The list of 122 weightlifters who will participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris has been finalized and is available for review. It includes 120 athletes who have gone through the qualification process, as well as two participants from the IOC Refugee Team. This article will examine the specifics of quota redistribution and the role of universal places in this process.
After receiving all confirmations, a slight redistribution of spots occurred. Due to the IOC’s exclusion of Belarusian athletes Petr Asayonok (89 kg) and Eduard Zazulin (+102 kg), their quotas were given to other countries — Canada (Robert Santavy, 89 kg), the Czech Republic (Kamil Kučera, +102 kg), and Estonia (Mart Seim, +102 kg). In the +102 kg weight category, two quotas were allocated because Kučera and Seim had identical rankings.
Additionally, four extra spots were allocated to the host country (France), and the last four places were reserved for universal places. Universal places are provided to athletes from countries that are traditionally underrepresented at the Olympic Games, ensuring broader international participation and increasing global interest in the sport.
Here is the list of countries that could receive universal quotas — only those countries that had fewer than eight participants in the last two Olympic Games were included:
Universal Weightlifting Quotas Granted:
- 61 kg - Kaimauri Erati (Kiribati).
- 102 kg - Ahmed Abuzreba (Libya).
- 49 kg (women) - Nicola Lagatiao (Guam).
- 81 kg (women) - Aja Pritchard Lolo (Vanuatu).
Final and Official Weightlifting Participants List for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
MEN
61 kg:
- Li Fabin (China) - 314 kg
- Hampton Morris (USA) - 303 kg
- Sergio Massidda (Italy) - 302 kg
- Eko Yuli Irawan (Indonesia) - 300 kg
- John Kenisa (Philippines) - 300 kg
- Thirunop Silachai (Thailand) - 299 kg
- Shota Mishvelidze (Georgia) - 298 kg
- Anik Kasdan (Malaysia) - 296 kg
- Trinh Van Vinh (Vietnam) - 294 kg
- Ivan Dimov (Bulgaria) - 293 kg
- Morea Baru (Papua New Guinea, continental quota) - 281 kg
- Kaimauri Erati (Kiribati) - universal quota
73 kg:
- Rizki Juniansyah (Indonesia) - 365 kg
- Shi Zhiyong (China) - 356 kg
- Masanori Miyamoto (Japan) - 350 kg
- Wiraphon Wichuma (Thailand) - 349 kg
- Bozhidar Andreev (Bulgaria) - 348 kg
- Bak Ju Hyo (South Korea) - 345 kg
- Ritvars Suharevs (Latvia) - 341 kg
- Muhammet Furkan Ozbek (Turkey) - 341 kg
- Julio Mayora (Venezuela) - 339 kg
- Luis Javier Mosquera (Colombia) - 337 kg
- Karem Ben Hnia (Tunisia, continental quota) - 332 kg
- Bernardin Matam (France) - host country quota
89 kg:
- Carlos Nassar (Bulgaria) - 396 kg
- Eison Lopez (Colombia) - 392 kg
- Keydomar Sanchez (Venezuela) - 385 kg
- Mir Mostafa Javadi (Iran) - 384 kg
- Karim Abokahla (Egypt) - 381 kg
- Antonio Pizzolato (Italy) - 380 kg
- Marin Robu (Moldova) - 378 kg
- Andranik Karapetyan (Armenia) - 377 kg
- Yoo Dong Ju (South Korea) - 375 kg
Pyotr Asayonok (Belarus) - 374 kg- Kyle Bruce (Australia, continental quota) - 336 kg
- Boadi Santavy (Canada) - 372 kg, reallocated quota
- Romain Imadouchene (France) - host country quota
102 kg:
- Li Huanhua (China) - 413 kg
- Garik Karapetyan (Armenia) - 401 kg
- Fares El-Bakh (Qatar) - 400 kg
- Akbar Djuraev (Uzbekistan) - 400 kg
- Evgeny Tikhontsov (AIN, Belarus) - 400 kg
- Chang Yong Hak (South Korea) - 399 kg
- Lesman Paredes (Bahrain) - 398 kg
- Davranbek Hasanbaev (Turkmenistan) - 392 kg
- Irakli Chkheidze (Georgia) - 391 kg
- Don Opeloge (Samoa) - 390 kg
- Wesley Kitts (USA, continental quota) - 388 kg
- Ramiro Mora Ramiro - Refugee Team
- Ahmed Abuzreba (Libya)
+102 kg:
- Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) - 474 kg
- Gor Minasyan (Bahrain) - 464 kg
- Varazdat Lalayan (Armenia) - 463 kg
- Ali Davoudi (Iran) - 454 kg
- Man Asaad (Syria) - 445 kg
Eduard Ziazulin (AIN, Belarus) - 436 kg- Abdelrahman El-Sayed (Egypt) - 433 kg
- Ali Rubaie (Iraq) - 427 kg
- Walid Bidani (Algeria) - 426 kg
- Eishihiro Murakami (Japan) - 421 kg
- David Liti (New Zealand, continental quota) - 413 kg
- Mart Seim (Estonia) - 411 kg, reallocated quota
- Kamil Kučera (Czech Republic) - 411 kg, reallocated quota
WOMEN
49 kg:
- Hu Zhihui (China) - 217 kg
- Mirabai Chanu (India) - 200 kg
- Hambao Surachana (Thailand) - 200 kg
- Jourdan Delacruz (USA) - 200 kg
- Mihaela Cambei (Romania) - 199 kg
- Rira Suzuki (Japan) - 197 kg
- Nina Sterckx (Belgium) - 193 kg
- Katherine Echandia (Venezuela) - 193 kg
- Fang Wan Ling (Chinese Taipei) - 192 kg
- Beatriz Piron (Dominican Republic) - 191 kg
- Rozina Randafiarison (Madagascar, continental quota) - 172 kg
- Nicola Lagatao (Guam) - universal quota
59 kg:
- Liu Shifan (China) - 248 kg
- Kamila Konotop (Ukraine) - 236 kg
- Maude Charron (Canada) - 336 kg
- Yenni Alvarez (Colombia) - 234 kg
- Kuo Hsing-Chun (Chinese Taipei) - 232 kg
- Anhelin Venegas (Venezuela) - 229 kg
- Erlyn Ando (Philippines) - 228 kg
- Rafiatu Lawal (Nigeria) - 227 kg
- Dora Chakounte (France) - 224 kg
- Janet Gomez (Mexico) - 223 kg
- Lucrezia Magistris (Italy) - 217 kg
- Mattie Sasser (Marshall Islands, continental quota) - 216 kg
71 kg:
- Olivia Reeves (USA) - 268 kg
- Angie Palacios (Ecuador) - 261 kg
- Loredana Toma (Romania) - 256 kg
- Venessa Sarno (Philippines) - 249 kg
- Neama Said (Egypt) - 246 kg
- Chen Wen-Huei (Chinese Taipei) - 246 kg
- Mari Sanchez (Colombia) - 244 kg
- Suzanna Volochkova (AIN, Belarus) - 242 kg
- Marie Fegue (France) - 241 kg
- Eze Joy Ogbonne (Nigeria) - 239 kg
- Amanda Schott (Brazil) - 238 kg
- Jacqueline Nicholl (Australia, continental quota) - 214 kg
81 kg:
- Neisi Dajomes (Ecuador) - 269 kg
- Sara Ahmed (Egypt) - 238 kg
- Solfrid Koanda (Norway) - 266 kg
- Eileen Cikamatana (Australia) - 263 kg
- Kim Su Hyon (South Korea) - 256 kg
- Ayamey Medina (Cuba) - 254 kg
- Laura Amaro (Brazil) - 253 kg
- Yudelina Mejia (Dominican Republic) - 252 kg
- Ankhzetsseg Munkhjantsan (Mongolia) - 243 kg
- Regina Adashbaeva (Uzbekistan) - 243 kg
- Veronika Zelinska (Poland) - 241 kg
- Yekta Jamali - Refugee Team
- Aja Pritchard Lolo (Vanuatu)
+81 kg:
- Li Wenwen (China) - 325 kg
- Park Hye Jeong (South Korea) - 296 kg
- Emily Campbell (Great Britain) - 287 kg
- Duangaksorn Chaidee (Thailand) - 286 kg
- Mary Theisen-Lappen (USA) - 283 kg
- Lisseth Ayovi (Ecuador) - 276 kg
- Halima Abbas (Egypt) - 275 kg
- Naruyuri Perez (Venezuela) - 267 kg
- Junearra Sipaia (Samoa) - 267 kg
- Crismery Santana (Dominican Republic) - 263 kg
- Tursunoy Jabborova (Uzbekistan) - 258 kg
- Nurul Akmal (Indonesia, continental quota) - 260 kg
