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

Year Edition Venue
M W
1957 1 Tehran, Iran
1964 2 Tokyo, Japan
1965 3 Tehran, Iran
1971 4 Manila, Philippines
1973 Tel Aviv, Israel
1974[a] Tehran, Iran
1976 8 Bangkok, Thailand
1977 9 Baghdad, Iraq
1978[a] 10 Bangkok, Thailand
1979 11 Tokyo, Japan
1980 12 Seoul, South Korea
1981 13 Nagoya, Japan
1982[a] 14 New Delhi, India
1983 15 Damascus, Syria
1984 16 Tabriz, Iran
1985 17 Jiangxi, China
1986[a] 18 Seoul, South Korea
1987 19 Ageo, Japan
1988 20 Shilong, China
1 Jakarta, Indonesia
1989 21 Tehran, Iran
2 Shanghai, China
1990[a] 22 3 Beijing, China
1991 23 Kamisu, Japan
4 Manado, Indonesia
1992 24 Fuzhou, China
5 Chiang Mai, Thailand
1993 25 Tabriz, Iran
6 Shilong, China
1994[a] 26 7 Hiroshima, Japan
1995 27 8 Busan, South Korea
1996 28 9 Yachiyo, Japan
1997 29 10 Yangzhou, China
1998[a] 30 11 Bangkok, Thailand
Year Edition Venue
M W
1999 31 12 Wuhan, China
2000 32 13 Osaka, Japan
2001 33 14 Jeonju, South Korea
2002[a] 34 15 Busan, South Korea
2003 35 16 Qinhuangdao, China
2004 36 17 Almaty, Kazakhstan
2005 37 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2007 38 19 Tai'an, China
2008 39 20 Kanazawa, Japan
2009 40 21 Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
2010[a] 41 22 Guangzhou, China
2011 42 23 Tongling, China
2012 43 24 Pyeongtaek, South Korea
2013 44 25 Astana, Kazakhstan
2015 45 26 Phuket, Thailand
2016 46 27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2017 47 28 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
2019 48 29 Ningbo, China
2020[b] 49 30 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2022 50 31 Manama, Bahrain
2023 51 32 Jinju, South Korea
2024 52 33 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2025 53 34 Jiangshan, China
2026 54 35 Gandhinagar, India

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i The weightlifting tournaments held during Asian Games in some editions are counted as Asian Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
  2. ^ Was held in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also