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Data from IWF recognised competitions 1998 - 2026

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All Sinclair scores on WLstats will always be calculated using the most recent sinclair coefficient, which means sinclair scores from previous generations will be elevated due to the rise in max bodyweight

Lifts

The Table below shows the max and average lifts over all weight classes, and max, medallist average and average sinclairs from all lifters.

MAX Sn MAX CJ MAX Total
M 225 267 492
F 155 193 348
AVG Sn AVG CJ AVG Total
M 126 150 266
F 79 98 173
Sinc. AVG AVG Medal MAX
M 343.97 410.89 506.22
F 229.34 266.7 364.85

Max lifts and sinclair from each year and gender


Average lifts and sinclair from each year and gender


Average medallist sinclair from each gender and year


Athletes, Results, Bombouts
Athletes Results Bombouts
M 10,926 31,760 3,117
F 7,622 24,493 1,678
Comb. 18,548 56,253 4,795
Athletes by Continent & Gender
AS AF EU NA SA OC
M 1796 506 3076 847 799 552
F 1168 325 1995 792 664 477
Comb. 2964 831 5071 1639 1463 1029
Competition Stats

Number of Competitions

Olympic World Commonwealth
15 61 35
Continental Other Total
306 123 464


Number of Continental Competitions by Continent

AF NA/SA AS EU OC
52 79 65 58 52


Number of Hosts Per Country

Olympics

Host Nation Host Count
AUS 2
CHN 2
BRA 2
GRE 1
GBR 1
JPN 1
FRA 1

World Championships

Host Nation Host Count
TUR 2
POL 2
THA 2
USA 2
BRN 1
NOR 1
KSA 1
COL 1
UZB 1
TKM 1
KAZ 1
KOR 1
FRA 1
QAT 1
GRE 1
CAN 1
DOM 1
FIN 1

European Championships

Host Nation Host Count
ROU 3
GEO 3
RUS 2
ALB 2
ITA 1
POL 1
CRO 1
NOR 1
BLR 1
TUR 1
ISR 1
LTU 1
CYP 1
ARM 1
BUL 1
MDA 1

African Games

Host Nation Host Count
CGO 1
MAR 1
GHA 1

African Championships

Host Nation Host Count
EGY 4
MRI 3
RSA 2
KEN 2
CMR 2
UGA 1
MAR 1
LBA 1
MAD 1
TUN 1

Pacific Games

Host Nation Host Count
AUS 2
PNG 1
NCL 1
COK 1
WAF 1
NMI 1
SAM 1
SOL 1
PLW 1

Oceania Championships

Host Nation Host Count
AUS 5
SAM 3
FIJ 2
NCL 2
NZL 1
PNG 1
OWF 1
NMI 1
SOL 1
PLW 1

Asian Games

Host Nation Host Count
INA 2
CHN 2
QAT 1
KOR 1
HKG 1
LAO 1
TKM 1

Asian Championships

Host Nation Host Count
UZB 6
CHN 3
KAZ 2
KOR 2
JPN 1
TKM 1
THA 1
PRK 1
UAE 1
BRN 1
IND 1

Americas Games

Host Nation Host Count
CHI 2
CAN 1
MEX 1
PAR 1
PER 1
BOL 1

Americas Championships

Host Nation Host Count
COL 8
GUA 4
VEN 4
PER 3
DOM 3
USA 2
BRA 1
ECU 1
ARG 1
PAN 1
BOL 1

Commonwealth Games

Host Nation Host Count
GBR 1
IND 1
ONL 1
ENG 1
SCO 1
AUS 1

Commonwealth Championships

Host Nation Host Count
MAS 3
SAM 2
RSA 1
AUS 1
Pune 1
UZB 1
IND 1

All Competitions

Host Nation Host Count
COL 13
CHN 12
AUS 12
TUR 10
UZB 9
RUS 9
USA 8
SAM 8
PER 8
QAT 8
FRA 6
VEN 6
NCL 6
EGY 6
THA 6
ITA 5
IRI 5
MAS 5
KOR 4
DOM 4
GBR 4
CAN 4
JPN 4
MRI 4
POL 4
MLT 4
GUA 4
IND 3
CUB 3
GEO 3
TKM 3
AZE 3
SVK 3
RSA 3
KAZ 3
KEN 3
ISR 3
BRA 3
ROU 3
NOR 3
GRE 3
MEX 2
CHI 2
NZL 2
PRK 2
INA 2
MAR 2
ECU 2
BRN 2
ARG 2
BOL 2
BLR 2
CMR 2
SRB 2
ALB 2
AUT 2
FIJ 2
PNG 2
TPE 2
UGA 2
UAE 2
GHA 1
PAN 1
GER 1
SMR 1
SUI 1
CAM 1
MAD 1
PHI 1
ARM 1
TUN 1
KSA 1
ALG 1
SOL 1
ESP 1
BUL 1
PLW 1
MDA 1
SCO 1
CYP 1
COK 1
CGO 1
LTU 1
Pune 1
WAF 1
PUR 1
CRO 1
HKG 1
LAO 1
PAR 1
FIN 1
SGP 1
ONL 1
VIE 1
OWF 1
NMI 1
LBA 1
ENG 1