China has won the most medals in the history of the Weightlifting World Championships, with over 1,000 medals.

Lasha Talakhadze has won the most gold medals in the history of the Weightlifting World Championships, with 9 gold medals.

Vasiliy Alekseyev has won the most medals in the history of the Weightlifting World Championships, with 18 medals.

The first Weightlifting World Championships were held in Vienna, Austria, in 1891.

The Weightlifting World Championships first included women's events in 1987.

Yuri Vardanyan has won the most consecutive Weightlifting World Championships titles, with 6 consecutive titles from 1982 to 1988.

Naim Suleymanoglu has won the most Weightlifting World Championships titles in different weight classes, with 3 titles in the 60 kg class, 2 titles in the 64 kg class, and 1 title in the 67.5 kg class.

Yuri Vardanyan has set the most world records in the Weightlifting World Championships, with 13 world records.

Vasiliy Alekseyev has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in a single edition, with 5 medals in the 1977 edition.

Yuri Vardanyan has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in the snatch event, with 10 medals.

Vasiliy Alekseyev has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in the clean and jerk event, with 11 medals.

Vasiliy Alekseyev has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in the total event, with 16 medals.

Yuri Vardanyan has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in the lightweight category, with 10 medals.

Vasiliy Alekseyev has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in the middleweight category, with 11 medals.

Lasha Talakhadze has won the most medals in the Weightlifting World Championships in the heavyweight category, with 9 medals.