Asian Weightlifting Championships facts for kids

The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a big sports event. It's where the best weightlifters from countries across Asia compete. The Asian Weightlifting Federation organizes this exciting championship.

Men have been competing in these championships since 1969. Women joined the competition later, starting in 1988. These championships are very important. For example, in 2008, they helped decide which Asian athletes could go to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

List of Tournaments

This table shows all the Asian Weightlifting Championships that have taken place. It lists the year, the edition number for both men's (M) and women's (W) events, and where each championship was held. You can see how many times the event has been held and in which countries.

Year Edition Venue M W 1957 1 Tehran, Iran 1964 2 Tokyo, Japan 1965 3 Tehran, Iran 1971 4 Manila, Philippines 1973 Tel Aviv, Israel 1974 Tehran, Iran 1976 8 Bangkok, Thailand 1977 9 Baghdad, Iraq 1978 10 Bangkok, Thailand 1979 11 Tokyo, Japan 1980 12 Seoul, South Korea 1981 13 Nagoya, Japan 1982 14 New Delhi, India 1983 15 Damascus, Syria 1984 16 Tabriz, Iran 1985 17 Jiangxi, China 1986 18 Seoul, South Korea 1987 19 Ageo, Japan 1988 20 Shilong, China 1 Jakarta, Indonesia 1989 21 Tehran, Iran 2 Shanghai, China 1990 22 3 Beijing, China 1991 23 Kamisu, Japan 4 Manado, Indonesia 1992 24 Fuzhou, China 5 Chiang Mai, Thailand 1993 25 Tabriz, Iran 6 Shilong, China 1994 26 7 Hiroshima, Japan 1995 27 8 Busan, South Korea 1996 28 9 Yachiyo, Japan 1997 29 10 Yangzhou, China 1998 30 11 Bangkok, Thailand

Year Edition Venue M W 1999 31 12 Wuhan, China 2000 32 13 Osaka, Japan 2001 33 14 Jeonju, South Korea 2002 34 15 Busan, South Korea 2003 35 16 Qinhuangdao, China 2004 36 17 Almaty, Kazakhstan 2005 37 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2007 38 19 Tai'an, China 2008 39 20 Kanazawa, Japan 2009 40 21 Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan 2010 41 22 Guangzhou, China 2011 42 23 Tongling, China 2012 43 24 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 2013 44 25 Astana, Kazakhstan 2015 45 26 Phuket, Thailand 2016 46 27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2017 47 28 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 2019 48 29 Ningbo, China 2020 49 30 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2022 50 31 Manama, Bahrain 2023 51 32 Jinju, South Korea 2024 52 33 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

See also

• Weightlifting at the Asian Games