Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
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Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.
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[edit] Events
[edit] Men's events
In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights.
When the sport returned to the Olympic Games in 1920, the competition was structured as a set of weight classes. The number of classes and weight limits for each class have changed several times, as shown in the following table.
| 1920-1936 | 1948 | 1952-1968 | 1972-1976 | 1980-1992 | 1996 | 2000-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight +82.5 kg | Heavyweight +90 kg | Super heavyweight +110 kg | Super heavyweight +108 kg | Super heavyweight +105 kg | ||
| Heavyweight 90-110 kg | Heavyweight 100-110 kg | |||||
| Heavyweight 99-108 kg | ||||||
| Heavyweight 94-105 kg | ||||||
| First-heavyweight 90-100 kg | ||||||
| First-heavyweight 91-99 kg | ||||||
| Middle-heavyweight 85-94 kg | ||||||
| Middle-heavyweight 83-91 kg | ||||||
| Middle-heavyweight 82.5-90 kg | ||||||
| Light-heavyweight 77-85 kg | ||||||
| Light-heavyweight 76-83 kg | ||||||
| Light-heavyweight 75-82.5 kg | ||||||
| Middleweight 69-77 kg | ||||||
| Middleweight 70-76 kg | ||||||
| Middleweight 67.5-75 kg | ||||||
| Lightweight 64-70 kg | ||||||
| Lightweight 62-69 kg | ||||||
| Lightweight 60-67.5 kg | ||||||
| Featherweight 59-64 kg | ||||||
| Featherweight 56-62 kg | ||||||
| Featherweight -60 kg | Featherweight 56-60 kg | |||||
| Bantamweight 54-59 kg | ||||||
| Bantamweight -56 kg | Bantamweight 52-56 kg | Bantamweight -56kg | ||||
| Flyweight -54 kg | ||||||
| Flyweight -52 kg | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
[edit] Women's events
Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, with the following weight classes:
- 48 kg
- 53 kg
- 58 kg
- 63 kg
- 69 kg
- 75 kg
- +75 kg
[edit] Medal table
Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics | |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 | Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg |
| List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting | |
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