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Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, 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.
Weightlifting is an Olympic sport, and has been contested in every Summer Olympic Games since 1920. While the sport is officially named "weightlifting", the terms "Olympic weightlifting" and "Olympic-style weightlifting" are often used to distinguish it from the other sports and events that involve the lifting of weights , such as powerlifting ...
The weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 7 to 11 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] [2] Several significant changes are instituted in the weightlifting program for Paris 2024, as the number of categories is trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten.
Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport. [5] [6] Due to corruption, [7] failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation, [8] and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport. [9]
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting. Current program. Men. Featherweight –60 kg (1920–1936) 56–60 kg (1948–1992) 59–64 kg (1996) ...
Olympic Games: Atlanta, United States: Clean & Jerk 214.0 kg Zhang Yong China: 12 July 1997 Asian Championships: Yangzhou, China: Total 392.5 kg Pyrros Dimas Greece: 26 July 1996 Olympic Games: Atlanta, United States: 91 kg Snatch 187.5 kg Aleksey Petrov Russia: 26 July 1996 Olympic Games: Atlanta, United States: Clean & Jerk 228.5 kg Akakios ...
This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting.Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts.. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games, so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [1]