Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 7 to 11 August 2024 at the South Paris Arena.
Several significant changes are instituted in the weightlifting program for these Games, as the number of categories is trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Colombia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Georgia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Indonesia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Thailand |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Armenia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Egypt |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Ecuador |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Bahrain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Chinese Taipei |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| — |  Individual Neutral Athletes |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg | Li Fabin
|
Theerapong Silachai
|
Hampton Morris
|
| 73 kg | Rizki Juniansyah
|
Weeraphon Wichuma
|
Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev
|
| 89 kg | Karlos May Nasar
|
Yeison Lopez
|
Antonino Pizzolato
|
| 102 kg | Liu Huanhua
|
Akbar Djuraev
|
Yauheni Tsikhantsou
|
| 102+ kg | Lasha Talakhadze
|
Varazdat Lalayan
|
Gor Minasyan
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg | Hou Zhihui
|
Mihaela Valentina Cambei
|
Surodchana Khambao
|
| 59 kg | Luo Shifang
|
Maude Charron
|
Kuo Hsing-chun
|
| 71 kg | Olivia Reeves
|
Mari Leivis Sanchez
|
Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes
|
| 81 kg | Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda
|
Sara Ahmed
|
Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera
|
| 81+ kg | Li Wenwen
|
Park Hye-jeong
|
Emily Campbell
|
Trivia[]
- There were 122 total athletes from 58 countries.
- Yekta Jamali Galeh was the youngest participant with 19 years and 238 days.
- Kamil Kucera was the oldest participant with 39 years and 144 days.
- Thailand won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Ecuador won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Norway won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Bahrain won its first-ever medal in the sport.
- United States won its first gold medal in the sport since Sydney 2000.
- Bulgaria won its first gold medal in the sport since Athens 2004.
- Romania won its first medal in the sport since Atlanta 1996.
- 12 athletes were selected as flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
