title: 2018 in weightlifting
text: # 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
     * Uzbekistan won the gold medal tally. United States won the overall medal tally.
  * September 20–23: 2018 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in Biała Podlaska
     * Both Japan and Chinese Taipei won 3 gold medals and 8 overall medals each.
  * November 1–10: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat
     * China 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: Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
     * Youth: Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  * March 26 – April 1: 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest
     * Georgia won the gold medal tally. Romania won the overall medal tally.
  * April 20–30: 2018 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in Urgench
     * Junior: Uzbekistan won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
     * Youth: Uzbekistan 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. Colombia won the overall medal tally.
     * Women: Colombia 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)
     * Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  * June 3–10: 2018 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Palmira
     * Colombia and Mexico won 4 gold and 13 overall medals each.
  * June 26–30: 2018 Oceania Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in / Le Mont-Dore
     * Senior: Papua New Guinea won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and Nauru won ten overall medals each.
     * Junior: Nauru won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
     * Youth: Nauru won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
  * July 22–29: 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Milan
     * Bulgaria won the gold medal tally. Romania won the overall medal tally.
  * September 5–12: 2018 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in Manizales
     * Colombia 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: Belarus won the gold medal tally. Armenia won the overall medal tally.
     * Women: Turkey and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Turkey won the overall medal tally.
  