Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics


competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from 28 July to 7 August in the ExCeL venue. Fifteen gold medals were awarded and 260 athletes took part.

Events

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Qualification

Medal summary

The results of the 2012 Olympic weightlifting competition have been significantly revised after significant doping was uncovered through retests of samples from these Games that were undertaken in 2016, 2018 and 2019. As of 30 April 2020, a total of 43 lifters have tested positive for a variety of prohibited substances following these retests. Below are the results listed by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Olympic and world records broken

Women

Men