537 days (or 46,396,800 seconds) after the Olympic qualifying period started with the -45kg category at the 2022 World Championships the IWF has finally announced the official list of weightlifters who will be competing at the Olympic Games.
Quite frankly, I’m not sure we could have waited many seconds longer!
The IWF has released the final rankings for the Olympic Games. This list now takes into account a country’s selection of their own team, as well as athletes who qualified in two categories having selected their official category.
Note: This is now the final list, as announced by the IWF.
NOTEWORTHY MENTIONS
- Oceania mops up over half of all continental slots (five from an available eight).
- Karim Abokahla (-96kg world champion) picks the -89kg category for the Olympic Games having qualified in both the -89kg and -102kg categories.
- Tight at the top! The 2nd through 7th place ranked weightlifters in the -102kg category only had a spread of 4kg from 401kg to 398kg.
- Nina Sterckx drops to -49kg category despite also qualifying at -59kg. Having spent most of the quad at -59kg this came as a shock. Her decision knocks out Rosegie Ramos (PHI -49kg) and brings in Lucrezia Magistris (ITA -59kg) into the mix.
- Yeniuska Mirabal (CUB -81) who equaled the total of 10th place athlete Amanda Da Costa misses out on an Olympic spot by 1kg.
- Li Wenwen (CHN +81) and Li Fabin (CHN -61) have the biggest lead over the second ranked athletes in their categories with 9.8% and 4.3% respectively. The spread between 1st and 3rd is on average greater among the women’s categories.
MEN’S -61KG
1 Asia LI Fabin CHN 314
2 Pan America MORRIS Hampton Miller USA 303
3 Europe MASSIDDA Sergio ITA 302
4 Asia IRAWAN Eko Yuli INA 300
5 Asia CENIZA John Febuar PHI 300
6 Asia SILACHAI Theerapong THA 299
7 Europe MISHVELIDZE Shota GEO 298
8 Asia MOHAMAD ANIQ Bin Kasdan MAS 296
9 Asia TRINH Van Vinh VIE 294
10 Europe DIMOV Ivan Petkov BUL 293
- Oceania BARU Morea PNG 281 (continental)
- Oceania ERATI Kaimauri KIR 220 (universality)
MEN’S -73KG
1 Asia JUNIANSYAH Rizki INA 365
2 Asia SHI Zhiyong CHN 356
3 Asia MIYAMOTO Masanori JPN 350
4 Asia WICHUMA Weeraphon THA 349
5 Europe ANDREEV Bozhidar Dimitrov BUL 348
6 Asia BAK Joohyo KOR 345
7 Europe SUHAREVS Ritvars LAT 341
8 Europe OZBEK Muhammed Furkan TUR 341
9 Pan America MAYORA PERNA Julio Ruben VEN 339
10 Pan America MOSQUERA LOZANO Luis Javier COL 337
- Africa BEN HNIA Karem TUN 332 (continental)
- Europe KINGUE MATAM Benardin Ledoux FRA 324 (host)
MEN’S -89KG
1 Europe NASAR Karlos May BUL 396
2 Pan America LOPEZ LOPEZ Yeison COL 392
3 Pan America VALLENILLA SANCHEZ Keydomar Giovanni VEN 385
4 Asia JAVADI ALIABADI Mir Mostafa IRI 384
5 Africa ABOKAHLA Karim Ibrahim Ibrahim Ali EGY 381
6 Europe PIZZOLATO Antonino ITA 380
7 Europe ROBU Marin MDA 378
8 Europe KARAPETYAN Andranik ARM 377
9 Asia YU Dongju KOR 375
10 Pan America SANTAVY Boady Robert CAN 372
- Oceania BRUCE Kyle John Ryan Christopher P AUS 336 (continental)
- Europe IMADOUCHENE Romain Jordan Sebastien FRA 396 (host)
MEN’S -102KG
1 Asia LIU Huanhua CHN 413
2 Europe KARAPETYAN Garik ARM 401
3 Asia ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H. QAT 400
4 Asia DJURAEV Akbar UZB 400
5 Europe TSIKHANTSOU Yauheni AIN 400
6 Asia JANG Yeonhak KOR 399
7 Asia PAREDES MONTANO Lesman BRN 398
8 Asia HASANBAYEV Davranbek TKM 392
9 Europe CHKHEIDZE Irakli GEO 391
10 Oceania OPELOGE Don SAM 391
- Pan America KITTS Wesley Brian USA 388 (continental)
- Africa ABUZRIBA Ahmed Mustafa Ahmed LBA 361 (universality)
- IOC Refugee Olympic Team MORA Ramiro 359 (EOR)
MEN’S +102KG
1 Europe TALAKHADZE Lasha GEO 474
2 Asia MINASYAN Gor Tigran A. BRN 464
3 Europe LALAYAN Varazdat ARM 463
4 Asia DAVOUDI Ali IRI 454
5 Asia ASAAD Man SYR 445
6 Africa ELSAYED Abdelrahman Mohamed A. A. EGY 433
7 Asia RUBAIAWI Ali Ammar Yusur IRQ 427
8 Africa BIDANI Walid ALG 426
9 Asia MURAKAMI Eishiro JPN 421
10 Europe KUCERA Kamil CZE 411
- Oceania LITI David Andrew NZL 413 (continental)
- Europe SEIM Mart EST 410 (reallocated)
WOMEN’S -49KG
1 Asia HOU Zhihui CHN 217
2 Asia MIRABAI Chanu Saikhom IND 200
3 Asia KHAMBAO Surodchana THA 200
4 Pan America DELACRUZ Jourdan Elizabeth USA 200
5 Europe CAMBEI Mihaela-Valentina ROU 199
6 Asia SUZUKI Rira JPN 197
7 Europe STERCKX Nina BEL 193
8 Pan America ECHANDIA ZARATE Katherin Oriana VEN 193
9 Asia FANG Wan Ling TPE 192
10 Pan America PIRON CANDELARIO Beatriz Elizabeth DOM 191
- Africa RANDAFIARISON Rosina MAD 172 (continental)
- Oceania LAGATAO Nicola Velasco GUM 132 (universality)
WOMEN’S -59KG
1 Asia LUO Shifang CHN 248
2 Europe KONOTOP Kamila UKR 236
3 Pan America CHARRON Maude G CAN 236
4 Pan America ALVAREZ CAICEDO Yenny Fernanda COL 234
5 Asia KUO Hsing-Chun TPE 232
6 Pan America VENEGAS VALERA Anyelin Maria VEN 229
7 Asia ANDO Elreen Ann PHI 228
8 Africa LAWAL Rafiatu Folashade NGR 227
9 Pan America GOMEZ VALDIVIA Janeth MEX 223
10 Europe MAGISTRIS Lucrezia ITA 217
- Oceania SASSER Mathlynn Langtor MHL 216 (continental)
- Europe TCHAKOUNTE Dora Meiriama FRA 224 (host)
WOMEN’S -71KG
1 Pan America REEVES Olivia Lynn USA 268
2 Pan America PALACIOS DAJOMES Angie Paola ECU 261
3 Europe TOMA Loredana-Elena ROU 256
4 Asia SARNO Vanessa PHI 249
5 Africa SAID Neama Said Fahmi EGY 246
6 Asia CHEN Wen-Huei TPE 246
7 Pan America SANCHEZ PERINAN Mari Leivis COL 244
8 Europe VALODZKA Siuzanna AIN 242
9 Africa EZE Joy Ogbonne NGR 239
10 Pan America DA COSTA Schott Amanda BRA 238
- Oceania NICHELE Jacqueline Mary AUS 214 (continental)
- Europe FEGUE Marie Josephe FRA 253 (host)
WOMEN’S -81KG
1 Pan America DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia ECU 269
2 Africa AHMED Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed EGY 268
3 Europe KOANDA Solfrid Eila Amena NOR 266
4 Oceania CIKAMATANA Eileen Floanna Maria AUS 263
5 Asia KIM Suhyeon KOR 256
6 Pan America MEDINA ROCA Ayamey Damiana CUB 254
7 Pan America NASCIMENTO AMARO Laura BRA 253
8 Pan America MEJIA PEGUERO Yudelina DOM 252
9 Asia MUNKHJANTSAN Ankhtsetseg MGL 243
10 Asia ADASHBAEVA Rigina UZB 243
- Europe ZIELINSKA Weronika POL 241 (reallocated)
- Oceania PRITCHARD LOLO Ajah VAN 197 (universality)
- IOC Refugee Olympic Team JAMALI Yetka 225 (EOR)
WOMEN’S +81KG
1 Asia LI Wenwen CHN 325
2 Asia PARK Hyejeong KOR 296
3 Europe CAMPBELL Emily Jade GBR 287
4 Asia CHAIDEE Duangaksorn THA 286
5 Pan America THEISEN LAPPEN Mary Anne USA 283
6 Pan America AYOVI CABEZAS Lisseth Betzaida ECU 276
7 Africa ABBAS Halima Abdelazim Sedky EGY 275
8 Pan America PEREZ REVERON Naryury Alexandra VEN 267
9 Oceania SIPAIA Iuniarra SAM 267
10 Pan America SANTANA PEGUERO Crismery Dominga DOM 263
- Asia AKMAL Nurul INA 260 (reallocation)
- Asia JABBOROVA Tursunoy UZB 258 (reallocation)
