Asian Weightlifting Championships

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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.

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Year Edition Venue
M W
1 Iran Tehran, Iran
2 Japan Tokyo, Japan
3 Iran Tehran, Iran
1971 4 Philippines Manila, Philippines
Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
1974 Iran Tehran, Iran
8 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
9 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
1978 10 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
11 Japan Tokyo, Japan
12 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
13 Japan Nagoya, Japan
1982 14 India New Delhi, India
15 Syria Damascus, Syria
16 Iran Tabriz, Iran
17 China Jiangxi, China
1986 18 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
19 Japan Ageo, Japan
20 China Shilong, China
1 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
21 Iran Tehran, Iran
2 China Shanghai, China
1990 22 3 China Beijing, China
23 Japan Kamisu, Japan
4 Indonesia Manado, Indonesia
24 China Fuzhou, China
5 Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
25 Iran Tabriz, Iran
6 China Shilong, China
1994 26 7 Japan Hiroshima, Japan
27 8 South Korea Busan, South Korea
28 9 Japan Yachiyo, Japan
29 10 China Yangzhou, China
1998 30 11 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
1999 31 12 China Wuhan, China
2000 32 13 Japan Osaka, Japan
33 14 South Korea Jeonju, South Korea
2002 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 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 49 30 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • The weightlifting tournaments held during Asian Games in some editions are counted as Asian Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

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