2022 World Weightlifting Championships Explained

2022 World Championships
Host City:	Bogotá, Colombia
Athletes:	537^[1]
Dates:	5–16 December
Stadium:	Gran Carpa Américas Corferias
Previous:	2021
Next:	2023

The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022.^[2] It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China.^[3] ^[4] The new location was announced in April 2022.^[5] ^[6] It was the first time Colombia hosted the World Weightlifting Championships.^[7]

The event served as a qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[8] ^[9] Weightlifters from Russia and Belarus did not compete after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[10] North Korea also did not compete after the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) tightened its rules on anti-doping controls.^[11]

The IWF considered using two platforms instead of one at the competition but the venue proved to be unsuitable.^[11] ^[12] During the competition, an increase in the number of no lift results was attributed by competitors and staff to the city's altitude above sea level with weightlifters experiencing difficulty in taking in enough oxygen.^[13]

Schedule

Men's events
Date →	Tue 6					Fri 9						Sun 11				Mon 12								Fri 16
Event ↓
	B	A
			B	A
					B			A
						C	B		A
											C	B		A
										C			B		A
																C	B	A
																			C	B	A
																						B	A
																								C	B	A


Mon 5			Tue 6		Wed 7			Thu 8												Wed 14
Event ↓
	B		A
	D	C		B	A
						B	A
								E	D	C	B	A
													B	A
															D	C	B	A
																			B	A
																					C	B	A
																					B			A
																									B	A

Medal summary

Men

55 kg
Snatch	118 kg	118 kg	117 kg
Clean & Jerk	148 kg	145 kg	143 kg
Total	265 kg	260 kg	260 kg
61 kg
Snatch	137 kg	136 kg	135 kg
Clean & Jerk	175 kg	165 kg	164 kg
Total	312 kg	300 kg	296 kg
67 kg
Snatch	148 kg	144 kg	143 kg
Clean & Jerk	182 kg	182 kg	180 kg
Total	325 kg	324 kg	323 kg
73 kg
Snatch	155 kg	154 kg	153 kg
Clean & Jerk	200 kg	192 kg	190 kg
Total	352 kg	347 kg	343 kg
81 kg
Snatch	171 kg	164 kg	162 kg
Clean & Jerk	202 kg	201 kg	197 kg
Total	372 kg	366 kg	357 kg
89 kg
Snatch	175 kg	174 kg	170 kg
Clean & Jerk	220 kg	215 kg	211 kg
Total	385 kg	381 kg	381 kg
96 kg
Snatch	185 kg	174 kg	171 kg
Clean & Jerk	213 kg	212 kg	209 kg
Total	397 kg	383 kg	380 kg
102 kg
Snatch	177 kg	176 kg	175 kg
Clean & Jerk	222 kg	217 kg	217 kg
Total	391 kg	390 kg	389 kg
109 kg
Snatch	177 kg	176 kg	175 kg
Clean & Jerk	220 kg	219 kg	214 kg
Total	397 kg	389 kg	388 kg
+109 kg
Snatch	215 kg	215 kg	212 kg
Clean & Jerk	251 kg	250 kg	247 kg
Total	466 kg	462 kg	461 kg

Women

45 kg
Snatch	82 kg	78 kg	77 kg
Clean & Jerk	102 kg	100 kg	93 kg
Total	182 kg	180 kg	170 kg
49 kg
Snatch	93 kg	90 kg	89 kg
Clean & Jerk	113 kg	113 kg	110 kg
Total	206 kg	200 kg	198 kg
55 kg
Snatch	93 kg	90 kg	89 kg
Clean & Jerk	114 kg	110 kg	109 kg
Total	207 kg	199 kg	198 kg
59 kg
Snatch	103 kg	103 kg	102 kg
Clean & Jerk	133 kg	130 kg	129 kg
Total	234 kg	232 kg	231 kg
64 kg
Snatch	105 kg	101 kg	101 kg
Clean & Jerk	128 kg	126 kg	123 kg
Total	233 kg	227 kg	224 kg
71 kg
Snatch	119 kg	116 kg	113 kg
Clean & Jerk	140 kg	140 kg	139 kg
Total	256 kg	253 kg	252 kg
76 kg
Snatch	113 kg	109 kg	108 kg
Clean & Jerk	148 kg	138 kg	137 kg
Total	261 kg	247 kg	245 kg
81 kg
Snatch	122 kg	119 kg	118 kg
Clean & Jerk	152 kg	151 kg	148 kg
Total	270 kg	266 kg	262 kg
87 kg
Snatch	113 kg	112 kg	109 kg
Clean & Jerk	147 kg	143 kg	140 kg
Total	260 kg	249 kg	241 kg
+87 kg
Snatch	141 kg	127 kg	126 kg
Clean & Jerk	170 kg	165 kg	160 kg
Total	311 kg	287 kg	286 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

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

Team ranking

Men

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Points
1		620
2		528
3		507
4		479
5		412
6		391

Women

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Points
1		750
2		609
3		608
4		481
5		432
6		345

Participating nations

A total of 537 competitors from 93 nations participated.^[14]

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External links

Notes and References

Web site: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208022424/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Start-Book.pdf . 8 December 2022 . 10 December 2022 . IWF.
News: Oliver . Brian . 4 December 2022 . China can pile up golds again as Colombia hosts World Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 4 December 2022.
News: Oliver. Brian. 23 March 2022. COVID-19 forces China to scrap plans for landmark Weightlifting World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 24 March 2022.
News: 23 March 2022 . China renounces hosting right for the World Weightlifting Championship due to outbreaks of COVID-19 . Around The Rings . 24 March 2022.
Web site: 25 April 2022 . IWF appoints Colombia as the host nation for the 2022 IWF Senior World Championships . 5 May 2022 . IWF.
News: Oliver . Brian . 12 October 2022 . Exclusive: North Korea's weightlifters miss first Paris 2024 qualifier after doping rule change . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 November 2022.
News: Oliver . Brian . 5 December 2022 . Sukcharoen retains her title in Thailand one-two at weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 7 December 2022.
News: Lloyd . Owen . 30 September 2022 . IWF delegation travels to Colombia before World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 1 October 2022.
Web site: Weightlifting Qualification System Paris 2024 . 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 . 20 December 2022 . 26 December 2022 . IWF.
News: Dickson . Jake . 4 March 2022 . International Weightlifting Federation Suspends Russian And Belarusian Athletes & Events . BarBend . 13 November 2022.
News: Oliver . Brian . 10 November 2022 . Record entries for IWF World Championships as weightlifters take first steps to Paris 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 November 2022.
News: Oliver . Brian . 13 October 2022 . Exclusive: IWF plans two platforms at Paris qualifying events to cope with huge entry numbers . InsideTheGames.biz . 10 December 2022.
News: Oliver . Brian . 9 December 2022 . Red lights everywhere as weightlifters suffer in high altitude at World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 10 December 2022.
Web site: IWF Start Book 2022. 10 December 2022 . IWF.