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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

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, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.

Summary

Events

Men's events

In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights. ;

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:* 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 class have changed several times, as shown in the following table.

Women's events

Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, with seven

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Medal table

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Nations

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals. Boldface denotes active weightlifters and highest medal count among all weightlifters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

References

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