World Weightlifting Championships
The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation. The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.
Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories :
- Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
- Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.
Competitions
Men
- The weightlifting tournaments held during Summer Olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 are counted as World Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
Women
Combined
All-time medal table
Total
All-time big medal count below updated after the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.Big and small medals
All-time big and small medal count below updated after the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.Multiple medalists
The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result. Boldface denotes active weightlifters and highest medal count among all weightlifters per type.| Rank | Weightlifter | Country | Gender | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Vasily Alekseyev | M | +110 kg | 1970 | 1977 | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| 2 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | M | 56 kg / 60 kg / 64 kg | 1983 | 1995 | 7 | 1 | – | 8 | |
| 2 | Yurik Vardanyan | M | 75 kg / 82.5 kg / 90 kg | 1977 | 1985 | 7 | 1 | – | 8 | |
| 4 | Josef Grafl |  Austria | M | Open / +80 kg | 1904 | 1913 | 6 | 2 | – | 8 |
| 5 | Tommy Kono | M | 75 kg / 82.5 kg | 1953 | 1962 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 6 | John Davis | M | 82.5 kg / +82.5 kg / +90 kg | 1938 | 1953 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | |
| 7 | Yoshinobu Miyake | M | 56 kg / 60 kg | 1961 | 1968 | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | |
| 7 | David Rigert | M | 82.5 kg / 90 kg / 100 kg | 1970 | 1978 | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | |
| 9 | Waldemar Baszanowski | M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1961 | 1971 | 5 | 5 | – | 10 | |
| 10 | Tatiana Kashirina | F | +75 kg / +87 kg | 2009 | 2019 | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | |
| 11 | Arkady Vorobyov | M | 82.5 kg / 90 kg | 1950 | 1961 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 12 | Pete George | M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1947 | 1955 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
| 12 | Halil Mutlu | M | 54 kg / 56 kg / 62 kg | 1993 | 2003 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
| 12 | Yanko Rusev | M | 60 kg / 67.5 kg / 75 kg | 1977 | 1983 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
| 15 | Mohammad Nassiri | M | 56 kg / 52 kg | 1966 | 1976 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 16 | Viktor Kurentsov | M | 75 kg | 1964 | 1970 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
| 16 | Lü Xiaojun | M | 77 kg / 81 kg | 2009 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
| 18 | Anatoly Khrapaty | M | 90 kg / 91 kg / 99 kg | 1985 | 1995 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| 18 | Stanley Stanczyk | M | 67.5 kg / 75 kg / 82.5 kg | 1946 | 1954 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| 20 | Vladimir Stogov | M | 56 kg | 1955 | 1962 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | |
| 21 | Deng Wei | F | 58 kg / 63 kg / 64 kg | 2010 | 2019 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| 21 | Om Yun-chol | M | 56 kg / 55 kg | 2013 | 2019 | 5 | – | – | 5 |