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This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]].

==Current program==

===Men===

====Featherweight====
*–60&nbsp;kg (1920–1936)
*56–60&nbsp;kg (1948–1992)
*59–64&nbsp;kg (1996)
*56–62&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*61–67&nbsp;kg (2020)
*-61&nbsp;kg (2024)

{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frans De Haes]]|BEL|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)|Alfred Schmidt]]|EST|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eugène Ryter]]|SUI|1920 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pierino Gabetti]]|ITA|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andreas Stadler (weightlifter)|Andreas Stadler]]|AUT|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arthur Reinmann]]|SUI|1924 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Franz Andrysek]]|AUT|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pierino Gabetti]]|ITA|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hans Wölpert]]|GER|1928 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Raymond Suvigny]]|FRA|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hans Wölpert]]|GER|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tony Terlazzo|Anthony Terlazzo]]|USA|1932 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tony Terlazzo|Anthony Terlazzo]]|USA|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Saleh Soliman]]|EGY|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ibrahim Shams]]|EGY|1936 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mahmoud Fayad]]|EGY|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rodney Wilkes]]|TRI|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jafar Salmasi]]|IRI|1948 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rafael Chimishkyan]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolay Saksonov]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rodney Wilkes]]|TRI|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Isaac Berger]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yevgeni Minaev]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marian Zieliński]]|POL|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yevgeny Minayev]]|URS|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Isaac Berger]]|USA|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sebastiano Mannironi]]|ITA|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoshinobu Miyake]]|JPN|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Isaac Berger]]|USA|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mieczysław Nowak]]|POL|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoshinobu Miyake]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dito Shanidze]]|URS|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoshiyuki Miyake]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norair Nurikyan]]|BUL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dito Shanidze]]|URS|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[János Benedek]]|HUN|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolay Kolesnikov (weightlifter)|Nikolay Kolesnikov]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Georgi Todorov (weightlifter)|Georgi Todorov]]|BUL|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kazumasa Hirai (weightlifter)|Kazumasa Hirai]]|JPN|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Mazin]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Dimitrov (weightlifter)|Stefan Dimitrov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marek Seweryn]]|POL|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Weiqiang]]|CHN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gelu Radu]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tsai Wen-Yee]]|TPE|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Naim Süleymanoğlu]]|TUR|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Topurov]]|BUL|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ye Huanming]]|CHN|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Naim Süleymanoğlu]]|TUR|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolaj Pešalov|Nikolay Peshalov]]|BUL|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[He Yingqiang]]|CHN|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 64 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Naim Süleymanoğlu]]|TUR|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Valerios Leonidis]]|GRE|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Xiao Jiangang]]|CHN|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolaj Pešalov]]|CRO|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonidas Sabanis]]|GRE|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gennady Oleshchuk]]|BLR|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1980)|Shi Zhiyong]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Le Maosheng]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Israel José Rubio]]|VEN|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhang Xiangxiang]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Diego Salazar]]|COL|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Triyatno]]|INA|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Un-guk]]|PRK|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter)|Óscar Figueroa]]|COL|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eko Yuli Irawan]]|INA|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter)|Óscar Figueroa]]|COL|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eko Yuli Irawan]]|INA|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Farkhad Kharki]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 67 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Lijun]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Luis Javier Mosquera]]|COL|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mirko Zanni]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]] <br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 61 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Fabin]]|CHN|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Theerapong Silachai]]|THA|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hampton Morris]]|USA|2024 Summer}}
|-
|}

====Lightweight====
*60–67.5&nbsp;kg (1920–1992)
*64–70&nbsp;kg (1996)
*62–69&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*67–73&nbsp;kg (2020)
*61–73&nbsp;kg (2024-)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alfred Neuland]]|EST|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Williquet]]|BEL|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Florimond Rooms]]|BEL|1920 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Edmond Decottignies]]|FRA|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anton Zwerina]]|AUT|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Bohumil Durdis]]|TCH|1924 Summer}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hans Haas]]|AUT|1928 Summer}}
|rowspan="2" align="center"|''None awarded''
|rowspan="2"|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fernand Arnout]]|FRA|1928 Summer}}
|-
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kurt Helbig]]|GER|1928 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[René Duverger]]|FRA|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hans Haas]]|AUT|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gastone Pierini]]|ITA|1932 Summer}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Robert Fein]]|AUT|1936 Summer}}
|rowspan="2" align="center"|''None awarded''
|rowspan="2"|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karl Jansen]]|GER|1936 Summer}}
|-
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anwar Mesbah]]|EGY|1936 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ibrahim Shams]]|EGY|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Attia Hamouda]]|EGY|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[James Halliday (weightlifter)|James Halliday]]|GBR|1948 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tommy Kono]]|USA|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yevgeny Lopatin]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vern Barberis]]|AUS|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ihor Rybak]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ravil Khabutdinov]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Chang-hee (weightlifter)|Kim Chang-hee]]|KOR|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Bushuev]]|URS|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tan Howe Liang]]|SIN|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Abdul-Wahid Aziz]]|IRQ|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Waldemar Baszanowski]]|POL|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vladimir Kaplunov]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marian Zieliński]]|POL|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Waldemar Baszanowski]]|POL|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Parviz Jalayer]]|IRI|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marian Zieliński]]|POL|1968 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mukharby Kirzhinov]]|URS|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mladen Kuchev]]|BUL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter)|Zbigniew Kaczmarek]]|POL|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Petro Korol]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Daniel Senet]]|FRA|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kazimierz Czarnecki (weightlifter)|Kazimierz Czarnecki]]|POL|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yanko Rusev]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joachim Kunz]]|GDR|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mincho Pashov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yao Jingyuan]]|CHN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andrei Socaci]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jouni Grönman]]|FIN|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joachim Kunz]]|GDR|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Israel Militosyan]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Jinhe]]|CHN|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Israel Militosyan]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoto Yotov]]|BUL|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andreas Behm]]|GER|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 70 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhan Xugang]]|CHN|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Myong-Nam]]|PRK|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Attila Feri]]|HUN|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Galabin Boevski]]|BUL|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Georgi Markov (weightlifter)|Georgi Markov]]|BUL|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Siarhei Laurenau]]|BLR|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhang Guozheng]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lee Bae-young]]|KOR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolaj Pešalov]]|CRO|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Liao Hui (weightlifter)|Liao Hui]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vencelas Dabaya]]|FRA|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yordanis Borrero]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lin Qingfeng]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Triyatno]]|INA|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[ Kim Myong-hyok]]|PRK|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1993)|Shi Zhiyong]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Daniyar Ismayilov]]|TUR|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Luis Javier Mosquera]]|COL|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1993)|Shi Zhiyong]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Julio Mayora]]|VEN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rahmat Erwin Abdullah]]|INA|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rizki Juniansyah]]|INA|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Weeraphon Wichuma]]|THA|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Bozhidar Andreev]]|BUL|2024 Summer}}
|-
|}

====Middleweight====
*67.5–75&nbsp;kg (1920–1992)
*70–76&nbsp;kg (1996)
*69–77&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*73–81&nbsp;kg (2020)
*73–89&nbsp;kg (2024–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Henri Gance]]|FRA|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pietro Bianchi (weightlifter)|Pietro Bianchi]]|ITA|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Albert Pettersson]]|SWE|1920 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Carlo Galimberti]]|ITA|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alfred Neuland]]|EST|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jaan Kikkas]]|EST|1924 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Roger François]]|FRA|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Carlo Galimberti]]|ITA|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Guus Scheffer]]|NED|1928 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rudolf Ismayr]]|GER|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Carlo Galimberti]]|ITA|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karl Hipfinger]]|AUT|1932 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Khadr El-Touni]]|EGY|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rudolf Ismayr]]|GER|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Adolf Wagner (weightlifter)|Adolf Wagner]]|GER|1936 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frank Spellman]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pete George]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Seong-jip]]|KOR|1948 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pete George]]|USA|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gerry Gratton]]|CAN|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Seong-jip]]|KOR|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fyodor Bogdanovsky]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pete George]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ermanno Pignatti]]|ITA|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Kurynov]]|URS|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tommy Kono]]|USA|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Győző Veres]]|HUN|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hans Zdražila]]|TCH|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Kurentsov]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Masushi Ouchi]]|JPN|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Kurentsov]]|URS|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Masushi Ouchi]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Károly Bakos]]|HUN|1968 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yordan Bikov]]|BUL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mohamed Tarabulsi]]|LIB|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anselmo Silvino]]|ITA|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yordan Mitkov]]|BUL|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vardan Militosyan]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Peter Wenzel (weightlifter)|Peter Wenzel]]|GDR|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Asen Zlatev]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Pervi]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nedelcho Kolev]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karl-Heinz Radschinsky]]|FRG|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jacques Demers (weightlifter)|Jacques Demers]]|CAN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dragomir Cioroslan]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Borislav Gidikov]]|BUL|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ingo Steinhöfel]]|GDR|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandar Varbanov]]|BUL|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tudor Casapu|Fedor Kassapu]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pablo Lara]]|CUB|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Myong-Nam]]|PRK|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 76 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pablo Lara]]|CUB|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoto Yotov]]|BUL|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jon Chol-ho]]|PRK|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhan Xugang]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Mitrou]]|GRE|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arsen Melikyan]]|ARM|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Taner Sağır]]|TUR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sergey Filimonov]]|KAZ|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Reyhan Arabacıoğlu]]|TUR|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sa Jae-hyouk]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Hongli]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gevorg Davtyan]]|ARM|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lü Xiaojun]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lu Haojie]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Iván Cambar]]|CUB|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lü Xiaojun]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mohamed Ihab]]|EGY|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chatuphum Chinnawong]]|THA|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lü Xiaojun]]|CHN|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zacarías Bonnat]]|DOM|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Antonino Pizzolato]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 89 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karlos Nasar]]|BUL|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yeison López]]|COL|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Antonino Pizzolato]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}
|-
|}

====Heavyweight====
*+82.5&nbsp;kg (1920–1948)
*+90&nbsp;kg (1952–1968)
*90–110&nbsp;kg (1972–1976)
*100–110&nbsp;kg (1980–1992)
*99–108&nbsp;kg (1996)
*94–105&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*96–109&nbsp;kg (2020)
*89–102&nbsp;kg (2024–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Filippo Bottino]]|ITA|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joseph Alzin]]|LUX|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Bernot]]|FRA|1920 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Giuseppe Tonani]]|ITA|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Franz Aigner (weightlifter)|Franz Aigner]]|AUT|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Harald Tammer]]|EST|1924 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Josef Straßberger]]|GER|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arnold Luhaäär]]|EST|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jaroslav Skobla]]|TCH|1928 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jaroslav Skobla]]|TCH|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Václav Pšenička]]|TCH|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Josef Straßberger]]|GER|1932 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Josef Manger]]|GER|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Václav Pšenička]]|TCH|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arnold Luhaäär]]|EST|1936 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[John Davis (weightlifter)|John Davis]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norbert Schemansky]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Abraham Charité]]|NED|1948 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[John Davis (weightlifter)|John Davis]]|USA|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[James Bradford (weightlifter)|James Bradford]]|USA|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Humberto Selvetti]]|ARG|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Anderson (weightlifter)|Paul Anderson]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Humberto Selvetti]]|ARG|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alberto Pigaiani]]|ITA|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yury Vlasov]]|URS|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[James Bradford (weightlifter)|James Bradford]]|USA|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norbert Schemansky]]|USA|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonid Zhabotinsky]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yury Vlasov]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norbert Schemansky]]|USA|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonid Zhabotinsky]]|URS|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Serge Reding]]|BEL|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joseph Dube]]|USA|1968 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jaan Talts]]|URS|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandar Kraychev]]|BUL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Grützner]]|GDR|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yury Zaitsev (weightlifter)|Yury Zaitsev]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Krastyu Semerdzhiev]]|BUL|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tadeusz Rutkowski]]|POL|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonid Taranenko]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Valentin Hristov (weightlifter, born 1956)|Valentin Khristov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[György Szalai]]|HUN|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norberto Oberburger]]|ITA|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Tasnadi]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Guy Carlton]]|USA|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yury Zakharevich]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[József Jacsó]]|HUN|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ronny Weller]]|GDR|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ronny Weller]]|GER|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Artur Akoyev]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Botev]]|BUL|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 108 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Timur Taymazov]]|UKR|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sergey Syrtsov (weightlifter)|Sergey Syrtsov]]|RUS|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nicu Vlad]]|ROU|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hossein Tavakkoli]]|IRI|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alan Tsagaev]]|BUL|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Said Saif Asaad]]|QAT|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dmitry Berestov]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ihor Razoronov]]|UKR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gleb Pisarevskiy]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andrei Aramnau]]|BLR|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dmitry Klokov]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marcin Dołęga]]|POL|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Navab Nassirshalal]]|IRI|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Bartłomiej Bonk]]|POL|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ivan Efremov (weightlifter)|Ivan Efremov]]|UZB|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ruslan Nurudinov]]|UZB|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Simon Martirosyan]]|ARM|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Zaychikov]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 109 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Akbar Djuraev]]|UZB|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Simon Martirosyan]]|ARM|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Artūrs Plēsnieks]]|LAT|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 102 kg}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Liu Huanhua]]|CHN|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Akbar Djuraev]]|UZB|2024 Summer}}
| {{nowrap|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yauheni Tsikhantsou]]|AIN|2024 Summer}}}}
|-
|}

====Super heavyweight====
*+110&nbsp;kg (1972–1992)
*+108&nbsp;kg (1996)
*+105&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*+109&nbsp;kg (2020)
*+102&nbsp;kg (2024–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vasily Alekseyev]]|URS|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rudolf Mang]]|FRG|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gerd Bonk]]|GDR|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vasily Alekseyev]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gerd Bonk]]|GDR|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Helmut Losch]]|GDR|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sultan Rakhmanov]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jürgen Heuser]]|GDR|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tadeusz Rutkowski]]|POL|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dean Lukin]]|AUS|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mario Martinez (weightlifter)|Mario Martinez]]|USA|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Manfred Nerlinger]]|FRG|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Kurlovich]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Manfred Nerlinger]]|FRG|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Martin Zawieja]]|FRG|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Kurlovich]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonid Taranenko]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Manfred Nerlinger]]|GER|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's +108 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andrei Chemerkin]]|RUS|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ronny Weller]]|GER|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefan Botev]]|AUS|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hossein Rezazadeh]]|IRI|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ronny Weller]]|GER|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andrei Chemerkin]]|RUS|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hossein Rezazadeh]]|IRI|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktors Ščerbatihs]]|LAT|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Velichko Cholakov]]|BUL|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Matthias Steiner]]|GER|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Evgeny Chigishev]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktors Ščerbatihs]]|LAT|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Behdad Salimi]]|IRI|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sajjad Anoushiravani]]|IRI|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jeon Sang-guen]]|KOR|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lasha Talakhadze]]|GEO|2016 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gor Minasyan]]|ARM|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Irakli Turmanidze]]|GEO|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +109 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lasha Talakhadze]]|GEO|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ali Davoudi]]|IRI|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Man Asaad]]|SYR|2020 Summer}} 
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's +102 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lasha Talakhadze]]|GEO|2024 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Varazdat Lalayan]]|ARM|2024 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gor Minasyan]]|BRN|2024 Summer}} 
|-
|}

===Women===
====Flyweight====
*48&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*49&nbsp;kg (2020–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tara Cunningham|Tara Nott]]|USA|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Raema Lisa Rumbewas]]|INA|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sri Indriyani]]|INA|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nurcan Taylan]]|TUR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Zhuo]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aree Wiratthaworn]]|THA|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Wei-ling (weightlifter)|Chen Wei-ling]]|TPE|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Im Jyoung-hwa]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pensiri Laosirikul]]|THA|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wang Mingjuan]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hiromi Miyake]]|JPN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ryang Chun-hwa]]|PRK|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sanikun Tanasan|Sopita Tanasan]]|THA|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sri Wahyuni Agustiani]]|INA|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hiromi Miyake]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hou Zhihui]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Saikhom Mirabai Chanu]]|IND|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Windy Cantika Aisah]]|INA|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hou Zhihui]]|CHN|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mihaela Cambei]]|ROU|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Surodchana Khambao]]|THA|2024 Summer}}
|-
|}

====Lightweight====
*58&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*59&nbsp;kg (2020–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Soraya Jiménez]]|MEX|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ri Song Hui]]|PRK|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Khassaraporn Suta]]|THA|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Yanqing]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ri Song Hui]]|PRK|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wandee Kameaim]]|THA|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Yanqing]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[O Jong Ae]]|PRK|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wandee Kameaim]]|THA|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Xueying]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pimsiri Sirikaew]]|THA|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Siripuch Gulnoi|Rattikan Gulnoi]]|THA|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sukanya Srisurat]]|THA|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pimsiri Sirikaew]]|THA|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kuo Hsing-chun]]|TPE|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 59 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kuo Hsing-chun]]|TPE|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Polina Guryeva]]|TKM|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mikiko Ando]]|JPN|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 59 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Luo Shifang]]|CHN|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Maude Charron]]|CAN|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kuo Hsing-chun]]|TPE|2024 Summer}}
|-
|}

====Light heavyweight====
*69&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*76&nbsp;kg (2020)
*71&nbsp;kg (2024–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lin Weining]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Erzsébet Márkus]]|HUN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karnam Malleswari]]|IND|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Liu Chunhong]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eszter Krutzler]]|HUN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zarema Kasaeva]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oksana Slivenko]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leydi Solís]]|COL|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Abeer Abdelrahman]]|EGY|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rim Jong-sim]]|PRK|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anna Nurmukhambetova]]|KAZ|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ubaldina Valoyes]]|COL|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Xiang Yanmei]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhazira Zhapparkul]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)|Sara Ahmed]]|EGY|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 76 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Neisi Dajomes]]|ECU|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Katherine Nye]]|USA|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aremi Fuentes]]|MEX|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 71 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Olivia Reeves]]|USA|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mari Sánchez]]|COL|2024 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Angie Palacios]]|ECU|2024 Summer}}

|-
|}

====Heavyweight====
*75&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*87&nbsp;kg (2020)
*81&nbsp;kg (2024–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[María Isabel Urrutia]]|COL|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ruth Ogbeifo]]|NGR|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kuo Yi-hang]]|TPE|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pawina Thongsuk]]|THA|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Natalya Zabolotnaya]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Valentina Popova]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alla Vazhenina]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lydia Valentín]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Damaris Aguirre]]|MEX|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lydia Valentín]]|ESP|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Abeer Abdelrahman]]|EGY|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Madias Nzesso]]|CMR|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rim Jong-sim]]|PRK|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Darya Naumava]]|BLR|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lydia Valentín]]|ESP|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 87 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wang Zhouyu]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tamara Salazar]]|ECU|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Crismery Santana]]|DOM|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 81 kg}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|{{nowrap|[[Solfrid Koanda]]}}|NOR|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)|Sara Ahmed]]|EGY|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Neisi Dajomes]]|ECU|2024 Summer}} 
|-
|}

====Super heavyweight====
*+75&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*+87&nbsp;kg (2020)
*+81&nbsp;kg (2024–)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ding Meiyuan]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Agata Wróbel]]|POL|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Cheryl Haworth]]|USA|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics –  Women's +75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tang Gonghong]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jang Mi-ran]]|KOR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Agata Wróbel]]|POL|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics –  Women's +75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jang Mi-ran]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ele Opeloge]]|SAM|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mariam Usman]]|NGR|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics –  Women's +75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhou Lulu]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tatiana Kashirina]]|RUS|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jang Mi-ran]]|KOR|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics –  Women's +75 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Meng Suping]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Kuk-hyang (weightlifter)|Kim Kuk-hyang]]|PRK|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sarah Robles]]|USA|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics –  Women's +87 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Wenwen]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Emily Campbell]]|GBR|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sarah Robles]]|USA|2020 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics –  Women's +81 kg}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Wenwen]]|CHN|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Park Hye-jeong]]|KOR|2024 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Emily Campbell]]|GBR|2024 Summer}} 
|-
|}

==Discontinued events==
===Men===
====One hand lift====
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics|1896 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's one hand lift}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Launceston Elliot]]|GBR|1896 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viggo Jensen]]|DEN|1896 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alexandros Nikolopoulos (weightlifter)|Alexandros Nikolopoulos]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
|}

====Two hand lift====
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics|1896 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's two hand lift}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viggo Jensen]]|DEN|1896 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Launceston Elliot]]|GBR|1896 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sotirios Versis]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
|-
|''1900 Paris''||colspan=3 align=center|''not included in the Olympic program''
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904 St. Louis]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's two hand lift}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Perikles Kakousis]]|GRE|1904 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oscar Osthoff]]|USA|1904 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frank Kugler]]|USA|1904 Summer}}
|}

====All-around dumbbell contest====
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904 St. Louis]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's all-around dumbbell}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oscar Osthoff]]|USA|1904 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frederick Winters]]|USA|1904 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frank Kugler]]|USA|1904 Summer}}
|}

====Flyweight====
*–52&nbsp;kg (1972–1992)
*–54&nbsp;kg (1996)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zygmunt Smalcerz]]|POL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lajos Szűcs (weightlifter)|Lajos Szűcs]]|HUN|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sándor Holczreiter]]|HUN|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Voronin]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[György Kőszegi]]|HUN|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mohammad Nassiri]]|IRI|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kanybek Osmonaliyev]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ho Bong-chol]]|PRK|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Han Gyong-si]]|PRK|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zeng Guoqiang]]|CHN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhou Peishun]]|CHN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kazushito Manabe]]|JPN|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sevdalin Marinov]]|BUL|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chun Byung-kwan]]|KOR|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[He Zhuoqiang]]|CHN|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ivan Ivanov (weightlifter)|Ivan Ivanov]]|BUL|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lin Qisheng]]|CHN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Traian Cihărean]]|ROU|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 54 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Halil Mutlu]]|TUR|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhang Xiangsen]]|CHN|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sevdalin Minchev]]|BUL|1996 Summer}}
|}

====Bantamweight====
*–56&nbsp;kg (1948–1968)
*52–56&nbsp;kg (1972–1992)
*54–59&nbsp;kg (1996)
*–56&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*–61&nbsp;kg (2020)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joseph DePietro]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Julian Creus]]|GBR|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Richard Tom]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ivan Udodov]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mahmoud Namjoo]]|IRI|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ali Mirzaei (weightlifter)|Ali Mirzaei]]|IRI|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Vinci]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vladimir Stogov]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mahmoud Namjoo]]|IRI|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Vinci]]|USA|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoshinobu Miyake]]|JPN|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Esmaeil Elmkhah]]|IRI|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksey Vakhonin]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Imre Földi]]|HUN|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Shiro Ichinoseki]]|JPN|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mohammad Nassiri]]|IRI|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Imre Földi]]|HUN|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Henryk Trębicki]]|POL|1968 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Imre Földi]]|HUN|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mohammad Nassiri]]|IRI|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gennady Chetin]]|URS|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norair Nurikyan]]|BUL|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Grzegorz Cziura]]|POL|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kenkichi Ando]]|JPN|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Daniel Núñez]]|CUB|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yurik Sarkisyan]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tadeusz Dembonczyk]]|POL|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wu Shude]]|CHN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lai Runming]]|CHN|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Masahiro Kotaka]]|JPN|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oksen Mirzoyan]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[He Yingqiang]]|CHN|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Liu Shoubin]]|CHN|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chun Byung-kwan]]|KOR|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Liu Shoubin]]|CHN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Luo Jianming]]|CHN|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 59 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tang Lingsheng]]|CHN|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonidas Sabanis]]|GRE|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolaj Pešalov|Nikolay Peshalov]]|BUL|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Halil Mutlu]]|TUR|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wu Wenxiong]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zhang Xiangxiang]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Halil Mutlu]]|TUR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wu Meijin]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sedat Artuç]]|TUR|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Long Qingquan]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hoang Anh Tuan]]|VIE|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eko Yuli Irawan]]|INA|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Om Yun-chol]]|PRK|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wu Jingbiao]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tran Le Quoc Toan]]|VIE|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Long Qingquan]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Om Yun-chol]]|PRK|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sinphet Kruaithong]]|THA|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 61 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Fabin]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eko Yuli Irawan]]|INA|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Igor Son]]|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
|}

====Light heavyweight====
*75–82.5&nbsp;kg (1920–1992)
*76–83&nbsp;kg (1996)
*77–85&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)

{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ernest Cadine]]|FRA|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fritz Hünenberger]]|SUI|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Erik Pettersson (weightlifter)|Erik Pettersson]]|SWE|1920 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Rigoulot]]|FRA|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fritz Hünenberger]]|SUI|1924 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leopold Friedrich]]|AUT|1924 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[El Sayed Nosseir]]|EGY|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Hostin]]|FRA|1928 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jan Verheijen]]|NED|1928 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Hostin]]|FRA|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Svend Olsen]]|DEN|1932 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Henry Duey]]|USA|1932 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Hostin]]|FRA|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eugen Deutsch]]|GER|1936 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ibrahim Wasif]]|EGY|1936 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stanley Stanczyk]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Harold Sakata]]|USA|1948 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gösta Magnusson]]|SWE|1948 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Trofim Lomakin]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stanley Stanczyk]]|USA|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arkady Vorobyov]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tommy Kono]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vasilijs Stepanovs]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jim George (weightlifter)|Jim George]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ireneusz Palinski]]|POL|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jim George (weightlifter)|Jim George]]|USA|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jan Bochenek]]|POL|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rudolf Plyukfelder]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Géza Tóth (weightlifter)|Géza Tóth]]|HUN|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Győző Veres]]|HUN|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Boris Selitsky]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vladimir Belyaev (weightlifter)|Vladimir Belyaev]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norbert Ozimek]]|POL|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leif Jenssen]]|NOR|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norbert Ozimek]]|POL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[György Horváth]]|HUN|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Valery Shary]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Trendafil Stoychev]]|BUL|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Péter Baczakó]]|HUN|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yurik Vardanyan]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Blagoy Blagoev]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dušan Poliačik]]|TCH|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Petre Becheru]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Robert Kabbas]]|AUS|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ryoji Isaoka]]|JPN|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Israil Arsamakov]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[István Messzi]]|HUN|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lee Hyung-kun]]|KOR|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pyrros Dimas]]|GRE|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Krzysztof Siemion]]|POL|1992 Summer}}
|''none awarded''
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 83 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pyrros Dimas]]|GRE|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marc Huster]]|GER|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andrzej Cofalik]]|POL|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pyrros Dimas]]|GRE|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marc Huster]]|GER|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Giorgi Asanidze]]|GEO|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Giorgi Asanidze]]|GEO|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andrei Rybakou]]|BLR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pyrros Dimas]]|GRE|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lu Yong]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tigran Vardan Martirosyan|Tigran Martirosyan]]|ARM|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jadier Valladares]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Adrian Zieliński]]|POL|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kianoush Rostami]]|IRI|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tarek Yehia (weightlifter)|Tarek Yehia]]|EGY|2012 Summer}} 
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kianoush Rostami]]|IRI|2016 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tian Tao]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Denis Ulanov]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|}

====First heavyweight====
*90–100&nbsp;kg (1980–1992)
*91–99&nbsp;kg (1996)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ota Zaremba]]|TCH|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Igor Nikitin (weightlifter)|Igor Nikitin]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alberto Blanco (weightlifter)|Alberto Blanco]]|CUB|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rolf Milser]]|FRG|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vasile Groapa]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pekka Niemi (weightlifter)|Pekka Niemi]]|FIN|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pavel Kuznetsov (weightlifter)|Pavel Kuznetsov]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nicu Vlad]]|ROU|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Peter Immesberger]]|FRG|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Viktor Tregubov]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Timur Taymazov]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Waldemar Malak]]|POL|1992 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 99 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kakhi Kakhiashvili|Akakios Kakiasvilis]]|GRE|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anatoly Khrapaty]]|KAZ|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Denys Hotfrid|Denys Gotfrid]]|UKR|1996 Summer}}
|}

====Middle heavyweight====
*82.5&nbsp;kg–90&nbsp;kg (1952–1992)
*83–91&nbsp;kg (1996)
*85–94&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*81–96&nbsp;kg (2020)

{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Norbert Schemansky]]|USA|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Grigory Novak]]|URS|1952 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lennox Kilgour]]|TRI|1952 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arkady Vorobyov]]|URS|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dave Sheppard|David Sheppard]]|USA|1956 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jean Debuf]]|FRA|1956 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arkady Vorobyov]]|URS|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Trofim Lomakin]]|URS|1960 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Martin (weightlifter)|Louis Martin]]|GBR|1960 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vladimir Golovanov]]|URS|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louis Martin (weightlifter)|Louis Martin]]|GBR|1964 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ireneusz Paliński]]|POL|1964 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kaarlo Kangasniemi]]|FIN|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jaan Talts]]|URS|1968 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marek Gołąb]]|POL|1968 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Andon Nikolov]]|BUL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Atanas Shopov]]|BUL|1972 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hans Bettembourg]]|SWE|1972 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[David Rigert]]|URS|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lee James (weightlifter)|Lee James]]|USA|1976 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Atanas Shopov]]|BUL|1976 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Péter Baczakó]]|HUN|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Rumen Aleksandrov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frank Mantek]]|GDR|1980 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nicu Vlad]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dumitru Petre]]|ROU|1984 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[David Mercer (weightlifter)|David Mercer]]|GBR|1984 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anatoly Khrapaty]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nail Mukhamedyarov]]|URS|1988 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Slawomir Zawada]]|POL|1988 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kakhi Kakhiashvili]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sergey Syrtsov (weightlifter)|Sergey Syrtsov]]|EUN|1992 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sergiusz Wolczaniecki]]|POL|1992 Summer}} 
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 91 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksey Petrov (weightlifter)|Aleksey Petrov]]|RUS|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Leonidas Kokas]]|GRE|1996 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Oliver Caruso]]|GER|1996 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kakhi Kakhiashvili|Akakios Kakiasvilis]]|GRE|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Szymon Kołecki]]|POL|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksey Petrov (weightlifter)|Aleksey Petrov]]|RUS|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Milen Dobrev]]|BUL|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Khadzhimurat Akkaev]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Eduard Tyukin]]|RUS|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Szymon Kołecki]]|POL|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arsen Kasabiev]]|GEO|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoandry Hernández]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Saeid Mohammadpour]]|IRI|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Min-jae (weightlifter)|Kim Min-jae]]|KOR|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tomasz Zieliński]]|POL|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sohrab Moradi]]|IRI|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vadzim Straltsou]]|BLR|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aurimas Didžbalis]]|LTU|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 96 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fares El-Bakh]]|QAT|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Keydomar Vallenilla]]|VEN|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anton Pliesnoi]]|GEO|2020 Summer}} 
|-
|}

===Women===
====Featherweight====
*53&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*55&nbsp;kg (2020)

{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yang Xia]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Li Fengying]]|TPE|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Winarni Binti Slamet]]|INA|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Udomporn Polsak]]|THA|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Raema Lisa Rumbewas]]|INA|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mabel Mosquera]]|COL|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon]]|THA|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoon Jin-hee]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Raema Lisa Rumbewas]]|INA|2008 Summer}} 
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hsu Shu-ching]]|TPE|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Citra Febrianti]]|INA|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Iulia Paratova]]|UKR|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hsu Shu-ching]]|TPE|2016 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hidilyn Diaz]]|PHI|2016 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yoon Jin-hee]]|KOR|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 55 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hidilyn Diaz]]|PHI|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Liao Qiuyun]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Zulfiya Chinshanlo]]|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
|-
|}

====Middleweight====
*63&nbsp;kg (2000–2016)
*64&nbsp;kg (2020)
{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Xiaomin]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Valentina Popova]]|RUS|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ioanna Khatziioannou]]|GRE|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nataliya Skakun]]|UKR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Hanna Batsiushka]]|BLR|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tatsiana Stukalava]]|BLR|2004 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pak Hyon-suk]]|PRK|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lu Ying-chi]]|TPE|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Christine Girard]]|CAN|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br />{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Christine Girard]]|CAN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Milka Maneva]]|BUL|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Luz Acosta]]|MEX|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Deng Wei (weightlifter)|Deng Wei]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Choe Hyo-sim]]|PRK|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karina Goricheva]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 64 kg}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Maude Charron]]|CAN|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Giorgia Bordignon]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Wen-huei]]|TPE|2020 Summer}}
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Asian Games medalists in weightlifting]]
*[[Weightlifting at the 1906 Intercalated Games]] — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the [[International Olympic Committee]]

==References==
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

{{Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics}}
{{Olympic medalists}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Olympic Medalists In Weightlifting}}
[[Category:Lists of Summer Olympic medalists by sport|Weightlifting]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting|*]]
[[Category:Medalists in weightlifting|Olympic]]
[[Category:Lists of weightlifters]]
[[Category:Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|medalists]]