The following is the final results of the 1990 World Weightlifting Championships. Men's competition were held in Budapest, Hungary between 10–18 November and Women's competition were held in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 26 May and 3 June.

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	4	2	13
2	Bulgaria	4	4	5	13
3	Soviet Union	4	4	1	9
4	North Korea	1	1	2	4
5	Romania	1	1	0	2
6	Greece	1	0	1	2
7	Colombia	1	0	0	1
8	Japan	0	2	0	2
9	South Korea	0	1	3	4
10	Chinese Taipei	0	1	1	2
11	United States	0	1	0	1
12	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		19	19	19	57

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Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	20	12	5	37
2	Soviet Union	13	11	4	28
3	Bulgaria	10	12	14	36
4	North Korea	4	6	5	15
5	Greece	3	1	2	6
6	Colombia	3	0	0	3
7	Romania	2	2	1	5
8	United States	1	2	0	3
9	Turkey	1	0	1	2
10	Japan	0	6	0	6
11	Chinese Taipei	0	3	3	6
12	South Korea	0	2	10	12
13	Indonesia	0	0	4	4
14	Great Britain	0	0	3	3
	Hungary	0	0	3	3
16	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 entries)		57	57	57	171

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