Weightlifting at the Olympics: Dates, venue, history, events and Team GB prospects

Everything you need to know about Weightlifting at the Olympics in Paris.

Changes have been made to weightlifting heading into the Olympics in Paris, with the 196 roster now dropped down to 120, with an equal split between men and women.

The weight classes have also been chopped from 14 down to 10, meaning there are 30 medals on offer.

Olympic Weightlifting Dates

When does Olympic Weightlifting take place in 2024?

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics in Paris is scheduled to take place between Wednesday 7th August and Sunday 11th August.

Olympic Weightlifting Events

Two lifts have been used in weightlifting since the 1976 Games in Montreal, these being the snatch and the clean and jerk.

The snatch is where the bar is lifted from the floor to above the head in one movement, while the clean and jerk is made up of two movements, with the bar brought up to the shoulders before then being jerked over the head..

Competitors will perform the two lifts three times, with their best result in each combining to determine their overall score. Whoever has the highest total score is the winner.

The weight classes have been reduced from 14 in Tokyo to 10 in Paris, with the men's 67, 81, 96, 109 and +109 kg categories being scrapped.

As for the women, the 55, 64, 76, 87 and +87 kg classes have been dropped.

Men's weight classes

• 61 kg
• 73 kg
• 89 kg
• 102 kg
• +102 kg

Women's weight classes

• 49 kg

• 59 kg

• 71 kg

• 81 kg

• +81 kg

Olympic Weightlifting venues

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, an exhibition and conference centre in Paris, will stage all of the weightlifting at the Olympics.

The venue will also host the handball, volleyball and table tennis competitions.

When was Weightlifting introduced into the Olympics?

Weightlifting debuted at the inaugural 1896 Olympics in Greece and, after being dropped four years later, it returned for the 1904 Games in the United States.

Having again been dropped from the schedule for the 1908 and 1912 Olympics, it has been contested at every edition since the 1920 Games in Belgium.

Team GB prospects

Just one person has qualified for weightlifting for Team GB, Emily Campbell, who won a silver medal in Tokyo in the +87 kg category.

The 30-year-old is the reigning European champion in this category and she will be eyeing gold in Paris.

Most recent British Golds

Team GB's sole gold medal was won by Launceston Elliot in the one-hand lift at the 1896 Games.

Total GB Medal Tally

Team GB have won eight weightlifting medals at the Olympics - one gold, four silver and three bronze.

Olympic Weightlifting favourites

Who are the favourites to win Weightlifting golds?

China's Li Fabin is expected to take gold in the men's 61 kg category, while his compatriot Liu Huanhua leads the way in the 102 kg event.

Karlos May Nasar, Bulgaria's 20-year-old star, is fancied to take the top prize in the 89 kg section, while Georgian Lasha Talakhadze looks like the one to beat in the +102 kg discipline.

For Team GB, Campbell should be right in the mix to at least get on the podium, though gold will be the focus.