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2. Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights. 1896. One hand lift; Two hand lift; 1904. Two hand lift; All-around dumbbell; 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 ...

3. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. List of world records in Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.

5. Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   On 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for Paris 2024, with the total medal count reducing from fourteen to ten. Among the weightlifting medal events, the 61 and 73 kg categories for men and the 49 and 59 kg for women remain present from Tokyo 2020. The following list is the ...

6. List of United States records in Olympic weightlifting

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   Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [32] Clean & Jerk 102.5 kg Tara Nott: 21 July 2000 USA Olympic Tryouts New Orleans, United States [33] Total 185 kg Tara Nott: 21 July 2000 USA Olympic Tryouts New Orleans, United States [34] 53 kg Snatch 87 kg Cortney Batchelor: 17 March 2017 American Open Series I Reno, United States [35] Clean & Jerk 113 kg

7. Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories. [1] Bulgaria [2] and Russia [3] were banned from participating in the sport for systematic ...