2018 World Weightlifting Championships

2018 World Championships
Host cityTurkmenistan Ashgabat
Dates1–10 November
Main venueAshgabat Weightlifting Arena
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The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018.[1][2] This was the first World Championship after the IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all world records. As a result, this World Championship saw a total of 31 senior men's world records and 41 senior women's world records set.

To celebrate the event, then-President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow lifted a golden weight bar, albeit without any actual weights, during a cabinet meeting while his subordinates applauded him. The bizarre scene, broadcast on state media, was met with ridicule by worldwide press.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg (details)
Snatch Om Yun-chol
 North Korea
120 kg Arli Chontey
 Kazakhstan
120 kg Josué Brachi
 Spain
115 kg
Clean & Jerk Om Yun-chol
 North Korea
162 kg
WR
Lại Gia Thành
 Vietnam
142 kg Angel Rusev
 Bulgaria
140 kg
Total Om Yun-chol
 North Korea
282 kg Arli Chontey
 Kazakhstan
258 kg Mirco Scarantino
 Italy
252 kg
61 kg (details)
Snatch Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia
143 kg Li Fabin
 China
142 kg Qin Fulin
 China
139 kg
Clean & Jerk Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia
174 kg
WR
Qin Fulin
 China
169 kg Francisco Mosquera
 Colombia
169 kg
Total Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia
317 kg
WR
Li Fabin
 China
310 kg Qin Fulin
 China
308 kg
67 kg (details)
Snatch Huang Minhao
 China
152 kg Chen Lijun
 China
150 kg Julio Mayora
 Venezuela
147 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Lijun
 China
182 kg Doston Yokubov
 Uzbekistan
180 kg Óscar Figueroa
 Colombia
178 kg
Total Chen Lijun
 China
332 kg
WR
Huang Minhao
 China
323 kg Julio Mayora
 Venezuela
322 kg
73 kg (details)
Snatch Shi Zhiyong
 China
164 kg
WR
Vadzim Likharad
 Belarus
156 kg Feng Lüdong
 China
155 kg
Clean & Jerk Shi Zhiyong
 China
196 kg
WR
Won Jeong-sik
 South Korea
195 kg Ri Chong-song
 North Korea
187 kg
Total Shi Zhiyong
 China
360 kg
WR
Won Jeong-sik
 South Korea
348 kg Vadzim Likharad
 Belarus
343 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch Mohamed Ehab
 Egypt
173 kg
WR
Lü Xiaojun
 China
172 kg Li Dayin
 China
168 kg
Clean & Jerk Li Dayin
 China
204 kg Lü Xiaojun
 China
202 kg Mohamed Ehab
 Egypt
200 kg
Total Lü Xiaojun
 China
374 kg
WR
Mohamed Ehab
 Egypt
373 kg Li Dayin
 China
372 kg
89 kg (details)
Snatch Arley Méndez
 Chile
169 kg Pavel Khadasevich
 Belarus
169 kg Jhor Moreno
 Colombia
168 kg
Clean & Jerk Artem Okulov
 Russia
206 kg Hakob Mkrtchyan
 Armenia
205 kg Keydomar Vallenilla
 Venezuela
204 kg
Total Artem Okulov
 Russia
372 kg Pavel Khadasevich
 Belarus
371 kg Revaz Davitadze
 Georgia
371 kg
96 kg (details)
Snatch Sohrab Moradi
 Iran
186 kg
WR
Tian Tao
 China
181 kg Yauheni Tsikhantsou
 Belarus
180 kg
Clean & Jerk Sohrab Moradi
 Iran
230 kg
WR
Tian Tao
 China
226 kg Fares El-Bakh
 Qatar
217 kg
Total Sohrab Moradi
 Iran
416 kg
WR
Tian Tao
 China
407 kg Nicolae Onică
 Romania
391 kg
102 kg (details)
Snatch Akbar Djuraev
 Uzbekistan
180 kg Ali Hashemi
 Iran
179 kg Dmytro Chumak
 Ukraine
176 kg
Clean & Jerk Reza Beiranvand
 Iran
218 kg Dmytro Chumak
 Ukraine
217 kg Ali Hashemi
 Iran
217 kg
Total Ali Hashemi
 Iran
396 kg Dmytro Chumak
 Ukraine
393 kg Reza Beiranvand
 Iran
393 kg
109 kg (details)
Snatch Yang Zhe
 China
196 kg Simon Martirosyan
 Armenia
195 kg Rodion Bochkov
 Russia
190 kg
Clean & Jerk Simon Martirosyan
 Armenia
240 kg
WR
Arkadiusz Michalski
 Poland
228 kg Ruslan Nurudinov
 Uzbekistan
227 kg
Total Simon Martirosyan
 Armenia
435 kg
WR
Yang Zhe
 China
419 kg Arkadiusz Michalski
 Poland
403 kg
+109 kg (details)
Snatch Lasha Talakhadze
 Georgia
217 kg
WR
Gor Minasyan
 Armenia
205 kg Irakli Turmanidze
 Georgia
203 kg
Clean & Jerk Lasha Talakhadze
 Georgia
257 kg
WR
Gor Minasyan
 Armenia
245 kg Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew
 Turkmenistan
240 kg
Total Lasha Talakhadze
 Georgia
474 kg
WR
Gor Minasyan
 Armenia
450 kg Fernando Reis
 Brazil
436 kg

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
45 kg (details)
Snatch Chiraphan Nanthawong
 Thailand
76 kg Ýulduz Jumabaýewa
 Turkmenistan
75 kg Alessandra Pagliaro
 Italy
70 kg
Clean & Jerk Ýulduz Jumabaýewa
 Turkmenistan
104 kg Chiraphan Nanthawong
 Thailand
95 kg Katherin Echandía
 Venezuela
90 kg
Total Ýulduz Jumabaýewa
 Turkmenistan
179 kg Chiraphan Nanthawong
 Thailand
171 kg Katherin Echandía
 Venezuela
157 kg
49 kg (details)
Snatch Hou Zhihui
 China
93 kg
WR
Jiang Huihua
 China
92 kg Beatriz Pirón
 Dominican Republic
84 kg
Clean & Jerk Hou Zhihui
 China
115 kg Jiang Huihua
 China
114 kg Elena Andrieș
 Romania
105 kg
Total Hou Zhihui
 China
208 kg
WR
Jiang Huihua
 China
206 kg Elena Andrieș
 Romania
188 kg
55 kg (details)
Snatch Li Yajun
 China
102 kg
WR
Zhang Wanqiong
 China
101 kg Muattar Nabieva
 Uzbekistan
98 kg
Clean & Jerk Zhang Wanqiong
 China
124 kg
WR
Li Yajun
 China
123 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo
 Kazakhstan
120 kg
Total Li Yajun
 China
225 kg
WR
Zhang Wanqiong
 China
225 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo
 Kazakhstan
213 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch Kuo Hsing-chun
 Chinese Taipei
105 kg
WR
Hoàng Thị Duyên
 Vietnam
103 kg Rebeka Koha
 Latvia
103 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Guiming
 China
133 kg
WR
Kuo Hsing-chun
 Chinese Taipei
132 kg Mikiko Ando
 Japan
131 kg
Total Kuo Hsing-chun
 Chinese Taipei
237 kg
WR
Chen Guiming
 China
231 kg Rebeka Koha
 Latvia
227 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch Deng Wei
 China
112 kg
WR
Loredana Toma
 Romania
110 kg Karina Goricheva
 Kazakhstan
107 kg
Clean & Jerk Deng Wei
 China
140 kg
WR
Rim Un-sim
 North Korea
134 kg Mercedes Pérez
 Colombia
127 kg
Total Deng Wei
 China
252 kg
WR
Rim Un-sim
 North Korea
239 kg Loredana Toma
 Romania
234 kg
71 kg (details)
Snatch Zhang Wangli
 China
115 kg Nadezda Likhacheva
 Kazakhstan
112 kg Sara Ahmed
 Egypt
111 kg
Clean & Jerk Zhang Wangli
 China
152 kg
WR
Sara Ahmed
 Egypt
141 kg Mattie Rogers
 United States
133 kg
Total Zhang Wangli
 China
267 kg
WR
Sara Ahmed
 Egypt
252 kg Nadezda Likhacheva
 Kazakhstan
242 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch Rim Jong-sim
 North Korea
119 kg Wang Zhouyu
 China
118 kg Neisi Dajomes
 Ecuador
117 kg
Clean & Jerk Wang Zhouyu
 China
152 kg Rim Jong-sim
 North Korea
150 kg Leydi Solís
 Colombia
146 kg
Total Wang Zhouyu
 China
270 kg Rim Jong-sim
 North Korea
269 kg Neisi Dajomes
 Ecuador
259 kg
81 kg (details)
Snatch Lydia Valentín
 Spain
113 kg Raushan Meshitkhanova
 Kazakhstan
108 kg Darya Naumava
 Belarus
108 kg
Clean & Jerk Darya Naumava
 Belarus
137 kg Tamara Salazar
 Ecuador
137 kg Lydia Valentín
 Spain
136 kg
Total Lydia Valentín
 Spain
249 kg Darya Naumava
 Belarus
245 kg Tamara Salazar
 Ecuador
242 kg
87 kg (details)
Snatch Ao Hui
 China
117 kg Crismery Santana
 Dominican Republic
116 kg Kim Un-ju
 North Korea
111 kg
Clean & Jerk Kim Un-ju
 North Korea
152 kg Ao Hui
 China
151 kg María Fernanda Valdés
 Chile
140 kg
Total Ao Hui
 China
268 kg Kim Un-ju
 North Korea
263 kg Crismery Santana
 Dominican Republic
254 kg
+87 kg (details)
Snatch Tatiana Kashirina
 Russia
145 kg
WR
Meng Suping
 China
143 kg Kim Kuk-hyang
 North Korea
130 kg
Clean & Jerk Tatiana Kashirina
 Russia
185 kg
WR
Meng Suping
 China
184 kg Kim Kuk-hyang
 North Korea
165 kg
Total Tatiana Kashirina
 Russia
330 kg
WR
Meng Suping
 China
327 kg Kim Kuk-hyang
 North Korea
295 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China98219
2 Iran2013
3 Russia2002
4 North Korea1315
5 Armenia1102
6 Georgia1012
7 Chinese Taipei1001
 Indonesia1001
 Spain1001
 Turkmenistan1001
11 Belarus0213
12 Egypt0202
13 Kazakhstan0123
14 South Korea0101
 Thailand0101
 Ukraine0101
17 Romania0033
18 Ecuador0022
 Venezuela0022
20 Brazil0011
 Dominican Republic0011
 Italy0011
 Latvia0011
 Poland0011
Totals (24 entries)20202060

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2623554
2 North Korea55515
3 Iran5128
4 Russia5016
5 Georgia3025
6 Indonesia3003
7 Armenia2507
8 Turkmenistan2114
9 Chinese Taipei2103
10 Spain2024
11 Belarus1438
12 Egypt1326
13 Thailand1203
14 Uzbekistan1124
15 Chile1012
16 Kazakhstan0448
17 Ukraine0213
18 South Korea0202
 Vietnam0202
20 Romania0145
21 Ecuador0134
22 Dominican Republic0123
23 Poland0112
24 Colombia0055
 Venezuela0055
26 Italy0022
 Latvia0022
28 Brazil0011
 Bulgaria0011
 Japan0011
 Qatar0011
 United States0011
Totals (32 entries)606060180

Team ranking

Men

Rank Team Points
1  China 724
2  Belarus 468
3  Iran 452
4  Russia 434
5  Georgia 395
6  South Korea 391

Women

Rank Team Points
1  China 797
2  Kazakhstan 488
3  Russia 483
4  United States 462
5  Mexico 421
6  North Korea 368

Participating nations

A total of 582 competitors from 85 nations participated.

References

  1. ^ "Turkmenistan Will Host the 2018 IWF World Championships". barbend.com. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "«Ashgabat 2018» World championships". belli.studio. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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