Weightlifting was part of the 2001 National Games of China held in Guangdong. Men competed in eight and women in seven weight classes.

The competition program at the National Games mirrors that of the Olympic Games as only medals for the total achieved are awarded, but not for individual lifts in either the snatch or clean and jerk. Likewise an athlete failing to register a snatch result cannot advance to the clean and jerk.

Medal summary

Men 56 kgZhang XiangxiangFujian 295 kgLan ShizhangGuangxi 287.5 kgWang XiaowenHunan 285 kg62 kgSu FeixiangGuangdong 327.5 kgLe MaoshengHunan 325 kgShi ZhiyongFujian 325 kg69 kgZhang GuozhengYunnan 352.5 kgWan JianhuiFujian 340 kgLiu HuayongHunan 337.5 kg77 kgLi HongliGuangdong 370 kgZhan XugangZhejiang 365 kgXu QiangShandong 340 kg85 kgYuan AijunJiangsu 385 kgJiang HairongGuangdong 365 kgRuan JunfaJiangxi 357.5 kg94 kgQin GuangJiangxi 387.5 kgTao YueqiangAnhui 367.5 kgGeng DeliJilin 365 kg105 kgCui WenhuaJiangsu 395 kgZhang ChongxiYunnan 380 kgMa YanfeiHebei 375 kg105+ kgHan WenliangJilin 425 kgDong FengLiaoning 420 kgJiang KaiTianjin 412.5 kg

Women 48 kgWang MingjuanHunan 210 kgLi ZhuoLiaoning 202.5 kgLiu XiuhuaGuangdong 202.5 kg53 kgYang XiaHunan 222.5 kgHan LijuanPLA 220 kgWang JingjingUnaffiliated 217.5 kg58 kgSong ZhijuanPLA 250 kgLi XuejiuShanghai 242.5 kgChen YanqingJiangsu 242.5 kg63 kgYan XiaoliShandong 257.5 kgXiong MeiyingJiangxi 257.5 kgDiao WeiweiFinance 252.5 kg69 kgLiu ChunhongShandong 277.5 kgLiu HaixiaJilin 270 kgLiu DongpingJiangsu 262.5 kg75 kgSun RuipingGuangdong 265 kgZhang NingAnhui 262.5 kgLin HuaShanghai 262.5 kg75+ kgTang GonghongShandong 312.5 kgDing MeiyuanLiaoning 300 kgLiu LinqingAnhui 292.5 kg

Medal table

References Archived results of the 2001 Games