Weightlifting — Light-Heavyweight, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 402
Total countries 104

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 11 9
1924 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 20 12
1928 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 15 10
1932 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 4 3
1936 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 14 9
1948 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 16 13
1952 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 23 20
1956 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 10 9
1960 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 24 22
1964 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 24 21
1968 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 26 22
1972 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 24 21
1976 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 17 14
1980 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 19 17
1984 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 19 16
1988 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 22 20
1992 Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 30 25
1996 Light-Heavyweight (≤83 kg), Men Olympic 20 18
2000 Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 20 17
2004 Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 21 19
2008 Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 21 19
2012 Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 23 20
2016 Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 23 21
2020 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
2024 Light-Heavyweight (≤89 kg), Men Olympic 12 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Ernest CadineFRA Fritz HünenbergerSUI Erik PetterssonSWE
1924 Charles RigoulotFRA Fritz HünenbergerSUI Leopold FriedrichAUT
1928 Sayed NosseirEGY Louis HostinFRA Jan VerheijenNED
1932 Louis HostinFRA Svend OlsenDEN Henry DueyUSA
1936 Louis HostinFRA Eugen DeutschGER Wasif IbrahimEGY
1948 Stan StanczykUSA Harold SakataUSA Gösta MagnussonSWE
1952 Trofim LomakinURS Stan StanczykUSA Arkady VorobyovURS
1956 Tommy KonoUSA Vasīlijs StepanovsURS Jim GeorgeUSA
1960 Ireneusz PalińskiPOL Jim GeorgeUSA Jan BochenekPOL
1964 Rudolf PlyukfelderURS Géza TóthHUN Győző VeresHUN
1968 Boris SelitskyURS Vladimir BelyayevURS Norbert OzimekPOL
1972 Leif JensenNOR Norbert OzimekPOL György HorváthHUN
1976 Valery SharyURS Trendafil StoychevBUL Péter BaczakóHUN
1980 Yuri VardanyanURS Blagoy BlagoevBUL Dušan PoliačikTCH
1984 Petre BecheruROU Robert KabbasAUS Ryoji IsaokaJPN
1988 Israil ArsamakovURS István MessziHUN Lee Hyeong-GeunKOR
1992 Pyrros DimasGRE Krzysztof SiemionPOL
1996 Pyrros DimasGRE Marc HusterGER Andrzej CofalikPOL
2000 Pyrros DimasGRE Marc HusterGER Giorgi AsanidzeGEO
2004 Giorgi AsanidzeGEO Andrei RybakouBLR Pyrros DimasGRE
2008 Lu YongCHN Tigran Varban MartirosyanARM Jadiel ValladaresCUB
2012 Adrian ZielińskiPOL Kianoush RostamiIRI Tarek YahiaEGY
2016 Kianoush RostamiIRI Tian TaoCHN Denis UlanovKAZ
2020 Lu XiaojunCHN Zacarías BonnatDOM Antonino PizzolatoITA
2024 Karlos NasarBUL Yeison LópezCOL Antonino PizzolatoITA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 6 2 1 9
France FRA 4 1 0 5
Greece GRE 3 0 1 4
United States USA 2 3 2 7
Poland POL 2 2 3 7
People's Republic of China CHN 2 1 0 3
Bulgaria BUL 1 2 0 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 1 0 2
Egypt EGY 1 0 2 3
Georgia GEO 1 0 1 2
Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
Germany GER 0 3 0 3
Hungary HUN 0 2 3 5
Switzerland SUI 0 2 0 2
Armenia ARM 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 1 0 1
Colombia COL 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Dominican Republic DOM 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
Sweden SWE 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Japan JPN 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Pyrros Dimas GRE 3 0 1 4
Louis Hostin FRA 2 1 0 3
Stan Stanczyk USA 1 1 0 2
Kianoush Rostami IRI 1 1 0 2
Giorgi Asanidze GEO 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 2020 Summer Olympics Erkand Qerimaj 9 See all
American Samoa ASA 1988 Summer Olympics Lopesi Faagu 18 See all
Argentina ARG 1924 Summer Olympics Carlos Bergara 5 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Osvaldo Forte 5
Armenia ARM 2008 Summer Olympics Tigran Varban Martirosyan 2 Silver See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Robert Kabbas 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 1924 Summer Olympics Leopold Friedrich 3 Bronze See all
Azerbaijan AZE 1996 Summer Olympics Tofiq Heydərov 11 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Andrei Rybakou 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Leonard Van De Roye =8 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Willy Claes 8
Brazil BRA 1972 Summer Olympics Luiz de Almeida 15 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Karlos Nasar 1 Gold See all
Cameroon CMR 2008 Summer Olympics Brice Batchaya 11 See all
Canada CAN 1948 Summer Olympics Jack Varaleau 6 See all
Chile CHI 2020 Summer Olympics Arley Méndez DNF See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Cheng Chia-Tso 12 See all
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Yeison López 2 Silver See all
Comoros COM 2004 Summer Olympics Chaehoi Fatihou DNF See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Rafael Elizondo 16 See all
Croatia CRO 2016 Summer Olympics Amar Musić 14 See all
Cuba CUB 2008 Summer Olympics Jadiel Valladares 3 Bronze See all
Cyprus CYP 2016 Summer Olympics Antonis Martasidis DNS See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Dušan Poliačik 3 Bronze See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Chon Chol-Ho 4 See all
Denmark DEN 1932 Summer Olympics Svend Olsen 2 Silver See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2020 Summer Olympics Zacarías Bonnat 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Bernhard Radtke 4 See all
Ecuador ECU 1988 Summer Olympics Jhon Sichel 15 See all
Egypt EGY 1928 Summer Olympics Sayed Nosseir 1 Gold See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Saul Hallap 9 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1988 Summer Olympics Absalom Shabangu DNF See all
Fiji FIJ 1996 Summer Olympics Rupeni Varea 17 See all
Finland FIN 1960 Summer Olympics Jouni Kailajärvi 5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Juhani Avellan 5
France FRA 1920 Summer Olympics Ernest Cadine 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Charles Rigoulot 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Louis Hostin 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Louis Hostin 1 Gold
Georgia GEO 2004 Summer Olympics Giorgi Asanidze 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Eugen Deutsch 2 Silver See all
1996 Summer Olympics Marc Huster 2 Silver
2000 Summer Olympics Marc Huster 2 Silver
Ghana GHA 2016 Summer Olympics Christian Amoah 20 See all
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Newton Burrowes 4 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Dave Morgan 4
Greece GRE 1992 Summer Olympics Pyrros Dimas 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Pyrros Dimas 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Pyrros Dimas 1 Gold
Guyana GUY 2004 Summer Olympics Julian McWatt 14 See all
Hungary HUN 1964 Summer Olympics Géza Tóth 2 Silver See all
1988 Summer Olympics István Messzi 2 Silver
Iceland ISL 1980 Summer Olympics Þorsteinn Leifsson AC See all
Indonesia INA 1968 Summer Olympics Irsan Husen DNF See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Shakir Salman 9 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2016 Summer Olympics Kianoush Rostami 1 Gold See all
Israel ISR 1972 Summer Olympics David Berger AC See all
Italy ITA 2020 Summer Olympics Antonino Pizzolato 3 Bronze See all
2024 Summer Olympics Antonino Pizzolato 3 Bronze
Jamaica JAM 1968 Summer Olympics Cedric Demetris DNF See all
Japan JPN 1984 Summer Olympics Ryoji Isaoka 3 Bronze See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Denis Ulanov 3 Bronze See all
Kiribati KIR 2008 Summer Olympics David Katoatau 12 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2008 Summer Olympics Ulan Moldodosov 8 See all
Latvia LAT 2020 Summer Olympics Ritvars Suharevs 6 See all
Lebanon LBN 2000 Summer Olympics Khodor Al-Aywan 19 See all
Libya LBA 2004 Summer Olympics Hamza Abughalia DNF See all
Luxembourg LUX 1936 Summer Olympics Nic Scheitler 5 See all
Malaya MAL 1960 Summer Olympics Kuan King Lam 18 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Lim Hiang Kok DNF See all
Malta MLT 2016 Summer Olympics Kyle Micallef DNF See all
Mauritius MRI 1988 Summer Olympics José Moirt 17 See all
Mexico MEX 1952 Summer Olympics Armando Rueda 12 See all
Monaco MON 1964 Summer Olympics René Battaglia 16 See all
Morocco MAR 2016 Summer Olympics Khalid El-Aabidi 19 See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Jan Verheijen 3 Bronze See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1964 Summer Olympics Fortunato Rijna 14 See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Allister Nalder 8 See all
Nigeria NGR 1988 Summer Olympics Muyiwa Odusanya 9 See all
Norway NOR 1972 Summer Olympics Leif Jensen 1 Gold See all
Oman OMA 2020 Summer Olympics Amur Al-Khanjari 10 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Muhammad Iqbal Butt 10 See all
Panama PAN 1976 Summer Olympics Pablo Justiniani 11 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 2012 Summer Olympics Steven Kari 12 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Lu Yong 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Lu Xiaojun 1 Gold
Peru PER 1984 Summer Olympics Juan Rejas 14 See all
Philippines PHI 1964 Summer Olympics Artemio Rocamora 19 See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Ireneusz Paliński 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Adrian Zieliński 1 Gold
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Víctor Ángel Pagán 9 See all
Qatar QAT 2016 Summer Olympics Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh 7 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Lee Hyeong-Geun 3 Bronze See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2024 Summer Olympics Marin Robu 4 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Petre Becheru 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Yury Myshkovets 13 See all
Samoa SAM 2000 Summer Olympics Ofisa Ofisa 18 See all
Seychelles SEY 2004 Summer Olympics Richard Scheer 12 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1988 Summer Olympics Percy Doherty 19 See all
Slovakia SVK 2008 Summer Olympics Ondrej Kutlík 9 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Issy Bloomberg 6 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Trofim Lomakin 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Rudolf Plyukfelder 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Boris Selitsky 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Valery Shary 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Yuri Vardanyan 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Israil Arsamakov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2020 Summer Olympics Andrés Mata 8 See all
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Erik Pettersson 3 Bronze See all
1948 Summer Olympics Gösta Magnusson 3 Bronze
Switzerland SUI 1920 Summer Olympics Fritz Hünenberger 2 Silver See all
1924 Summer Olympics Fritz Hünenberger 2 Silver
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Salem Ajjoub 14 See all
Thailand THA 2012 Summer Olympics Pitaya Tibnoke 9 See all
Tunisia TUN 2020 Summer Olympics Ramzi Bahloul 12 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2012 Summer Olympics Mansur Rejepow DNF See all
2020 Summer Olympics Rejepbaý Rejepow DNF
Türkiye TUR 1996 Summer Olympics Dursun Sevinç 7 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Pielieshenko 4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Ibragim Samadov DQ See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Fahmy Al-Juhiny AC See all
United States USA 1948 Summer Olympics Stan Stanczyk 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Tommy Kono 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1992 Summer Olympics Sergio Lafuente 26 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Mansurbek Chashemov 5 See all
Venezuela VEN 2024 Summer Olympics Keydomar Vallenilla 8 See all
Vietnam VIE 2016 Summer Olympics Hoàng Tấn Tài 16 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Rolf Milser 7 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Zrnić 9 See all