Myanmar MYA 0 3 1 4
59 Samoa SAM 0 2 1 3
60 Libya LBA 0 2 0 2
61 New Zealand NZL 0 1 2 3
62 Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
63 Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
64 France FRA 0 0 3 3
65 Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 2 2
66 Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1