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.

List tournaments

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

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

External links

  • Official AWF website
  • Weightlifting Database
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