Japan in Weightlifting

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The record

Weightlifting at the Olympic Games2 golds, 2 silvers, 8 bronzes2golds
Every result, newest first12
- Los Angeles 1984 · Bronze · Men, Flyweight · Kazushito Manabe
- Los Angeles 1984 · Bronze · Men, Bantamweight · Masahiro Kotaka
- Los Angeles 1984 · Bronze · Men, Light heavyweight · Ryoji Isaoka
- Montreal 1976 · Bronze · Men, Featherweight · Kazumasa Hirai
- Montreal 1976 · Bronze · Men, Bantamweight · Kenkichi Ando
- Mexico City 1968 · Gold · Men, Featherweight · Yoshinobu Miyake
- Mexico City 1968 · Bronze · Men, Featherweight · Yoshiyuki Miyake
- Mexico City 1968 · Silver · Men, Middleweight · Masushi Ouchi
- Tokyo 1964 · Gold · Men, Featherweight · Yoshinobu Miyake
- Tokyo 1964 · Bronze · Men, Middleweight · Masushi Ouchi
- Tokyo 1964 · Bronze · Men, Bantamweight · Shiro Ichinoseki
- Rome 1960 · Silver · Men, Bantamweight · Yoshinobu Miyake
World Weightlifting Championships1 silver1medal
Every result, newest first1
- Førde 2025 · Silver · Men, 71 kg · Masanori Miyamoto
Weightlifting at the Asian Games23 golds, 17 silvers, 26 bronzes23golds
Every result, newest first66
- Aichi–Nagoya 2026 · Silver · Men, Lightweight · Masanori Miyamoto
- Busan 2002 · Bronze · Men, Super heavyweight · Munehiro Morita
- Bangkok 1998 · Bronze · Men, Featherweight · Hiroshi Ikehata
- Hiroshima 1994 · Bronze · Men, Flyweight · Toshiyuki Notomi
- Hiroshima 1994 · Bronze · Men, Bantamweight · Hiroshi Ikehata
- Hiroshima 1994 · Silver · Men, Middleweight · Hideo Mizuno
- Beijing 1990 · Bronze · Men, Lightweight · Hideo Mizuno
- Beijing 1990 · Bronze · Men, Middleweight · Yasushi Hiranaka
- Beijing 1990 · Bronze · Men, Light heavyweight · Ryoji Isaoka
- Beijing 1990 · Bronze · Men, First heavyweight · Kenji Tsurutani
- Seoul 1986 · Silver · Men, Flyweight · Kazushito Manabe
- Seoul 1986 · Silver · Men, Featherweight · Yosuke Muraki
- Seoul 1986 · Bronze · Men, Middleweight · Yasushige Sasaki
- Seoul 1986 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight · Ryoji Isaoka
- Seoul 1986 · Bronze · Men, First heavyweight · Nobutaka Tomatsu
- New Delhi 1982 · Gold · Men, Flyweight · Kazushito Manabe
- New Delhi 1982 · Silver · Men, Lightweight · Yatsuo Shimaya
- New Delhi 1982 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight · Ryoji Isaoka
- New Delhi 1982 · Silver · Men, First heavyweight · Kensuke Matsuo
- Bangkok 1978 · Bronze · Men, Featherweight · Takashi Saito
- Bangkok 1978 · Gold · Men, Lightweight · Kazumasa Hirai
- Bangkok 1978 · Silver · Men, Middleweight · Tamotsu Sunami
- Bangkok 1978 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight · Kaoru Sato
- Bangkok 1978 · Gold · Men, First heavyweight · Mitsumasa Sato
- Bangkok 1978 · Bronze · Men, Heavyweight · Tsuneji Shibasaki
- Tehran 1974 · Bronze · Men, Flyweight · Masatomo Takeuchi
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Bantamweight · Kenkichi Ando
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Featherweight · Kazumasa Hirai
- Tehran 1974 · Bronze · Men, Lightweight · Takahiro Nakata
- Tehran 1974 · Silver · Men, Middleweight · Etsuo Mitsuishi
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight · Sueo Fujishiro
- Tehran 1974 · Bronze · Men, Flyweight, snatch · Masatomo Takeuchi
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Bantamweight, snatch · Kenkichi Ando
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Featherweight, snatch · Kazumasa Hirai
- Tehran 1974 · Bronze · Men, Lightweight, snatch · Takahiro Nakata
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Middleweight, snatch · Etsuo Mitsuishi
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight, snatch · Sueo Fujishiro
- Tehran 1974 · Bronze · Men, Flyweight, clean & jerk · Masatomo Takeuchi
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Bantamweight, clean & jerk · Kenkichi Ando
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Featherweight, clean & jerk · Kazumasa Hirai
- Tehran 1974 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight, clean & jerk · Sueo Fujishiro
- Tehran 1974 · Bronze · Men, Heavyweight, clean & jerk · Yoji Iwasaki
- Bangkok 1970 · Gold · Men, Flyweight · Takeshi Horikoshi
- Bangkok 1970 · Silver · Men, Bantamweight · Kenkichi Ando
- Bangkok 1970 · Gold · Men, Featherweight · Yoshiyuki Miyake
- Bangkok 1970 · Gold · Men, Middleweight · Nobuyuki Hatta
- Bangkok 1970 · Gold · Men, Light heavyweight · Masushi Ouchi
- Bangkok 1970 · Silver · Men, Middle heavyweight · Hideki Fujimoto
- Bangkok 1966 · Silver · Men, Flyweight · Tetsuhide Sasaki
- Bangkok 1966 · Gold · Men, Featherweight · Yoshinobu Miyake
- Bangkok 1966 · Silver · Men, Lightweight · Takeo Kimura
- Bangkok 1966 · Gold · Men, Middleweight · Masushi Ouchi
- Bangkok 1966 · Silver · Men, Light heavyweight · Hideki Fujimoto
- Bangkok 1966 · Silver · Men, Middle heavyweight · Masafumi Tsugioka
- Tokyo 1958 · Bronze · Men, Flyweight · Keiji Hagio
- Tokyo 1958 · Gold · Men, Bantamweight · Shigeo Kogure
- Tokyo 1958 · Bronze · Men, Featherweight · Fumio Takeda
- Tokyo 1958 · Silver · Men, Lightweight · Kenji Onuma
- Tokyo 1958 · Bronze · Men, Middleweight · Yoshio Hara
- Tokyo 1958 · Silver · Men, Light heavyweight · Minoru Kubota
- Tokyo 1958 · Bronze · Men, Heavyweight · Gisaburo Seyama
- Manila 1954 · Bronze · Men, Bantamweight · Yoshio Nanbu
- Manila 1954 · Silver · Men, Lightweight · Minoru Kubota
- Manila 1954 · Bronze · Men, Middleweight · Hachiro Fujiwara
- New Delhi 1951 · Bronze · Men, Featherweight · Yukio Iguchi
- New Delhi 1951 · Bronze · Men, Lightweight · Minoru Kubota

Counted from the podiums and winners lists on our tournament pages.