The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Houston, United States. The event took place from November 19 to 28, 2015. This event was, together with the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, the first stage of the Qualification Process for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In September 2016 the championships won the 2016 SportsTravel Best Amateur Single-Sport Event of the Year, awarded for what SportsTravel Magazine described as "its superior organisation and spectator attendance, [and] for creating superior experience for competitors and spectators".

Despite this accolade, ESPN would later speculate that these championships may have been "the public bottoming out for weightlifting". Before the event, the International Weightlifting Federation and the United States Anti-Doping Agency had a public conflict over which entity would perform drug testing. After an agreement was reached, the USADA, according to ESPN, "aggressively target-tested athletes from teams at high risk for doping and asked hotel security and cleaning staff to report when they found syringes and vials in wastebaskets." A total of 24 samples from the competition came back positive. With the sport's doping issues now laid bare, the IWF responded by banning Russia and Bulgaria from the 2016 Olympics, and later imposed a one-year suspension on nine nations, including Russia but not Bulgaria.

Medal summary

Men 56 kg ()Snatch 139 kg 132 kg 131 kgClean & Jerk 171 kg 163 kg 158 kgTotal 302 kg 302 kg 287 kg62 kg ()Snatch 150 kg 140 kg 140 kgClean & Jerk 183 kg 175 kg 175 kgTotal 333 kg 315 kg 315 kg69 kg ()Snatch 160 kg 160 kg 158 kgClean & Jerk 190 kg 187 kg 186 kgTotal 348 kg 344 kg 343 kg77 kg ()Snatch 175 kg 167 kg 165 kgClean & Jerk 207 kg 201 kg 196 kgTotal 372 kg 363 kg 363 kg85 kg ()Snatch 178 kg 176 kg 173 kgClean & Jerk 215 kg 214 kg 212 kgTotal 391 kg 387 kg 380 kg94 kg ()Snatch 180 kg 177 kg 175 kgClean & Jerk 230 kg 219 kg 214 kgTotal 405 kg 391 kg 386 kg105 kg () Snatch 192 kg 191 kg 186 kg Clean & Jerk 231 kg 230 kg 228 kg Total 421 kg 411 kg 405 kg+105 kg () Snatch 207 kg 203 kg 202 kg Clean & Jerk 248 kg 247 kg 241 kg Total 454 kg 438 kg 437 kg

Women 48 kg ()Snatch 88 kg 85 kg 85 kgClean & Jerk 110 kg 110 kg 109 kgTotal 198 kg 194 kg 193 kg53 kg ()Snatch 101 kg 96 kg 96 kgClean & Jerk 125 kg 120 kg 117 kgTotal 221 kg 221 kg 213 kg58 kg ()Snatch 112 kg 108 kg 106 kgClean & Jerk 140 kg 137 kg 133 kgTotal 252 kg 245 kg 237 kg63 kg ()Snatch 113 kg 112 kg 112 kgClean & Jerk 146 kg 139 kg 136 kgTotal 259 kg 248 kg 243 kg69 kg ()Snatch 120 kg 116 kg 116 kgClean & Jerk 143 kg 140 kg 137 kgTotal 263 kg 256 kg 253 kg75 kg ()Snatch 127 kg 125 kg 121 kgClean & Jerk 155 kg 155 kg 155 kgTotal 282 kg 280 kg 276 kg+75 kg ()Snatch 148 kg 145 kg 136 kgClean & Jerk 185 kg 180 kg 168 kgTotal 333 kg 325 kg 298 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

RankTeamPoints 1 422 2 385 3 378 6 333 4 320 5 297

Women RankTeamPoints 1 558 2 431 3 374 4 355 5 335 6 315

Participating nations A total of 585 competitors from 94 nations participated.

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References

Results Book

External links Official website