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The predecessor organization of the IWF was founded in 1905, [1] but World Championship events began before its foundation. The first recognized World Championship event was held in 1891, and was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England. [1] [2] [3] Athletes today compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women):
The 1973 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from September 15 to September 23, 1973. There were 189 men from 39 nations in the competition. These were the first championships held since the elimination of the clean and press from competit
In February 1891, Levy won the first British Amateur Weightlifting Championship. [1] Between 1891 and 1894, he established 14 world weightlifting records. [1] [8] [9] In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Levy won the first World Weightlifting Competition. [1]
8 First heavyweight. 9 Heavyweight. ... This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's weightlifting. Flyweight. 52 kg: ...
In January 1970, Alekseyev set his first world record, and during the 1970 World Weightlifting Championship in Columbus, he was the first man to clean and jerk 500 pounds (227 kg) in competition. During one of his early world records, Oscar State OBE remarked that the weight of over 460 pounds (209 kg) in the Olympic press looked so easy it ...
The international sport of weightlifting began with the First World Weightlifting Championships in 1891, in London, with Edward Lawrence Levy becoming the first world champion. [7] [8] In 1896, the inaugural Olympic Games in Athens included weightlifting in the field event (the predecessor to today's track and field or athletics event). In the ...
The following is the final results of the 1987 World Weightlifting Championships. The men's competition was held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia and the women's competition was held in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. The women's competition was the first women's world championship in weightlifting. [1] [2]
8 First heavyweight. 9 Heavyweight. 10 Super heavyweight. 11 Medal table. ... Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback ...