Weightlifting — Middle-Heavyweight, Men

Times held 18
Total participants 323
Total countries 98

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1952 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
1956 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 15 14
1960 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 20 17
1964 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 19 18
1968 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 29 22
1972 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 23 19
1976 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 19 16
1980 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 18 16
1984 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 26 20
1988 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 28 22
1992 Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 23 19
1996 Middle-Heavyweight (≤91 kg), Men Olympic 25 22
2000 Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men Olympic 19 17
2004 Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men Olympic 25 18
2008 Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men Olympic 18 14
2012 Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men Olympic 21 18
2016 Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men Olympic 18 15
2020 Middle-Heavyweight (≤96 kg), Men Olympic 15 15

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Norb SchemanskyUSA Grigory NovakURS Lennox KilgourTTO
1956 Arkady VorobyovURS Dave SheppardUSA Jean DebufFRA
1960 Arkady VorobyovURS Trofim LomakinURS Louis MartinGBR
1964 Vladimir GolovanovURS Louis MartinGBR Ireneusz PalińskiPOL
1968 Kaarlo KangasniemiFIN Jaan TaltsURS Marek GołąbPOL
1972 Andon NikolovBUL Atanas ShopovBUL Hans BettembourgSWE
1976 David RigertURS Lee JamesUSA Atanas ShopovBUL
1980 Péter BaczakóHUN Rumen AleksandrovBUL Frank MantekGDR
1984 Nicu VladROU Petre DumitruROU David MercerGBR
1988 Anatoly KhrapatyURS Nail MukhamedyarovURS Sławomir ZawadaPOL
1992 K'akhi K'akhiashviliEUN Sergey SyrtsovEUN Sergiusz WołczanieckiPOL
1996 Aleksey PetrovRUS Leonidas KokasGRE Oliver CarusoGER
2000 Akakios KakiasviliGRE Szymon KołeckiPOL Aleksey PetrovRUS
2004 Milen DobrevBUL Khadzhimurat AkkayevRUS Eduard TyukinRUS
2008 Szymon KołeckiPOL Arsen K'asabieviGEO Yohandris HernándezCUB
2012 Saeid MohammadpourIRI Kim Min-JaeKOR Tomasz ZielińskiPOL
2016 Sohrab MoradiIRI Vadzim StraltsouBLR Aurimas DidžbalisLTU
2020 Fares Ibrahim El-BakhQAT Keydomar VallenillaVEN Anton PliesnoiGEO

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 5 4 0 9
Bulgaria BUL 2 2 1 5
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2 0 0 2
United States USA 1 2 0 3
Poland POL 1 1 5 7
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 2 4
Greece GRE 1 1 0 2
Romania ROU 1 1 0 2
Unified Team EUN 1 1 0 2
Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
Qatar QAT 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 2 3
Georgia GEO 0 1 1 2
Belarus BLR 0 1 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 0 1
Venezuela VEN 0 1 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Lithuania LTU 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Akakios Kakiasvili GEO
GRE
EUN
2 0 0 2
Arkady Vorobyov RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Szymon Kołecki POL 1 1 0 2
Aleksey Petrov RUS 1 0 1 2
Andon Nikolov BUL 1 0 0 1
Kaarlo Kangasniemi FIN 1 0 0 1
Péter Baczakó HUN 1 0 0 1
Anatoly Khrapaty KAZ
URS
1 0 0 1
Nicu Vlad ROU 1 0 0 1
Vladimir Golovanov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
David Rigert RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Norb Schemansky USA 1 0 0 1
Milen Dobrev BUL 1 0 0 1
Saeid Mohammadpour IRI 1 0 0 1
Sohrab Moradi IRI 1 0 0 1
Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh QAT 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 2012 Summer Olympics Endri Karina DQ See all
American Samoa ASA 1992 Summer Olympics Eric Brown 21 See all
Argentina ARG 1952 Summer Olympics Héctor Rensonnet 7 See all
Armenia ARM 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksan Karapetyan 13 See all
Aruba ARU 2004 Summer Olympics Junior Faro 19 See all
Australia AUS 1952 Summer Olympics Ken McDonald 6 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Nick Ciancio 6
Austria AUT 1984 Summer Olympics Josef Span 9 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2004 Summer Olympics Əlibəy Səmədov 15 See all
Belarus BLR 2016 Summer Olympics Vadzim Straltsou 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 1976 Summer Olympics Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe 10 See all
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Casiano Tejeda 20 See all
Brazil BRA 1956 Summer Olympics Bruno Barabani 12 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Andon Nikolov 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Milen Dobrev 1 Gold
Cameroon CMR 2016 Summer Olympics Petit David Minkoumba 16 See all
Canada CAN 2020 Summer Olympics Boady Santavy 4 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2020 Summer Olympics Chen Po-Jen 5 See all
Cook Islands COK 1988 Summer Olympics Joseph Kauvai 25 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Fernando Esquivel 23 See all
Cuba CUB 2008 Summer Olympics Yohandris Hernández 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Dalibor Řehák 4 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Yun Chol 12 See all
Denmark DEN 1984 Summer Olympics Henri Høeg 7 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1988 Summer Olympics Francisco Guzmán 18 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Frank Mantek 3 Bronze See all
Ecuador ECU 2008 Summer Olympics Eduardo Guadamud DNF See all
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Saleh 4 See all
Finland FIN 1968 Summer Olympics Kaarlo Kangasniemi 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1956 Summer Olympics Jean Debuf 3 Bronze See all
Georgia GEO 2008 Summer Olympics Arsen K'asabievi 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1996 Summer Olympics Oliver Caruso 3 Bronze See all
Ghana GHA 2020 Summer Olympics Christian Amoah 12 See all
Great Britain GBR 1964 Summer Olympics Louis Martin 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Akakios Kakiasvili 1 Gold See all
Guatemala GUA 1980 Summer Olympics Luis Rosito 11 See all
Haiti HAI 1960 Summer Olympics Philome Laguerre AC See all
Honduras HON 2012 Summer Olympics Cristopher Pavón 10 See all
Hungary HUN 1980 Summer Olympics Péter Baczakó 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 1976 Summer Olympics Guðmundur Sigurðsson 8 See all
India IND 1956 Summer Olympics Kamineni Eswara Rao 11 See all
Iraq IRQ 1964 Summer Olympics Shakir Mahmoud 17 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Mohammed Taher Mohammed 17
Ireland IRL 1972 Summer Olympics Frank Rothwell DNF See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Saeid Mohammadpour 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Sohrab Moradi 1 Gold
Italy ITA 1960 Summer Olympics Leonardo Masu 8 See all
Japan JPN 1972 Summer Olympics Ryoichi Goto DNF See all
2020 Summer Olympics Toshiki Yamamoto DNF
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Bakhyt Akhmetov 7 See all
Kenya KEN 2016 Summer Olympics James Adede 17 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2012 Summer Olympics Abbas Al-Qaisoum 7 See all
Kiribati KIR 2012 Summer Olympics David Katoatau 9 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2020 Summer Olympics Bekdoolot Rasulbekov 6 See all
Latvia LAT 2000 Summer Olympics Sergejs Lazovskis 18 See all
Lebanon LBN 1988 Summer Olympics Hassan El-Kaissi 19 See all
Libya LBA 1988 Summer Olympics Ahmed El-Magrisi 20 See all
Lithuania LTU 2016 Summer Olympics Aurimas Didžbalis 3 Bronze See all
Malaya MAL 1956 Summer Olympics Tan Kim Bee 6 See all
Malaysia MAS 1968 Summer Olympics Leong Chim Seong 19 See all
Mauritius MRI 2008 Summer Olympics Ravi Bhollah 13 See all
Mexico MEX 1984 Summer Olympics José Garcés 8 See all
Myanmar MYA 1980 Summer Olympics Sann Myint DNF See all
Nauru NRU 1996 Summer Olympics Gerard Garabwan 24 See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1960 Summer Olympics Ramiro Fermin 13 See all
New Zealand NZL 1976 Summer Olympics Brian Marsden 11 See all
Nigeria NGR 1988 Summer Olympics Olusola Awosina 12 See all
Norway NOR 1952 Summer Olympics Jørgen Barth-Jørgensen 13 See all
Palestine PLE 2020 Summer Olympics Mohammed Hamada 13 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1992 Summer Olympics Paul Enuki 19 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Ma Wenguang 11 See all
Peru PER 1968 Summer Olympics Efraín Gusquiza 15 See all
Philippines PHI 1988 Summer Olympics Ramón Solis 17 See all
Poland POL 2008 Summer Olympics Szymon Kołecki 1 Gold See all
Portugal POR 1984 Summer Olympics Francisco Coelho 13 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1952 Summer Olympics Jorge Soto 12 See all
Qatar QAT 2020 Summer Olympics Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh 1 Gold See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2012 Summer Olympics Kim Min-Jae 2 Silver See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Vadim Vacarciuc 5 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Nicu Vlad 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksey Petrov 1 Gold See all
Samoa SAM 1984 Summer Olympics Emila Huch 22 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Martin Tešovič 10 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Theunis Jonck 8 See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Arkady Vorobyov 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Arkady Vorobyov 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Vladimir Golovanov 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics David Rigert 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Anatoly Khrapaty 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2008 Summer Olympics José Juan Navarro 7 See all
Sweden SWE 1972 Summer Olympics Hans Bettembourg 3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1984 Summer Olympics Daniel Tschan 14 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1988 Summer Olympics Mohamed Fayad 15 See all
Thailand THA 2016 Summer Olympics Sarat Sumpradit 4 See all
Tonga TGA 1996 Summer Olympics Viliami Tapaatoutai AC See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1952 Summer Olympics Lennox Kilgour 3 Bronze See all
Türkiye TUR 1996 Summer Olympics Sunay Bulut 4 See all
Uganda UGA 1988 Summer Olympics Ali Kavuma 24 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Kostiantyn Piliyev 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics K'akhi K'akhiashvili 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1952 Summer Olympics Norb Schemansky 1 Gold See all
Uruguay URU 1988 Summer Olympics Germán Tozdjián AC See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Furkat Saidov 18 See all
Venezuela VEN 2020 Summer Olympics Keydomar Vallenilla 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Peter Immesberger 4 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Cyrille Tchatchet II 10 See all