Asian Weightlifting Championships

The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries. It has been held since 1969 for men and 1988 for women. In 2008 the championships provided the official qualification for Asian competitors in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Editions YearEditionVenueDatesTop NationsMW1st2nd3rd 1957 1 Tehran, Iran8 – 12 November 1957 Iran Japan Iraq 1964 2 Tokyo, Japan11 – 18 October 1964 Japan South Korea Chinese Taipei 1965 3 Tehran, Iran27 October – 3 November 1965 Iran Japan Iraq 1971 4 Manila, Philippines9 – 11 October 1971 Iran Indonesia South Korea 1973 5 Tel Aviv, Israel (Cancelled) 1974 6 Tehran, Iran2 – 5 September 1974 Iran Japan South Korea 1975 7 Tel Aviv, Israel (Cancelled) 1976 8 Bangkok, Thailand10 – 12 April 1976 China Japan South Korea 1977 9 Baghdad, Iraq 3 – 6 May 1977(Cancelled) 1978 10 Bangkok, Thailand10 – 16 December 1978 North Korea Japan China 1979 11 Tokyo, Japan15 – 17 August 1979 Japan China Iraq 1980 12 Seoul, South Korea22 – 25 April 1980 Japan Iran South Korea 1981 13 Nagoya, Japan16 – 19 August 1981 China South Korea Syria 1982 14 New Delhi, India20 – 29 November 1982 China Japan South Korea 1983 15 Damascus, Syria13 – 19 August 1983 North Korea Iran China 1984 16 Tabriz, Iran7 – 10 November 1984 Iran China North Korea 1985 17 Jiangxi, China15 – 20 April 1985 China South Korea Iraq 1986 18 Seoul, South Korea21 September – 1 October 1986 China South Korea Japan 1987 19 Ageo, Japan17 – 19 April 1987 China Iraq North Korea1988 20 Shilong, China15 – 20 June 1988 China Iraq North Korea 1 Jakarta, Indonesia2 – 4 December 1988 China Indonesia South Korea1989 21 Tehran, Iran (Cancelled) 2 Shanghai, China22–24 December 1989 China South Korea Chinese Taipei 1990 22 3 Beijing, China23 September – 1 October 1990 China South Korea North Korea1991 23 Kamisu, Japan20 – 23 December 1991 China South Korea North Korea 4 Manado, Indonesia24 – 30 August 1991 China Chinese Taipei India1992 24 Fuzhou, China11 – 15 April 1992 China South Korea Iraq 5 Chiang Mai, Thailand21 – 23 December 1992 China Chinese Taipei North Korea1993 25 Tabriz, Iran14 – 20 February 1993 China Iran Japan 6 Shilong, China15 – 19 December 1993 China Chinese Taipei Thailand 1994 26 7 Hiroshima, Japan3 – 10 October 1994 China Kazakhstan South Korea 1995 27 8 Busan, South Korea3 – 8 July 1995 China Kazakhstan South Korea 1996 28 9 Yachiyo, Japan4 – 9 April 1996 China North Korea Kazakhstan 1997 29 10 Yangzhou, China8 – 14 July 1997 China Chinese Taipei North Korea 1998 30 11 Bangkok, Thailand7 – 14 December 1998 China South Korea Iran 1999 31 12 Wuhan, China29 August – 5 September 1999 China Iran Chinese Taipei 2000 32 13 Osaka, Japan2 – 6 May 2000 China India Qatar 2001 33 14 Jeonju, South Korea13 – 17 July 2001 China Qatar South Korea 2002 34 15 Busan, South Korea30 September – 10 October 2002 China Kazakhstan Iran 2003 35 16 Qinhuangdao, China10 – 14 September 2003 China Iran South Korea 2004 36 17 Almaty, Kazakhstan7 – 12 April 2004 China Kazakhstan Qatar 2005 37 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates23 September – 1 October 2005 China Thailand Kazakhstan 2007 38 19 Tai'an, China21 – 27 April 2007 China Vietnam Qatar 2008 39 20 Kanazawa, Japan26 April – 5 May 2008 China Iran Thailand 2009 40 21 Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan11 – 15 May 2009 China Kazakhstan Iran 2010 41 22 Guangzhou, China13 – 19 November 2010 China Kazakhstan North Korea 2011 42 23 Tongling, China13 – 17 April 2011 China Iran Macau 2012 43 24 Pyeongtaek, South Korea24 – 30 April 2012 China Iran Chinese Taipei 2013 44 25 Astana, Kazakhstan21 – 25 June 2013 North Korea China Chinese Taipei 2015 45 26 Phuket, Thailand6 – 11 September 2015 China Kazakhstan Philippines 2016 46 27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan21 – 30 April 2016 China Thailand Iran 2017 47 28 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan23 – 29 April 2017 China North Korea Iran 2019 48 29 Ningbo, China20 – 28 April 2019 China North Korea Iran 2020 49 30 Tashkent, Uzbekistan16 – 25 April 2021 China Iran Chinese Taipei 2022 50 31 Manama, Bahrain6 – 16 October 2022 China Kazakhstan Vietnam 2023 51 32 Jinju, South Korea5 – 13 May 2023 China South Korea Chinese Taipei 2024 52 33 Tashkent, Uzbekistan3 – 10 February 2024 North Korea South Korea Uzbekistan 2025 53 34 Jiangshan, China9 – 15 May 2025 China North Korea Iran 2026 54 35 Gandhinagar, India11 – 17 May 2026 China North Korea Chinese Taipei

Medal table Updated till the 2026 Asian Championships (Asian Games not included) Men's

Women's

Notes

See also Weightlifting at the Asian Games

External links Official AWF website Weightlifting Database