Kejuaraan Dunia Angkat Besi () adalah kejuaraan yang diselenggarakan oleh Federasi Angkat Besi Internasional (IWF). Kompetisi pertama, yang diadakan pada Maret 1891, dimenangkan oleh Edward Lawrence Levy dari Inggris.

Atlet bersaing dalam total 15 kategori berat (8 untuk pria dan 7 untuk wanita):

 Kategori pria: 56 kg, 62 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 85 kg, 94 kg, 105 kg dan +105 kg.
 Kategori wanita: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg dan +75 kg.

Perolehan medali

All-time medal table (Big and Small Table) 
All-time Big (total) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk and Press) medal count below is until the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.

 Source:
 http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF  - Page 80 - 82
 From 2009 to 2017 medals add from wikipedia pages (IWF Results Page).

Team ranking 
 http://www.iwf.net/weightlifting_/history/ - Team ranking system (History)
 Team ranking was started from 1949
 1- 7th August 1948 FIH Congress, London: For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
 2- 7th November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran: For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
 3- 24th May 1958 Tokyo: For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
 4- 1973: For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
 5- 1977: For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
 6- 12th–14th January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27th July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
 7- 1st May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw: For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
 10th and 11th December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.

 2015 Ranking before positive doping tests and will be changed.

Referensi

Pranala luar 
 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
 Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics 
 Database IWRP