2018 in weightlifting

This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2018.

World weightlifting championships

 * July 7–14: 2018 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in 🇺🇿 Tashkent
 * 🇺🇿 won the gold medal tally. 🇺🇸 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 20–23: 2018 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in 🇵🇱 Biała Podlaska
 * Both 🇯🇵 and won 3 gold medals and 8 overall medals each.
 * November 1–10: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in 🇹🇲 Ashgabat
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Continental and regional weightlifting championships

 * March 23–30: 2018 African Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇪🇬 Cairo
 * Junior: 🇪🇬 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Youth: 🇪🇬 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 26 – April 1: 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in 🇷🇴 Bucharest
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇴 won the overall medal tally.
 * April 20–30: 2018 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇺🇿 Urgench
 * Junior: 🇺🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Youth: 🇺🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 12–19: 2018 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo
 * Men: Six national teams won 3 gold medals each. 🇨🇴 won the overall medal tally.
 * Women: 🇨🇴 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 28–31: 2018 South American Weightlifting Championships in 🇧🇴 Cochabamba (in conjunction with the 2018 South American Games)
 * 🇨🇴 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 3–10: 2018 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇨🇴 Palmira
 * 🇨🇴 and 🇲🇽 won 4 gold and 13 overall medals each.
 * June 26–30: 2018 Oceania Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇫🇷/🇳🇨 Le Mont-Dore
 * Senior: 🇵🇬 won the gold medal tally. 🇳🇿 and 🇳🇷 won ten overall medals each.
 * Junior: 🇳🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Youth: 🇳🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * July 22–29: 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in 🇮🇹 Milan
 * 🇧🇬 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇴 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 5–12: 2018 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in 🇨🇴 Manizales
 * 🇨🇴 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 20–27: 2018 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in 🇵🇱 Zamość
 * Note: This event was scheduled for A Coruña, but the EWF took away the event because of politics.
 * Men: 🇧🇾 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇲 won the overall medal tally.
 * Women: 🇹🇷 and 🇷🇺 won 5 gold medals each. Turkey won the overall medal tally.