On our page you can find all the information you need about the weightlifting in Tokyo 2021: schedule, results, and historical facts.
Weightlifting Series and Competitions in the Olympics
Weightlifting is one of the few original sports of the
Olympics that has retained its place in the Olympic program to this day.
Over the decades, the competitions in weightlifting have changed significantly. At the first Olympics in 1896, there were competitions without weight classes and there were three forms of competition: dumbbells, two- and one-handed weightlifting. From 1920 onwards, weight classes were introduced.
In the 1924 Paris Olympics, competitions were held in pressing, snatching and clean-jerk. The press
was last included at the 1972 Munich Games.
After this, the winner has been decided by the combined result of the clean-jerk and the snatch.
Weight classes
Men and women compete in seven weight classes.
| Men | Weight class | Women |
| x | +109 kg | - |
| x | 109 kg | - |
| x | 96 kg | - |
| - | +87 kg | x |
| - | 87 kg | x |
| x | 81 kg | - |
| - | 76 kg | x |
| x | 73 kg | - |
| x | 67 kg | - |
| - | 64 kg | x |
| x | 61 kg | - |
| - | 59 kg | x |
| - | 55 kg | x |
| - | 59 kg | x |
Women first competed in weightlifting at the Olympic level in Sydney in 2000.
Weightlifting Schedule & timetable in Tokyo 2021
The first weightlifting competition day in Tokyo 2021 is Saturday, July 24, when the women’s 49 kg weight class competitions kick off. The last Olympic medals will be awarded on Wednesday, August 4, when it is the turn of the men’s +109 kg weight class.
Local time in Tokyo.
Saturday 24th July
9:50 - 12:00 – Women's 49 kg Group B
13:50 - 16:00 – Women's 49 kg Group A
Sunday 25th July
11:50 - 14:00 – Men's 61 kg Group B and Men's 67 kg Group B
15:50 - 18:00 – Men's 61 kg Group A
19:50 - 22:00 – Men's 67 kg Group A
Monday 26th July
13:50 - 16:00 – Women's 55 kg Group B
19:50 - 22:00 – Women's 55 kg Group A
Tuesday 27th July
11:50 - 14:00 – Women's 59 kg Group B and Women's 64 kg Group B
15:50 - 18:00 – Women's 59 kg Group A
19:50 - 22:00 – Women's 64 kg Group A
Wednesday 28th July
13:50 - 16:00 – Men's 73 kg Group B
19:50 - 22:00 – Men's 73 kg Group A
Saturday 31st July
11:50 - 14:00 – Men's 81 kg Group B and Men's 96 kg Group B
15:50 - 18:00 – Men's 81 kg Group A
19:50 - 22:00 – Men's 96 kg Group A
Sunday 1st August
13:50 - 16:00 – Women's 76 kg Group B
19:50 - 22:00 – Women's 76 kg Group A
Monday 2nd August
11:50 - 14:00 – Women's 87 kg Group B and Women's +87 kg Group B
15:50 - 18:00 – Women's 87 kg Group A
19:50 - 22:00 – Women's +87 kg Group A
Tuesday 3rd August
13:50 - 16:00 – Men's 109 kg Group B
19:50 - 22:00 – Men's 109 kg Group A
Wednesday 4th August
13:50 - 16:00 – Men's +109 kg Group B
19:50 - 22:00 – Men's +109 kg Group A
Weightlifting Results in Tokyo Olympics 2021
