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| host_city = {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Riyadh]], |
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| dates = 4–17 September<ref name=arabn/> |
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| stadium = Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex (Green Hall)<ref> |
| stadium = Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex (Green Hall)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/06/2023-IWF-WC_Riyadh-KSA_Regulations_FINAL.pdf|title=Competition Regulations|accessdate=18 November 2023}}</ref> |
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| previous = [[2022 World Weightlifting Championships|2022]] |
| previous = [[2022 World Weightlifting Championships|2022]] |
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| next = [[2024 World Weightlifting Championships|2024]] |
| next = [[2024 World Weightlifting Championships|2024]] |
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The '''2023 [[World Weightlifting Championships]]''' was a weightlifting competition held in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023.<ref name=arabn>{{ |
The '''2023 [[World Weightlifting Championships]]''' was a weightlifting competition held in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023.<ref name=arabn>{{cite news |date=21 December 2022 |title=Saudi Arabia to host 2023 world weightlifting champs |work=Arab News |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2219741/saudi-sport |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Barker |first=Philip |date=22 February 2023 |title=SOPC awards ceremony celebrates achievements of Saudi Arabia's sports stars in 2022 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1134007/saudi-arabia-sports-awards-2022 |access-date=28 February 2023 |work=Inside the Games}}</ref> |
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The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the [[weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="weightlifting_qualification_olympics_2024">{{ |
The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the [[weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="weightlifting_qualification_olympics_2024">{{cite web |title=Weightlifting Qualification System Paris 2024 |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/2022-12-12-Olympic-Games-Paris-2024-qualification-system-Weightlifting-English.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220090616/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/2022-12-12-Olympic-Games-Paris-2024-qualification-system-Weightlifting-English.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one.<ref name="record_entries_first_step_paris_2024">{{cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=10 November 2022 |title=Record entries for IWF World Championships as weightlifters take first steps to Paris 2024 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1130280/record-entries-for-iwf-worlds |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=Inside the Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=13 October 2022 |title=Exclusive: IWF plans two platforms at Paris qualifying events to cope with huge entry numbers |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1129155/iwf-two-platforms |access-date=10 December 2022 |work=Inside the Games}}</ref> |
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| gold_AIN = 0 | silver_AIN = 0 | bronze_AIN = 1 | name_AIN = [[Authorised Neutral Athletes|Individual Neutral Athletes]] {{efn|name=NoteA|As a result of sanctions imposed following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Belarusian weightlifters participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (''Athlètes Individuels Neutres'' in French) according to an [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] decision implemented by the IWF.<ref>https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2023/03/Participation-for-Individual-Neutral-Athletes-Personnel-with-a-Russian-or-Belarusian-Passport.pdf</ref> No Russian athlete agreed to participate as neutrals.<ref>https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139667/pedro-adrega-interim-chief</ref><ref>https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137177/russia-out-of-paris-weightlifting</ref> No flag at all was used for the delegation, not even the [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] flag.<ref>https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete_name=LAPTSEU+Henadz&athlete_gender=all&athlete_nation=all</ref> The [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] does not include the medals won by these weightlifters in the official medal table, they results does not counted in the team rankings.<ref>https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf</ref>}} | skip_AIN = yes |
| gold_AIN = 0 | silver_AIN = 0 | bronze_AIN = 1 | name_AIN = [[Authorised Neutral Athletes|Individual Neutral Athletes]] {{efn|name=NoteA|As a result of sanctions imposed following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Belarusian weightlifters participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (''Athlètes Individuels Neutres'' in French) according to an [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] decision implemented by the IWF.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recommended Conditions of Pariticipation for Individual Neutral Athletes and Support Personnel |url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2023/03/Participation-for-Individual-Neutral-Athletes-Personnel-with-a-Russian-or-Belarusian-Passport.pdf |website=Olympics}}</ref> No Russian athlete agreed to participate as neutrals.<ref>{{cite web |last=Oliver |first=Brian |title=New chief executive for IWF as IOC's decision on weightlifting’s future looms |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139667/pedro-adrega-interim-chief |website=Inside the Games |date=8 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Oliver |first=Brian |title=Russia out of Paris 2024 weightlifting after missing deadline |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137177/russia-out-of-paris-weightlifting |website=Inside the Games |date=20 May 2023}}</ref> No flag at all was used for the delegation, not even the [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] flag.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henadz Laptseu |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete_name=LAPTSEU+Henadz&athlete_gender=all&athlete_nation=all&__cf_chl_tk=LH3ilSakzBcBrgi0w1AWfEN8MlIItXHnqW0K7G8mk3U-1708644335-0.0-5117 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> The [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] does not include the medals won by these weightlifters in the official medal table, they results does not counted in the team rankings.<ref>{{cite web |title=IWF World Championships Riyadh 2023 Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf |website=International Weightlifting Federation |date=17 September 2023}}</ref>}} | skip_AIN = yes |
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==Participating nations== |
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A total of 719 competitors from 117 nations participated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901012649/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/08/2023-IWF-WCH_START-BOOK.pdf |
A total of 719 competitors from 117 nations participated.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 September 2023 |title=Start Book |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901012649/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/08/2023-IWF-WCH_START-BOOK.pdf |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> |
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*{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}} (2){{efn|The IWF continues to recognize the ''de jure'' [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Zubair Nazari |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete_name=NAZARI+Zubair&athlete_gender=all&athlete_nation=all |website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref>}} |
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North Korea entered a team in July 2023,<ref>{{cite web |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=7 July 2023 |title=North Korea's weightlifters set to return at World Championships - if they turn up |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138702/north-korea-iwf-world-championships |website=Inside the Games}}</ref> but was disqualified due to not allowing independent anti-doping testers into the country.<ref>{{cite web |last=Oliver |first=Brian |title=North Korea "opens up" to foreigners after threat of weightlifting exclusion |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141524/north-korean-opens-up-to-foreigners |website=Inside the Games |date=8 October 2023}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:48, 4 December 2024
Host city | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Dates | 4–17 September[1] |
Main venue | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex (Green Hall)[2] |
The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023.[1][3]
The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[4] The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one.[5][6]
Schedule
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Event ↓ | 16:30 |
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Date → | Mon 4 | Tue 5 | Wed 6 | Thu 7 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Mon 11 | Tue 12 | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Event ↓ | 11:30 |
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Medal table
[edit]Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
2 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Colombia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
6 | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
15 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Madagascar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
– | Individual Neutral Athletes [a] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (25 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 20 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
2 | Thailand | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
3 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
5 | South Korea | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
6 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
7 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
8 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Colombia | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
10 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Armenia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
United States | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
13 | Indonesia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Italy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
15 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
– | Individual Neutral Athletes [a] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Madagascar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
18 | Ecuador | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
19 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
21 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
23 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
26 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
28 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
30 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (33 entries) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 180 |
Medal summary
[edit]Men
[edit]Women
[edit]Team ranking
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Men[edit]
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Women[edit]
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Participating nations
[edit]A total of 719 competitors from 117 nations participated.[12]
- Afghanistan (2)[b]
- AIN (10) [a]
- Albania (3)
- Algeria (4)
- Argentina (1)
- Armenia (14)
- Australia (9)
- Austria (2)
- Azerbaijan (6)
- Bahrain (3)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
- Botswana (1)
- Brazil (4)
- Brunei (2)
- Bulgaria (10)
- Cameroon (5)
- Canada (16)
- Chile (4)
- China (18)
- Chinese Taipei (16)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Colombia (20)
- Croatia (3)
- Cuba (5)
- Czech Republic (6)
- Denmark (5)
- Dominican Republic (5)
- Ecuador (9)
- Egypt (7)
- Estonia (3)
- Fiji (1)
- Finland (5)
- France (9)
- Georgia (11)
- Germany (7)
- Ghana (4)
- Great Britain (11)
- Greece (4)
- Guam (1)
- Guatemala (3)
- Honduras (3)
- Hungary (2)
- Iceland (3)
- India (6)
- Indonesia (15)
- Iran (16)
- Iraq (6)
- Ireland (6)
- Israel (4)
- Italy (9)
- Jamaica (2)
- Japan (14)
- Jordan (1)
- Kazakhstan (12)
- Kenya (8)
- Kiribati (2)
- Kuwait (8)
- Kyrgyzstan (2)
- Latvia (4)
- Lebanon (2)
- Libya (2)
- Lithuania (6)
- Madagascar (4)
- Malaysia (2)
- Malta (1)
- Marshall Islands (1)
- Mauritius (1)
- Mexico (19)
- Moldova (4)
- Mongolia (10)
- Morocco (5)
- Nauru (1)
- Nepal (5)
- Netherlands (5)
- Nigeria (6)
- New Zealand (6)
- Norway (5)
- Oman (2)
- Papua New Guinea (2)
- Peru (4)
- Philippines (7)
- Poland (10)
- Portugal (10)
- Puerto Rico (5)
- Qatar (1)
- Romania (8)
- Samoa (3)
- Saudi Arabia (20)
- Serbia (1)
- Sierra Leone (1)
- Slovakia (6)
- Solomon Islands (1)
- South Africa (3)
- South Korea (19)
- Spain (18)
- Sri Lanka (3)
- Sweden (4)
- Switzerland (1)
- Syria (1)
- Thailand (16)
- Tonga (1)
- Tunisia (5)
- Turkey (12)
- Turkmenistan (15)
- Tuvalu (1)
- Uganda (3)
- Ukraine (7)
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- United States (20)
- Uzbekistan (13)
- Vanuatu (2)
- Venezuela (15)
- Vietnam (7)
- IWF Refugee Team (6)[c]
- Yemen (2)
North Korea entered a team in July 2023,[15] but was disqualified due to not allowing independent anti-doping testers into the country.[16]
See also
[edit]- List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (men)
- List of World Championships medalists in weightlifting (women)
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c As a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian weightlifters participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (Athlètes Individuels Neutres in French) according to an IOC decision implemented by the IWF.[7] No Russian athlete agreed to participate as neutrals.[8][9] No flag at all was used for the delegation, not even the IWF flag.[10] The IWF does not include the medals won by these weightlifters in the official medal table, they results does not counted in the team rankings.[11]
- ^ The IWF continues to recognize the de jure Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[13]
- ^ The team competed under the IWF flag and the Olympic Anthem, and used the country code WRT.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Saudi Arabia to host 2023 world weightlifting champs". Arab News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ Barker, Philip (22 February 2023). "SOPC awards ceremony celebrates achievements of Saudi Arabia's sports stars in 2022". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Weightlifting Qualification System Paris 2024" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (10 November 2022). "Record entries for IWF World Championships as weightlifters take first steps to Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (13 October 2022). "Exclusive: IWF plans two platforms at Paris qualifying events to cope with huge entry numbers". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Recommended Conditions of Pariticipation for Individual Neutral Athletes and Support Personnel" (PDF). Olympics.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (8 August 2023). "New chief executive for IWF as IOC's decision on weightlifting's future looms". Inside the Games.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (20 May 2023). "Russia out of Paris 2024 weightlifting after missing deadline". Inside the Games.
- ^ "Henadz Laptseu". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ "IWF World Championships Riyadh 2023 Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Start Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Zubair Nazari". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ "Weightlifting for Refugees | IWF Refugee Team" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (7 July 2023). "North Korea's weightlifters set to return at World Championships - if they turn up". Inside the Games.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (8 October 2023). "North Korea "opens up" to foreigners after threat of weightlifting exclusion". Inside the Games.