This article details the Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying phase.
The Weightlifting competition at the 2012 Games includes 260 athletes. Each competing nation is allowed to enter a maximum of 10 competitors, 6 men and 4 women.[1] World Weightlifting Championships are the main qualifying events for the 2012 Olympic games. NOCs achieve qualification places according to their position in the joint team classification by points adding those scored in the 2010 and 2011 World Championships. One continental qualification event is held for each continent in 2012. Only NOCs which have not gained quota places in the Main Qualification Events may obtain quota places.[1]
Great Britain, as host country has been allocated three men's quota places and two women's quota places for the London 2012 Olympic Games.[1]
Qualification timeline Event Date Venue 2010 World Championships September 17–26, 2010 Antalya , Turkey 2011 World Championships November 5–13, 2011 Paris , France 2012 African Championships March 30 – April 2, 2012 Nairobi , Kenya 2012 European Championships April 9–15, 2012 Antalya , Turkey 2012 Asian Championships April 24–30, 2012 Pyeongtaek , South Korea 2012 Pan-American Championships May 11–18, 2012 Antigua , Guatemala 2012 Oceania Championships June 6–9, 2012 Apia , Samoa Olympic Qualification Ranking List June 9, 2012 — Tripartite Commission Invitations June 26, 2012 —
Individual Ranking events Event Date Venue IWF Continental Clubs Grand Prix December 11–16, 2010 Penang , Malaysia IWF Grand Prix January 15–17, 2011 Fujian , China 2011 World Junior Championships June 30 – July 7, 2011 Penang , Malaysia IWF Grand Prix – President's Cup December 16–18, 2011 Belgorod , Russia
Qualification summary Albania had 4 male quota places, but use only three. Therefore, one quota remained unused[2] Men World Championships Teams 1st–6th: 6 athletesTeams 7th–12th: 5 athletesTeams 13th–18th: 4 athletesTeams 19th–24th: 3 athletes[3] [4] Rank Quota NOC Year Category Subtotal Total 56 62 69 77 85 94 105 +105 1 6 China 2010 53/2 25/1 /1 25/1 21/1 124/6 261 2011 53/2 28/1 28/1 28/1 /1 137/6 2 6 Russia 2010 25/1 50/2 48/2 /1 123/6 258 2011 43/2 42/2 28/1 22/1 135/6 3 6 Iran 2010 /1 22/1 13/1 13/1 49/2 97/6 233 2011 20/1 28/1 35/2 53/2 136/6 4 6 South Korea 2010 21/1 17/1 /1 17/1 41/2 96/6 223 2011 19/1 25/1 19/1 21/1 43/2 127/6 5 6 Poland 2010 15/1 18/1 28/1 21/1 50/2 132/6 223 2011 15/2 23/1 14/1 39/2 91/6 6 6 Ukraine 2010 13/1 66/2 15/1 23/2 87/6 207 2011 15/1 40/2 25/1 40/2 120/6 7 5 Egypt 2010 14/1 /1 42/2 14/1 20/1 90/6 196 2011 38/2 22/1 18/1 13/1 15/1 106/6 8 5 Uzbekistan 2010 22/1 37/2 36/2 21/1 116/6 191 2011 16/1 4/1 4/1 12/1 21/1 18/1 75/6 9 5 North Korea 2010 23/1 28/1 23/1 17/1 91/4 180 2011 20/1 45/2 6/2 18/1 89/6 10 5 Turkey 2010 23/2 44/2 13/1 12/1 92/6 171 2011 33/2 36/2 /1 10/1 79/6 11 5 Indonesia 2010 30/2 41/2 25/2 96/6 163 2011 /1 38/2 20/2 9/1 67/6 12 5 Azerbaijan 2010 35/2 10/1 5/1 19/1 /1 69/6 162 2011 23/1 42/2 11/2 17/1 93/6 13 4 Kazakhstan 2010 /1 /1 29/2 31/2 60/6 158 2011 19/1 16/1 28/2 35/2 98/6 14 4 Belarus 2010 23/1 19/2 19/2 16/1 77/6 157 2011 32/2 13/1 20/1 15/2 80/6 15 4 Colombia 2010 35/2 17/1 10/1 9/1 15/1 86/6 152 2011 25/2 40/2 1/2 66/6 16 4 Cuba 2010 37/2 22/1 22/1 14/1 10/1 105/6 143 2011 21/2 /1 /1 17/1 /1 38/6 17 4 Albania 2010 1/1 35/2 20/1 1/2 57/6 133 2011 22/2 36/2 11/1 7/1 76/6 18 4 Armenia 2010 28/2 /2 15/1 19/1 62/6 131 2011 18/2 40/2 11/2 69/6 19 3 Turkmenistan 2010 10/1 33/2 /1 7/1 /1 50/6 125 2011 34/2 15/1 14/2 12/1 75/6 20 3 Georgia 2010 9/1 8/2 26/2 15/1 58/6 123 2011 /1 10/1 35/2 20/2 65/6 21 3 France 2010 3/1 17/2 /1 18/1 38/5 121 2011 3/1 38/2 31/2 11/1 83/6 22 3 Romania 2010 /1 /2 16/1 19/1 23/1 58/6 118 2011 9/1 /1 31/2 20/1 /1 60/6 23 3 Thailand 2010 /1 28/2 13/1 3/1 6/1 50/6 111 2011 25/2 17/2 5/1 14/1 61/6 24 3 Germany 2010 11/1 6/1 7/1 6/1 25/2 55/6 110 2011 /1 13/1 14/1 11/1 17/1 55/5 25 Moldova 2010 9/2 12/1 27/2 17/1 65/6 102 2011 9/1 8/1 2/1 /1 18/2 37/6 26 Japan 2010 13/2 23/2 4/1 11/1 51/6 93 2011 10/2 17/2 7/1 8/1 42/6 27 Venezuela 2010 28/2 8/2 8/1 7/1 51/6 92 2011 14/1 10/2 6/1 9/1 2/1 41/6 28 Slovakia 2010 9/1 17/2 10/1 16/1 6/1 58/6 72 2011 /1 /1 10/1 4/2 14/5 29 Lithuania 2010 4/1 23/2 /1 7/1 34/5 69 2011 6/2 16/1 13/2 /1 35/6 30 Chinese Taipei 2010 7/1 2/1 /2 21/2 30/6 69 2011 18/2 3/1 5/1 13/1 39/5 31 Ecuador 2010 12/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 39/4 63 2011 /1 8/1 /1 /1 15/1 1/1 24/6 32 Spain 2010 13/2 10/2 5/1 10/1 38/6 60 2011 10/2 /2 4/1 8/1 22/6 33 Greece 2010 1/1 16/2 /1 18/1 35/5 55 2011 1/1 5/1 14/2 20/4 34 United States 2010 7/1 2/2 4/2 14/1 27/6 54 2011 11/1 8/2 8/1 /2 27/6 35 Tunisia 2010 21/1 /1 8/1 21/1 /1 50/5 50 2011 /1 /1 /2 0/4 36 Hungary 2010 /2 11/1 /1 12/1 23/5 41 2011 /1 18/1 28/2 37 Kyrgyzstan 2010 19/2 /1 /1 19/4 38 2011 19/1 /1 19/2 38 India 2010 11/1 6/1 /1 1/2 18/5 32 2011 2/1 10/2 1/1 1/1 /1 14/6 39 Latvia 2010 15/2 /1 15/3 29 2011 14/1 /1 14/2 40 El Salvador 2010 19/2 19/2 29 2011 10/2 10/2 41 Belgium 2010 14/1 14/1 26 2011 12/1 12/1 42 Czech Republic 2010 2/1 /1 3/2 21/2 26/6 26 2011 /1 /1 0/2 43 Brazil 2010 5/1 3/1 8/2 23 2011 6/2 /1 9/1 15/4 44 Vietnam 2010 /1 0/1 22 2011 22/2 22/2 45 Canada 2010 5/1 /1 /2 9/1 14/5 21 2011 /1 /2 /1 7/2 7/6 46 Malaysia 2010 19 2011 5/1 14/1 19/2 47 Mexico 2010 18 2011 18/1 18/1 48 Nauru 2010 16 2011 16/1 16/1 49 Nigeria 2010 16 2011 12/1 4/1 16/2 50 Philippines 2010 13 2011 13/1 13/1 51 Federated States of Micronesia 2010 12 2011 12/1 12/1 52 Italy 2010 5/1 3/1 /1 1/1 /1 9/5 9 2011 /1 /1 /1 0/3 53 Guatemala 2010 5/1 5/1 8 2011 /1 3/1 3/2 54 Fiji 2010 2/1 2/1 7 2011 5/1 5/1 55 South Africa 2010 1/1 4/1 /1 /1 /1 5/5 5 2011 56 Samoa 2010 4 2011 /1 4/1 4/2 57 Finland 2010 /1 2/1 2/2 4 2011 /1 2/1 /1 /1 2/4 58 Australia 2010 3 2011 /1 /1 3/1 /1 3/4 59 Qatar 2010 3/1 /1 3/2 3 2011 60 Chile 2010 3 2011 3/1 3/1 61 Kiribati 2010 2 2011 2/1 2/1 — Cameroon 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Croatia 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 /1 /1 0/2 — Puerto Rico 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Ireland 2010 /1 /1 0/2 0 2011 /1 /1 0/2 — Peru 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Papua New Guinea 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — American Samoa 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Costa Rica 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Palau 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Switzerland 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 /1 /1 0/2 — Tajikistan 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Tuvalu 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Dominican Republic 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 — Uruguay 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011 — Iraq 2010 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 0/6 0 2011 — Saudi Arabia 2010 /2 /1 /1 /1 /1 0/6 0 2011 — Mauritius 2010 /1 0/1 0 2011
African Championships Teams 1st–5th: 1 athlete[5] European Championships Teams 1st–7th: 1 athlete[6] Asian Championships Teams 1st–7th: 1 athlete[7] Pan-American Championships Teams 1st–7th: 1 athlete[8] Oceania Championships Teams 1st–5th: 1 athlete[9] Women World Championships Teams 1st–9th: 4 athletesTeams 10th–16th: 3 athletesTeams 17th–21st: 2 athletes[10] [11] Rank Quota NOC Year Category Subtotal Total 48 53 58 63 69 75 +75 1 4 Russia 2010 28/1 48/2 28/1 104/4 206 2011 21/1 28/1 28/1 25/1 102/4 2 4 China 2010 28/1 25/1 21/1 25/1 99/4 205 2011 28/1 25/1 25/1 28/1 106/4 3 4 Kazakhstan 2010 21/1 28/1 46/2 95/4 196 2011 28/1 28/1 45/2 101/4 4 4 Turkey 2010 53/2 28/1 25/1 106/4 188 2011 23/1 25/1 15/1 19/1 82/4 5 4 Belarus 2010 25/1 20/1 38/2 83/4 172 2011 28/1 39/2 22/1 89/4 6 4 Thailand 2010 23/1 20/1 38/2 81/4 171 2011 47/2 18/1 25/1 90/4 7 4 Colombia 2010 19/1 23/1 22/1 19/1 83/4 158 2011 21/1 18/1 18/1 18/1 75/4 8 4 South Korea 2010 21/1 16/1 22/1 23/1 82/4 151 2011 17/1 13/1 19/1 20/1 69/4 9 4 Japan 2010 15/1 22/1 37/2 74/4 148 2011 21/1 16/1 37/2 74/4 10 3 Chinese Taipei 2010 22/1 35/2 /1 57/4 139 2011 23/1 17/1 62/2 82/4 11 3 Ukraine 2010 21/1 20/1 36/2 77/4 132 2011 23/1 32/2 /1 55/4 12 3 North Korea 2010 19/1 23/2 21/1 63/4 130 2011 22/2 22/1 23/1 67/4 13 3 Poland 2010 20/1 17/1 29/2 66/4 130 2011 21/1 16/1 12/1 15/1 64/4 14 3 Egypt 2010 19/1 17/1 28/2 64/4 129 2011 13/1 19/1 33/2 65/4 15 3 Canada 2010 15/1 12/1 20/1 15/1 62/4 122 2011 13/1 33/2 14/1 60/4 16 3 Ecuador 2010 9/1 13/1 22/1 21/1 65/4 120 2011 18/1 10/1 7/1 20/1 55/4 17 2 Germany 2010 18/1 13/1 11/1 14/1 56/4 112 2011 15/1 14/1 27/2 56/4 18 2 Venezuela 2010 14/1 15/1 25/2 54/4 111 2011 18/1 14/1 25/2 57/4 19 2 United States 2010 12/1 13/1 11/1 17/1 53/4 105 2011 21/2 31/2 52/4 20 2 Dominican Republic 2010 11/1 25/1 /1 11/1 47/4 101 2011 21/2 22/1 11/1 54/4 21 2 Armenia 2010 17/1 19/1 23/1 22/1 81/4 100 2011 10/1 /1 9/2 19/4 22 Mexico 2010 18/1 15/1 10/1 /1 43/4 95 2011 12/1 17/1 10/1 13/1 52/4 23 Spain 2010 14/1 15/1 9/1 /1 38/4 91 2011 16/1 7/1 9/1 21/1 53/4 24 Hungary 2010 18/1 26/2 12/1 56/4 90 2011 14/1 12/1 8/1 /1 34/4 25 Indonesia 2010 /1 23/1 21/1 44/3 89 2011 14/1 15/2 16/1 45/4 26 India 2010 3/1 12/1 8/1 8/1 31/4 86 2011 35/2 12/1 8/1 55/4 27 Italy 2010 26/2 10/1 10/1 46/4 74 2011 9/2 9/1 10/1 28/4 28 Albania 2010 17/1 14/1 11/2 42/4 69 2011 /1 19/2 8/1 27/4 29 Azerbaijan 2010 7/1 7/1 68 2011 19/1 20/1 22/1 61/3 30 France 2010 8/1 16/2 24/3 67 2011 25/2 18/2 43/4 31 Brazil 2010 14/1 14/1 28/2 61 2011 7/1 8/1 5/1 13/1 33/4 32 Nigeria 2010 55 2011 16/1 16/1 /1 23/1 55/4 33 Romania 2010 5/1 11/1 14/2 30/4 53 2011 23/1 23/1 34 Sweden 2010 10/1 11/1 9/1 30/3 34 2011 /1 4/1 4/2 35 Greece 2010 4/1 8/1 12/1 24/3 34 2011 5/1 5/1 10/2 36 Vietnam 2010 18/1 18/1 29 2011 11/1 11/1 37 Czech Republic 2010 17/1 8/1 25/2 25 2011 38 Finland 2010 9/1 9/1 24 2011 /1 15/2 15/3 39 Uzbekistan 2010 8/2 7/1 9/1 24/4 24 2011 40 Australia 2010 22 2011 6/1 6/1 10/1 22/3 41 Philippines 2010 20 2011 20/1 20/1 42 Hong Kong 2010 /1 0/1 19 2011 19/1 19/1 43 United Arab Emirates 2010 7/1 11/2 18/3 18 2011 44 Puerto Rico 2010 /1 /1 /1 /1 0/4 17 2011 17/1 17/1 45 Samoa 2010 17 2011 17/1 /1 17/2 46 Norway 2010 /1 0/1 15 2011 15/1 15/1 47 Serbia 2010 13/1 13/1 13 2011 /1 0/1 48 South Africa 2010 13/1 13/1 13 2011 49 New Zealand 2010 12 2011 12/1 12/1 50 Denmark 2010 9/1 9/1 12 2011 3/1 3/1 51 Solomon Islands 2010 10 2011 7/1 3/1 10/2 52 Nauru 2010 9 2011 9/1 9/1 53 Fiji 2010 8 2011 8/1 8/1 54 El Salvador 2010 8 2011 8/1 8/1 55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 7/1 7/1 7 2011 /1 0/1 56 Seychelles 2010 6 2011 6/1 6/1 57 Pakistan 2010 5 2011 5/1 5/1 58 Slovakia 2010 4 2011 4/1 4/1 — Cameroon 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Malaysia 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Moldova 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1 — Mongolia 2010 /1 /2 /1 0/4 0 2011 /1 /1 0/2 — Peru 2010 0 2011 /1 0/1
African Championships Teams 1st–4th: 1 athlete[12] European Championships Teams 1st–6th: 1 athlete[13] Asian Championships Teams 1st–6th: 1 athlete[14] Pan-American Championships Teams 1st–4th: 1 athlete[15] Oceania Championships Teams 1st–4th: 1 athlete[16] Individual qualification Eight places for men and seven places for women are allocated based on the Olympic Qualification Ranking Lists. Individual quota places are allocated to the athletes, ranked in the top 15 places for men and the top 10 places for women in eachbodyweight category, from NOCs which have not gained any quota place(s) through the Main or Continental Qualification Events.[1]
Men Women Tripartite commission invitations Reallocation of unused quota places References 
