Weightlifting in Tokyo Olympics 2021


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.

MenWeight classWomen
x+109 kg-
x109 kg-
x96 kg-
-+87 kgx
-87 kgx
x81 kg-
-76 kgx
x73 kg-
x67 kg-
-64 kgx
x61 kg-
-59 kgx
-55 kgx
-59 kgx


Read: Olympic Records in Weightlifting

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