2012 in weightlifting

This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2012.

2012 Summer Olympics (IWF)

 * ''The results below came from the IWF's 2012 Summer Olympics Results Page
 * Men's 56 kg: 🇰🇵 Om Yun-chol;  🇨🇳 Wu Jingbiao;  🇦🇿 Valentin Hristov
 * Men's 62 kg: 🇰🇵 Kim Un-guk;  🇨🇴 Óscar Figueroa;   Eko Yuli Irawan
 * Men's 69 kg: 🇨🇳 Lin Qingfeng;   Triyatno;  🇷🇴 Răzvan Martin
 * Men's 77 kg: 🇨🇳 Lü Xiaojun;  🇨🇳 Lu Haojie;  🇨🇺 Iván Cambar
 * Men's 85 kg: 🇵🇱 Adrian Zieliński;   Kianoush Rostami;  🇪🇬 Tarek Yehia
 * Men's 94 kg:  Saeid Mohammadpour;  🇰🇷 Kim Min-jae;  🇵🇱 Tomasz Zieliński
 * Men's 105 kg: 🇺🇦 Oleksiy Torokhtiy;   Navab Nassirshalal;  🇵🇱 Bartłomiej Bonk
 * Men's +105 kg:  Behdad Salimi;   Sajjad Anoushiravani;  🇷🇺 Ruslan Albegov
 * Women's 48 kg: 🇨🇳 Wang Mingjuan;  🇯🇵 Hiromi Miyake;  🇰🇵 Ryang Chun-hwa
 * Women's 53 kg:  Hsu Shu-ching;   Citra Febrianti;  🇺🇦 Iulia Paratova
 * Women's 58 kg: 🇨🇳 Li Xueying;  🇹🇭 Pimsiri Sirikaew;  🇹🇭 Rattikan Gulnoi
 * Women's 63 kg: 🇨🇦 Christine Girard;  🇧🇬 Milka Maneva;  🇲🇽 Luz Acosta
 * Women's 69 kg: 🇰🇵 Rim Jong-sim;  🇷🇴 Roxana Cocoș;  🇰🇿 Anna Nurmukhambetova
 * Women's 75 kg: 🇪🇸 Lydia Valentín;  🇪🇬 Abeer Abdelrahman;  🇨🇲 Madias Nzesso
 * Women's +75 kg: 🇨🇳 Zhou Lulu;  🇷🇺 Tatiana Kashirina;  🇰🇷 Jang Mi-ran

World & Grand Prix weightlifting championships

 * May 10 – ?: 2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Antigua Guatemala
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 18 – ?: 2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇸🇰 Košice
 * 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 won 3 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
 * October 12: – ?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #1 in 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg
 * Men's 94 kg: 🇷🇺 Egor Klimonov
 * Men's 105 kg: 🇷🇺 Gennady Muratov
 * Men's +105 kg: 🇨🇿 Jiří Orság
 * Women's 75 kg: 🇷🇺 Olga Zubova
 * Women's +75 kg: 🇷🇺 Tatiana Kashirina
 * November 5 – ?: 2012 World University Weightlifting Championships in 🇮🇱 Eilat
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * December 14 – ?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #2 in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * Men's 62 kg: 🇦🇿 Valentin Hristov
 * Men's 69 kg: 🇦🇿 Firidun Guliyev
 * Women's 53 kg: 🇲🇩 Cristina Iovu
 * Women's 58 kg: 🇷🇺 Tatiana Aleeva

Continental & regional weightlifting championships

 * March 20 – ?: 2012 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in 🇨🇴 Medellín
 * 🇨🇴 won the gold medal tally. Colombia and 🇻🇪 won 11 overall medals each.
 * March 29 – ?: 2012 African Weightlifting Championships in 🇰🇪 Nairobi
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 9 – ?: 2012 European Weightlifting Championships in 🇹🇷 Antalya
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 22 – ?: 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships in 🇰🇷 Pyeongtaek
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 10 – ?: 2012 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Antigua Guatemala
 * 🇨🇴 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 4 – ?: 2012 Oceania Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Apia
 * Senior: won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior: and 🇳🇿 won 3 gold medals each. Samoa won the overall medalt tally.
 * Youth: 🇳🇿 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * June 4 – ?: 2012 Commonwealth Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Apia
 * Senior: 🇮🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior: 🇮🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Youth: 🇮🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 18 – ?: 2012 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Viña del Mar
 * 🇲🇽 won the gold medal tally. 🇨🇴 won the overall medal tally.
 * August 25 – ?: 2012 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇷🇴 Constanța
 * 🇦🇲 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * October 24 – ?: 2012 South American Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in 🇻🇪 Maracaibo
 * Senior: 🇻🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior: 🇻🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 8 – ?: 2012 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Yangon
 * Junior: 🇨🇳 and 🇰🇵 won 5 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
 * Youth: 🇨🇳 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * November 18 – ?: 2012 African Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇹🇳 Tunis
 * Junior: 🇪🇬 won the gold medal tally. 🇹🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * Youth: 🇹🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 29 – ?: 2012 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in 🇮🇱 Eilat
 * 🇷🇺 and 🇷🇴 won 4 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.