== Gewichtsklassen ==
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=== Mannen ===
{| class="wikitable"
! <small>Gewichtsklasse</small> !! <small>1920-<br>1936</small> !! <small>1948</small> !! <small>1952-<br>1968</small> !! <small>1972-<br>1976</small> !! <small>1980-<br>1992</small> !! <small>1996</small> !! <small>2000-<br>2016</small>!! <small>2020</small>!! <small>2024</small>
|-
| Vlieg || || || || -52 kg || -52 kg || -54 kg || || ||
|-
| Bantam || || -56 kg || -56 kg || -56 kg || -56 kg || -59 kg || -56 kg||-61 kg||
|-
| Veder || -60 kg || -60 kg || -60 kg || -60 kg || -60 kg || -64 kg || -62 kg||-67 kg||-61 kg
|-
| Licht || -67,5 kg || -67,5 kg || -67,5 kg || -67,5 kg || -67,5 kg || -70 kg || -69 kg||-73 kg||-73 kg
|-
| Midden || -75 kg || -75 kg || -75 kg || -75 kg || -75 kg || -76 kg || -77 kg||-81 kg||-89kg
|-
| Lichtzwaar || -82,5 kg || -82,5 kg || -82,5 kg || -82,5 kg || -82,5 kg || -83 kg || -85 kg|| ||
|-
| Middenzwaar || || || -90 kg || -90 kg || -90 kg || -91 kg || -94 kg||- 96 kg||
|-
| Zwaar I || || || || || -100 kg || -99 kg || || ||
|-
| Zwaar (II) || +82,5 kg || +82,5 kg || +90 kg || -110 kg || -110 kg || -108 kg || -105 kg|| -109 kg||-102 kg
|-
| Superzwaar || || || || +110 kg || +110 kg || +108 kg || +105 kg|| +109 kg||+109 kg
|}
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=== Vrouwen ===
{| class="wikitable"
! <small>Gewichtsklasse</small> !! <small>2000-<br>2016</small>!! <small>2020</small>!! <small>2024</small>
|-
| Vlieg || -48 kg||-49 kg||-49 kg
|-
| {{0}} || || ||
|-
| Veder || -53 kg|| -55 kg||
|-
| Licht || -58 kg|| -59 kg||-59 kg
|-
| Midden || -63 kg || -64 kg||-71 kg
|-
| Lichtzwaar || -69 kg|| -76 kg||
|-
| {{0}} || || ||
|-
| Zwaar || -75 kg|| -87 kg||-82 kg
|-
| {{0}} || || ||
|-
| Superzwaar || +75 kg|| +87 kg||+82 kg
|}
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|-
| Tweearmig || open
|}
! || Olympiër !! Jaren !! Medailles || Gewichtsklasse
|-
! colspan="5" | Succesvolste medaillewinnaars
|-
| {{0}}1 || {{GR-VLAG}} [[Pyrros Dimas]] || 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 || {{goud}} {{goud}} {{goud}} {{brons}} || (m) lichtzwaar
|-
| rowspan="35" | {{0}}2 || {{TR-VLAG}} [[Naim Süleymanoğlu]] || 1988, 1992, 1996 || {{goud}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) veder
|-
| {{GOS-VLAG}}/{{GR-VLAG}} [[Akakios Kakhiashvilis]] || 1992, 1996, 2000 || {{goud}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) middenzwaar / zwaar I<br /><small>in 1992 als Kakhi Kakhiashvili</small>
| {{TR-VLAG}} [[Halil Mutlu]] || 1996, 2000, 2004 || {{goud}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) vlieg, bantam
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{0}}5 || {{FRCN-VLAG}} [[LouisLü HostinXiaojun]] || 19282012, 19322016, 19362020 || {{zilvergoud}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) lichtzwaarmidden
| {{ SUHHGE-VLAG}} [[ LeonidLasja ZjabotinskiTalachadze]] || 19642016, 19682020, 2024 || {{goud}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) zwaar ▼
| rowspan="3" | {{0}}7 || {{ USFR-VLAG}} [[ PeterLouis GeorgeHostin]] || 19481928, 19521932, 19561936 || {{zilver}} {{goud}} {{ zilvergoud}} || (m) middenlichtzwaar▼
|-
| {{US-VLAG}} [[Tommy Kono]] || 1952, 1956, 1960 || {{goud}} {{goud}} {{zilver}} || (m) licht / lichtzwaar / midden
| {{JP-VLAG}} [[Yoshinobu Miyake]] || 1960, 1964, 1968 || {{zilver}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) bantam / veder
|-
| {{0}}810 || {{SUHH-VLAG}} [[Arkadi Vorobjov]] || 1952, 1956, 1960 || {{brons}} {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) lichtzwaar / middenzwaar
|-
! colspan="5" | DrieVier of meer medailles ▼
| rowspan="14" | {{0}}9 || {{US-VLAG}} [[John Davis (gewichtheffer)|John Davis]] || 1948, 1952 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) zwaar
| {{US-VLAG}} [[Charles Vinci]] || 1956, 1960 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) bantam
| {{PL-VLAG}} [[Waldemar Baszanowski]] || 1964, 1968 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) licht
▲| {{SUHH-VLAG}} [[Leonid Zjabotinski]] || 1964, 1968 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) zwaar
| {{SUHH-VLAG}} [[Norair Noerikjan]] || 1972, 1976 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) veder / bantam
| {{SUHH-VLAG}} [[Vasili Aleksejev]] || 1972, 1976 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) superzwaar
| {{SUHH-VLAG}} [[Aleksandr Koerlovitsj]] || 1988, 1992 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) superzwaar
| {{CN-VLAG}} [[Zhan Xugang]] || 1996, 2000 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) licht / midden
| {{IR-VLAG}} [[Hossein Reza Zadeh]] || 2000, 2004 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) superzwaar
|-
| {{CN-VLAG}} [[Chen Yanqing]] || 2004, 2008 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (v) licht
|-
| {{CN-VLAG}} [[Liu Chunhong]] || 2004, 2008 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (v) lichtzwaar
|-
| {{KZ-VLAG}} [[Ilja Ilin]] || 2008, 2012 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) middenzwaar
|-
| {{CN-VLAG}} [[Long Qingquan]] || 2008, 2016 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (m) bantam
|-
| {{KP-VLAG}} [[Rim Jong-sim]] || 2012, 2016 || {{goud}} {{goud}} || (v) lichtzwaar
|-
▲! colspan="5" | Drie of meer medailles
|-
| || {{IT-VLAG}} [[Carlo Galimberti]] || 1924, 1928, 1932 || {{goud}} {{zilver}} {{zilver}} || (m) midden
|-
▲| || {{US-VLAG}} [[Peter George]] || 1948, 1952, 1956 || {{zilver}} {{goud}} {{zilver}} || (m) midden
|-
| || {{US-VLAG}} [[Norbert Schemansky]] || 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 || {{zilver}} {{goud}} {{brons}} {{brons}} || (m) middenzwaar / zwaar
|-
| || {{US-VLAG}} [[Isaac Berger]] || 1956, 1960, 1964 || {{goud}} {{zilver}} {{zilver}} || (m) veder
|-
| || {{PL-VLAG}} [[Marian Zieliński]] || 1956, 1964, 1968 || {{brons}} {{brons}} {{brons}} || (m) veder / licht
|-
| || {{HU-VLAG}} [[Imre Földi]] || 1964, 1968, 1972 || {{zilver}} {{zilver}} {{goud}} || (m) bantam
|-
| || {{IR-VLAG}} [[Mohammad Nassiri]] || 1968, 1972, 1976 || {{goud}} {{zilver}} {{brons}} || (m) bantam / vlieg
|-
| || {{DE-VLAG}} [[Manfred Nerlinger]] || 1984, 1988, 1992 || {{brons}} {{zilver}} {{brons}} || (m) superzwaar
|-
| || {{RO-VLAG}} [[Nicu Vlad]] || 1984, 1988, 1996 || {{goud}} {{zilver}} {{brons}} || (m) middenzwaar, zwaar I, zwaar (II)
|-
| || {{DE-VLAG}} [[Ronny Weller]] || 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 || {{brons}} {{goud}} {{zilver}} {{zilver}} || (m) zwaar (II) / superzwaar
|-
| || {{ID-VLAG}} [[Eko Yuli Irawan]] || 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 || {{brons}} {{brons}} {{zilver}} {{zilver}} || (m) bantam / veder
|-
|}
=== Medaillespiegel ===
'''N.B.''' Medaillespiegel is bijgewerkt tot en met de Olympische SpelenZomerspelen 2024. Exclusief op dat moment lopende herverdeling van 2016.medailles
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{| {{Tabelkop Olympisch medailleklassement sorteerbaar}}
|-
| 1|| align="left" |''{{SUHHosCNos}}''||URS CHN|| 39 43|| 21 16|| 2 8|| 6267
|-
| 2|| align="left" |''{{CNosSUHHos}} ||CHN URS|| 31 39|| 15 21|| 8 2|| 5462
|-
| 3|| align="left" |{{USos}} ||USA || 16 17|| 16 17|| 12 || 4446
|-
| 4 || align="left"|{{BGos}} ||BUL || 12 13|| 17 || 8 9|| 3739
|-
| 5 || align="left"|{{FRosIRos}} ||FRA IRI|| 9 || 3 6|| 3 5|| 1520
|-
| 6 || align="left" |{{IRosFRos}} ||IRI FRA|| 8 9|| 6 3|| 5 3|| 1915
|-
| 7 || align="left"|{{TRos}} ||TUR || 8 || 1 || 2 || 11
|-
| 8 || align="left" |{{DEos}} ||GER || 6 || 7 || 7 9|| 2022
|-
| 9 || align="left"|{{PLos}} ||POL || 6 || 5 6|| 23 22|| 34
|-
| 10 || align="left" |{{GRos}} ||GRE || 6 || 5 || 4 || 15
|-
| 11 || align="left" |{{KPos}} ||PRK || 5 || 7 8|| 5 || 1718
|-
| 12 || align="left" |{{ITos}} ||ITA || 5 || 4 5|| 5 8|| 1418
|-
| 13 || align="left" |''{{SUHH-UTosTHos}}'' ||EUN THA|| 5 || 4 || 0 8|| 917
|-
| 14 || align="left" | {{THosEGos}}||THA EGY|| 5 || 2 4|| 5 6|| 1215
|-
| 15 || align="left" |''{{EGosSUHH-UTos}} ''||EGY EUN|| 5 || 2 4|| 4 0|| 119
|-
| 16 || align="left" |{{RUos}} ||RUS || 3 4|| 8 7|| 7 6|| 1817
|-
| 17 || align="left" |{{KRosXTos}} ||KOR TPE|| 3 4|| 4 2|| 5 || 1211
|-
| 18 || align="left" |{{ATosGEos}} ||AUT GEO|| 3 4|| 4 1|| 2 3|| 98
|-
| 19 || align="left" |''{{CSHHosKRos}}''||TCH KOR|| 3 || 2 7|| 3 7|| 817
|-
| 20 || align="left" |{{UAosATos}} ||UKR AUT|| 3 || 1 4|| 1 2|| 59
|-
| 21 || align="left" |''{{HUosCSHHos}} ''||HUN TCH|| 2 3|| 9 2|| 9 3|| 208
|-
| 22 || align="left" |{{ROosHUos}} ||ROU HUN|| 2 || 7 9|| 4 9|| 1320
|-
| 23 || align="left" |{{JPosROos}} ||JPN ROU|| 2 || 3 7|| 9 3|| 1412
|-
| 24 || align="left" |''{{DE-1949osCOos}} ''||FRG COL|| 2 || 2 6|| 3 || 711
|-
| 25 || align="left" |{{COosJPos}} ||COL JPN|| 2 || 2 3|| 2 10|| 615
|-
| 26 || align="left" |{{CUosCAos}} ||CUB CAN|| 2 || 1 3|| 2 1|| 56
|-
| 27 || align="left" |''{{GEosDE-1949os}} ''||GEO FRG|| 2 || 0 2|| 2 3|| 47
|-
| 28 || align="left" |''{{DDDEosCUos}}''||GDR CUB|| 1 2|| 4 1|| 6 5|| 118
|-
|rowspan=2| 29 || align="left" |{{BYosUAos}} ||BLR UKR|| 1 2|| 4 1|| 3 2|| 85
|-
|30|| align="left" |{{KZosUZos}} ||KAZ UZB|| 1 2|| 4 1|| 3 1|| 84
|-
|rowspan=2| 31 ||align="left" |{{EEosNOos}} ||EST NOR|| 1 2|| 3 0|| 3 0|| 72
|-
|32|| align="left" |{{GBosIDos}} ||GBR INA|| 1 || 3 7|| 3 8|| 716
|-
| 33valign=top rowspan=2|33|| align="left" |''{{XTosDDDEos}} ''||TPE GDR|| 1 || 2 4|| 5 6|| 811
|-
| 34 ||align="left" |{{BEosKZos}} ||BEL KAZ|| 1 || 2 4|| 1 6|| 411
|-
| 35 || align="left" |{{DKosGBos}} ||DEN GBR|| 1 || 2 4|| 0 4|| 39
|-
| 36 || align="left" |{{AUosBYos}} ||AUS BLR|| 1 || 1 4|| 2 3|| 48
|-
| 37 || align="left" |{{FIosEEos}} ||FIN EST|| 1 || 0 3|| 2 3|| 37
|-
| 38 || align="left" |{{HRosBEos}} ||CRO BEL|| 1 || 0 2|| 1 || 24
|-
|rowspan=3| 39 || align="left" |{{MXosDKos}} ||MEX DEN|| 1 || 0 2|| 0 || 13
|-
| valign=top rowspan=2|40|| align="left" |{{NOosAUos}} ||NOR AUS|| 1 || 0 1|| 0 2|| 14
|-
| align="left" |{{UZosECos}} ||UZB ECU|| 1 || 0 1|| 0 2|| 14
|-
| 42 || align="left" |{{IDosESos}} ||INA ESP|| 0 1|| 5 1|| 5 1|| 103
|-
| 43 || align="left" |{{AMosPHos}} ||ARM PHI|| 0 1|| 2 1|| 3 0|| 52
|-
| 44 || align="left" |{{CHosMXos}} ||SUI MEX|| 0 1|| 2 0|| 2 3|| 4
|-
| 45 || align="left" |{{CAosFIos}} ||CAN FIN||1|| 0 || 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| 46valign=top rowspan=2|46|| align="left" |{{TTosHRos}} ||TRI CRO||1|| 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
|rowspan=2| 47 ||align="left" |{{ARosQAos}} ||ARG QAT|| 0 1|| 1 0|| 1 || 2
|-
|48|| align="left" |{{LTosAMos}} ||LAT ARM|| 0 || 1 5|| 1 2|| 27
|-
|rowspan=6| 49 || align="left" |{{LBosCHos}} ||LIB SUI|| 0 || 1 2|| 0 2|| 14
|-
|50|| align="left" |{{LUosVEos}} ||LUX VEN|| 0 || 1 2|| 0 1|| 13
|-
| valign=top rowspan=2|51|| align="left" |{{NGosLVos}} ||NGR LAT|| 0 || 1 || 0 2|| 13
|-
| align="left" |{{PHosTTos}} ||PHI TRI|| 0 || 1 || 0 2|| 13
|-
| valign=top rowspan=5|53|| align="left" |{{SGosARos}} ||SIN ARG|| 0 || 1 || 0 1|| 12
|-
| align="left" |{{VNosDOos}} ||VIE DOM|| 0 || 1 || 0 1|| 12
|-
| 55 ||align="left" |{{SEosINos}} ||SWE IND|| 0 || 0 1|| 4 1|| 42
|-
| 56 ||align="left" |{{NLosNGos}} ||NED NGR|| 0 || 0 1|| 3 1|| 32
|-
|rowspan=7| 57 ||align="left" |{{AZosVNos}} ||AZE VIE|| 0 || 0 1|| 1 || 12
|-
| valign=top rowspan=5|58||align="left" |{{INosLBos}} ||IND LIB|| 0 || 0 1|| 1 0|| 1
|-
| align="left" |{{IQosLUos}} ||IRQ LUX|| 0 || 0 1|| 1 0|| 1
|-
|align="left|" |{{LTosWSos}} ||LTU SAM|| 0 || 0 1|| 1 0|| 1
|-
|align="left" |{{QAosSGos}} ||QAT SIN|| 0 || 0 1|| 1 0|| 1
|-
|align="left" |{{ESosTMos}} ||ESP TKM|| 0 || 0 1|| 1 0|| 1
|-
|63||align="left" |{{VEosSEos}} ||VEN SWE|| 0 || 0 || 1 4|| 14
|-
|64|| align="left" |{{NLos}}||NED||0||0||3||3
!colspan=3| Totaal || 219 || 203 || 200 || 612 ▼
| valign=top rowspan=5|65|| align="left" |{{BHos}}||BRN||0||0||1||1
|align="left" |{{CMos}}||CMR||0||0||1||1
|align="left" |{{IQos}}||IRQ||0||0||1||1
|align="left" |{{LTos}}||LTU||0||0||1||1
|align="left" |{{SYos}}||SYR||0||0||1||1
| –|| align="left" |{{RUos|2024}}||AIN||0||0||1||1
▲! colspan= "3 " | Totaal || 219238 || 203235 || 200236 || 612680
|}
:- 1928: Lichtgewicht (tot 67,5 kg): 2x gouden medaille
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:* [http://www.olympedia.org/sport_groups/WL Gewichtheffen op olympedia.org]
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