Weightlifting — Super-Heavyweight, Men

Times held 14
Total participants 150
Total countries 62

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1972 Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men Olympic 13 11
1976 Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men Olympic 11 8
1980 Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men Olympic 12 8
1984 Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men Olympic 9 7
1988 Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men Olympic 17 13
1992 Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men Olympic 20 16
1996 Super-Heavyweight (>108 kg), Men Olympic 18 15
2000 Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men Olympic 24 21
2004 Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men Olympic 17 15
2008 Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men Olympic 14 12
2012 Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men Olympic 19 17
2016 Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men Olympic 23 19
2020 Super-Heavyweight (>109 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
2024 Super-Heavyweight (>102 kg), Men Olympic 12 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1972 Vasily AlekseyevURS Rudolf MangFRG Gerd BonkGDR
1976 Vasily AlekseyevURS Gerd BonkGDR Helmut LoschGDR
1980 Sultanbay RakhmanovURS Jürgen HeuserGDR Tadeusz RutkowskiPOL
1984 Dean LukinAUS Mario MartinezUSA Manfred NerlingerFRG
1988 Aliaksandr KurlovichURS Manfred NerlingerFRG Martin ZawiejaFRG
1992 Aliaksandr KurlovichEUN Leonid TaranenkoEUN Manfred NerlingerGER
1996 Andrey ChemerkinRUS Ronny WellerGER Stefan Botev HristovAUS
2000 Hossein Reza ZadehIRI Ronny WellerGER Andrey ChemerkinRUS
2004 Hossein Reza ZadehIRI Viktors ŠčerbatihsLAT Velichko CholakovBUL
2008 Matthias SteinerGER Yevgeny ChigishevRUS Viktors ŠčerbatihsLAT
2012 Behdad SalimiIRI Sajjad AnoushiravaniIRI Jeon Sang-GyunKOR
2016 Lasha TalakhadzeGEO Gor MinasyanARM Irakli TurmanidzeGEO
2020 Lasha TalakhadzeGEO Ali DavoudiIRI Man AsaadSYR
2024 Lasha TalakhadzeGEO Varazdat LalayanARM Gor MinasyanBRN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 4 0 0 4
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 3 2 0 5
Georgia GEO 3 0 1 4
Germany GER 1 2 1 4
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 1 3
Unified Team EUN 1 1 0 2
Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
East Germany GDR 0 2 2 4
West Germany FRG 0 2 2 4
Armenia ARM 0 2 0 2
Latvia LAT 0 1 1 2
United States USA 0 1 0 1
Bahrain BRN 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 0 1 1
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Lasha Talakhadze GEO 3 0 0 3
Vasily Alekseyev RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Aliaksandr Kurlovich BLR
URS
EUN
2 0 0 2
Hossein Reza Zadeh IRI 2 0 0 2
Andrey Chemerkin RUS 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2016 Summer Olympics Walid Bidani 13 See all
American Samoa ASA 2000 Summer Olympics Alesana Sione 20 See all
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Gor Minasyan 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Varazdat Lalayan 2 Silver
Aruba ARU 2012 Summer Olympics Carl Henriquez 15 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Dean Lukin 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 2020 Summer Olympics Sargis Martirosjan 10 See all
Bahrain BRN 2024 Summer Olympics Gor Minasyan 3 Bronze See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Kurlovich 5 See all
Belgium BEL 1972 Summer Olympics Serge Reding DNF See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Fernando Reis 5 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2004 Summer Olympics Velichko Cholakov 3 Bronze See all
Cameroon CMR 1988 Summer Olympics Dieudonné Takou 14 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Frédéric Tefot 14
Chinese Taipei TPE 2012 Summer Olympics Chen Shih-Chieh 7 See all
Cook Islands COK 2008 Summer Olympics Sam Pera 12 See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Ernesto Agüero 4 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Jiří Orság 5 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1976 Summer Olympics Ján Nagy 4 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Rudolf Strejček 4
Dominican Republic DOM 1988 Summer Olympics José Miguel Guzmán 13 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Gerd Bonk 2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Jürgen Heuser 2 Silver
Ecuador ECU 2016 Summer Olympics Fernando Salas 14 See all
Egypt EGY 1984 Summer Olympics Mosad Al-Tabi'y 6 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Reda El-Batoty 6
Estonia EST 2016 Summer Olympics Mart Seim 7 See all
Finland FIN 1972 Summer Olympics Jouko Leppä 4 See all
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Lasha Talakhadze 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Lasha Talakhadze 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Lasha Talakhadze 1 Gold
Germany GER 2008 Summer Olympics Matthias Steiner 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1988 Summer Olympics Matthew Vine 9 See all
Greece GRE 1984 Summer Olympics Ioannis Tsintsaris 4 See all
Guatemala GUA 2012 Summer Olympics Christian López 12 See all
Hungary HUN 2020 Summer Olympics Péter Nagy 7 See all
Iraq IRQ 2024 Summer Olympics Ali Ammar Yusur 6 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2000 Summer Olympics Hossein Reza Zadeh 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Hossein Reza Zadeh 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Behdad Salimi 1 Gold
Israel ISR 2020 Summer Olympics David Litvinov 11 See all
Italy ITA 1992 Summer Olympics Vanni Lauzana 12 See all
Jamaica JAM 1988 Summer Olympics Calvin Stamp 11 See all
Japan JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Kazuomi Ota 10 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Eishiro Murakami 10
Latvia LAT 2004 Summer Olympics Viktors Ščerbatihs 2 Silver See all
Libya LBA 1992 Summer Olympics Mustafa Ahshad 18 See all
Nauru NRU 2008 Summer Olympics Itte Detenamo 10 See all
Nepal NEP 1996 Summer Olympics Sunil Joshi 17 See all
Netherlands NED 2020 Summer Olympics Enzo Kuworge 6 See all
New Zealand NZL 2020 Summer Olympics David Liti 5 See all
Nigeria NGR 1984 Summer Olympics Batholomew Oluoma 5 See all
Norway NOR 1996 Summer Olympics Stian Grimseth 10 See all
Peru PER 1988 Summer Olympics Rolando Marchinares 15 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Tadeusz Rutkowski 3 Bronze See all
Qatar QAT 2000 Summer Olympics Jaber Salem 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2012 Summer Olympics Jeon Sang-Gyun 3 Bronze See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Marius Alecu 15 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Andrey Chemerkin 1 Gold See all
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Ondrej Kružel 18 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Vasily Alekseyev 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Vasily Alekseyev 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Sultanbay Rakhmanov 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Kurlovich 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2020 Summer Olympics Marcos Ruiz 8 See all
Sweden SWE 1976 Summer Olympics Jan-Olof Nolsjö 8 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2020 Summer Olympics Man Asaad 3 Bronze See all
Tonga TGA 2008 Summer Olympics Maamaloa Lolohea 13 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2020 Summer Olympics Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew 4 See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Erdinç Aslan 7 See all
Ukraine UKR 2004 Summer Olympics Hennadiy Krasylnykov 4 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Artem Udachyn 4
2012 Summer Olympics Ihor Shymechko 4
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Kurlovich 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Mario Martinez 2 Silver See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Rustam Dzhangabayev 6 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Rudolf Mang 2 Silver See all
1988 Summer Olympics Manfred Nerlinger 2 Silver