A look at the World Rankings in weightlifting

Weightlifting has been part of the Olympics from 1896 and there is always lot of excitement surrounding the event. The excitement levels is going to be same this year too at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 where Men will be competing in 7 categories and women also competing in 7 categories.

There are going to be 14 weightlifting competition across men and women which mean there are 14 gold medal and 42 medals in total up for grabs.

Let us have a look at the top 5 ranked lifters in the world in each category

Men's weightlifting

Men's 61 kg category

• Li Fabian – China- 142kg+170kg =312kg
• Stilyan Rosenov Grozdev – Bulgaria – 136kg+160kg=296kg
• Shota Mishvelidze – Georgia – 135kg+155kg=290kg
• Ferdi Hardal – Turkey – 130kg+157kg=287kg
• Seraj Abdulrahim Alsaleem – Saudi Arabia – 125kg+161kg=286kg

Men's 67 kg category

• Chen Lijun – China – 153kg+180kg=333kg
• Huang Minhao – China – 155kg+177kg=332kg
• Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano – Colombia – 150kg+180kg=330kg
• Muhammed Furkan Ozbek – Turkey – 145kg+178kg=323kg
• Mirko Zanni – Italy – 148kg+170kg=318kg

Men's 73 kg category

• Shi Zhiyong – China – 169kg+194kg=363kg
• Rizki Juniansyah – Indonesia – 155kg+194kg=349kg
• Jr Clarence Cummings – USA – 155kg+188kg=343kg
• Daniyar Ismayilov – Turkey – 160kg+181kg=341kg
• Julio Ruben Mayora Pernia – Venezuela – 156kg+185kg=341kg

Men's 81 kg category

• Lyu Xiaojun – China – 174kg+199kg=373kg
• Antonino Pizzolato – Italy – 164kg+206kg=370kg
• Karlos May Hasan Nasar – Bulgaria – 163kg+206kg=369kg
• Brayan Santiago Rodallegas Carvajal – Colombia – 168kg+195kg=363kg
• Zacarias Bonnat Michel – Dominican Republic – 164kg+196kg=360kg

Men's 96 kg category

• Jhonatan Rivas Mosquera – Colombia – 180kg+213kg=393kg
• Anton Pliesnoi – Georgia – 180kg+213kg=393kg
• Boady Robert Santavy – Canada – 181kg+208kg=389kg
• Tian Tao – China – 175kg+211kg=386kg
• Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sanchez – Venezuela – 173kg+211kg=384kg

Men's 109 kg category

• Ruslan Nurudinov – Uzbekistan – 188kg+241kg=429kg
• Akbar Djuraev – Uzbekistan – 194kg+234kg=428kg
• Yang Zhe – China – 200kg+215kg=415kg
• Dmytro Chumak – Ukraine – 181kg+226kg=407kg
• Hristo Dimitrov Hristov – Bulgaria – 186kg+220kg=406kg

Men's 109+ kg category

• Lasha Talakhadze – Georgia – 222kg+263kg=485kg
• Gor Minasyan – Armenia – 216kg+248kg=464kg
• Varazdat Lalayan – Armenia – 216kg+248kg+464kg
• Ali Davoudi – Iran – 196kg+239kg=435kg
• Man Asaad – Syria – 195kg+238kg=433kg

Women's weightlifting

Women's 49 kg category

• Hou Zhihui – China – 96kg+117kg=213kg
• Jiang Huihua – China – 89kg+118kg=207kg
• Mirabai Chanu Saikhom – India – 86kg+119kg=205kg
• Jourdah Elizabeth Delacruz – USA – 89kg+111kg=200kg
• Windy Cantika Aisah – Indonesia – 86kg+105kg=209kg

Women's 55 kg category

• Liao Qiuyun – China – 98kg+124kg=222kg
• Li Yajun – China – 101kg+120kg=221kg
• Muattar Nabieva – Uzbekistan – 99kg+114kg=213kg
• Hidilyn Diaz – Philippines – 94kg+118kg=212kg
• Kamila Konotop – Ukraine – 96kg+116kg=212kg

Women's 59 kg category

• Kuo Hsing-Chun – Chinese Taipei – 110kg+137kg=247kg
• Luo Xiaomin – China – 102kg+125kg=227kg
• Valdivia Janeth Gomez – Mexico – 97kg+123kg=220kg
• Yusleidy Mariana Figueroa Roldan – 93kg+125kg=218kg
• Rosive Andrea Silgado Atencio – Colombia – 97kg+120kg=217kg

Women's 64 kg category

• Loredana-Elena Toma – Romania – 114kg+130kg=244kg
• Maude G Charron – Canada – 107kg+133kg=240kg
• Mercedes Isabel Perez Tigrero – Colombia – 107kg+130kg=234kg
• Sarah Davies – Great Britain – 101kg+129kg=230kg
• Angie Paolo Palacios Dajomes – Ecuador – 104kg+125kg=229kg

Women's 76 kg category

• Zhang Wangli – China – 115kg+148kg=262kg
• Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera – Ecuador – 118kg+143kg=261kg
• Iryna Dekha – Ukraine – 113kg+135kg=248kg
• Iana Sotieva – Russia – 112kg+134kg=246kg
• Kim Suhyeon – Korea – 106kg+138kg=244kg

Women's 87 kg category

• Wang Zhouyu – China – 126kg+160kg=286kg
• Kang Yue – China – 118kg+155kg=273kg
• Tamara Yajaira Salazar Arce – Ecuador – 112kg+148kg=260kg
• Crismery Dominga Santana Peguero – Domnican Republic - 115kg+142kg=257kg
• Dayana Aracells Chirinos Leon – Venezuela – 109kg+138kg=247kg

Women's 87+ kg category

• Li Wenwen – China – 148kg+187kg=335kg
• Sarah Elizabeth Robles – USA – 125kg+155kg=280kg
• Youngee Son – Korea – 120kg+159kg=279kg
• Emily Jade Campbell – Great Britain – 122kg+154kg=276kg
• Aizada Muptilda – Kazakhstan – 118kg+151kg=269kg