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This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2017.

April 1 – 11: 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Bangkok^[1]
- China and Kazakhstan won 3 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
June 15 – 23: 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tokyo^[2]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 28 – December 5: 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California^[3]
- Note: This event was scheduled for Penang, but cancelled, due to alleged domestic political issues in the nation.^[4]
- Colombia, Iran, and Georgia won 2 gold medals each. Colombia, Iran, and Thailand won 5 overall medals each.

Continental & regional weightlifting championships

April 1 – 9: 2017 European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia^[5]
- Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
April 21 – 29: 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat^[6]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
May 1 – 8: 2017 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in Guayaquil^[7]
- Colombia and Ecuador won 22 gold medals each. Colombia won the overall medal tally.^[8]
July 20 – 27: 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Miami^[9]
- Overall team winners: Colombia (m) / Colombia (f)
- Men: Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Women: Colombia won the gold medal tally. Colombia and Mexico won 5 overall medals each.
July 20 – 27: 2017 African Weightlifting Championships in Vacoas^[10]
- Egypt won the gold medal tally. Algeria won the overall medal tally.
July 22 – 30: 2017 Asian Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships in Kathmandu^[11]^[12]
- Junior: China and North Korea won 3 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
- Youth: China won the gold medal tally. Uzbekistan won the overall medal tally.
September 3 – 9: 2017 Commonwealth and Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland
- Commonwealth Senior: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[13]
- Commonwealth Junior: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[14]
- Commonwealth Youth: India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[15]
- Oceania Senior: Samoa won the gold medal tally. New Zealand won the overall medal tally.^[16]
- Oceania Junior: Nauru, New Zealand, and Samoa won 3 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.^[17]
- Oceania Youth: Nauru won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[18]
September 17 – 24: 2017 Central American and Caribbean Weightlifting Championships in Guatemala City^[19]
- Mexico and Cuba won 6 gold medals each. Mexico won the overall medal tally.
September 23 – 30: 2017 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Pristina
- Romania won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
October 7 – 14: 2017 African Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships in Entebbe^[20]^[21]
- African Junior: Algeria won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- African Youth: Algeria won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
October 15 – 22: 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Durrës^[22]
- Armenia won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
October 28 – November 4: 2017 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Palmira
- Men: Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Women: Colombia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 17 – 22: 2017 South American Weightlifting Championships in Santa Marta
- Note: This event was part of the 2017 Bolivarian Games.
- Colombia won the gold medal tally. Ecuador won the overall medal tally.^[23]
December 12 – 18: 2017 South American Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships in Lima^[24]^[25]
- Junior: Ecuador won the gold medal tally. Ecuador and Peru won 10 overall medals each.
- Youth: Peru won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

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