Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 7 August 2012 at ExCeL London.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Iran |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  North Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Poland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Chinese Taipei |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Indonesia |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  South Korea |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Egypt |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Thailand |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Colombia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Japan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Cameroon |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cuba |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Vietnam |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg | Om Yun-chol
|
Wu Jingbiao
|
Ie Quoc Toan Tran
|
| 62 kg | Kim Un-guk
|
Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera
|
Eko Yuli Irawan
|
| 69 kg | Lin Qingfeng
|
Triyatno Triyatno
|
- |
| 77 kg | Lu Xiaojun
|
Lu Haojie
|
Ivan Cambar Rodriguez
|
| 85 kg | Adrian Edward Zielinski
|
Kianoush Rostami
|
Tarek Abdelazim
|
| 94 kg | Saeid Mohammadpourkarkaragh
|
Kim Min-jae
|
Tomasz Bernard Zielinski
|
| 105 kg | Navab Nasirshelal
|
Bartlomiej Wojciech Bonk
|
Ivan Efremov
|
| 105+ kg | Behdad Salimikordasiabi
|
Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad
|
Jeon Sang-guen
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Wang Mingjuan
|
Hiromi Miyake
|
Ryang Chun-hwa
|
| 53 kg | Hsu Shu-ching
|
Citra Febrianti
|
Iulia Paratova
|
| 58 kg | Li Xueying
|
Pimsiri Sirikaew
|
Rattikan Gulnoi
|
| 63 kg | Christine Girard
|
Milka Maneva
|
Luz Mercedes Acosta Valdez
|
| 69 kg | Rim Jong-sim
|
- | Anna Nurmukhambetova
|
| 75 kg | Lidia Valentin Perez
|
Khalil Mahmoud Abir Abdelrahman
|
Madias Dodo Nzesso Ngake
|
| 75+ kg | Zhou Lulu
|
Tatiana Kashirina
|
Jang Mi-ran
|
Statistics[]
- There were 253 total athletes from 84 countries.
- Khadija Mohammad was the youngest participant with 17 years and 45 days.
- Martin Tesovic was the oldest participant with 37 years and 286 days.
- 8 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- 6 world records and 5 Olympic records were broken.
- More than 32 participants were disqualified after testing positive for doping, including 16 medalists.
- Egypt and Thailand won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Cameroon won their only medal of London 2012.
