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has been contested at every
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since the
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, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the
1896 Summer Olympics The 1896 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 1is Ol ...
, 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. ; 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 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
weight classes Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size. Weight classes are used in a variety of sports, especially combat sports (such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and wrestling). Altern ...
.


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.


See also

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List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting. Current program Men Bantamweight *–56 kg (1948–1968) *52–56 kg (1972–1992) *54–59 kg (1996) *–56 kg (2000–2016) *–61 kg (2020–) Lightw ...
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List of Olympic records in weightlifting 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 20 ...
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List of Olympic venues in weightlifting For the Summer Olympics, there are 25 List of Olympic venues, venues that have been or will be used for Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics, weightlifting. References

{{Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifting ve ...
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World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England. Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categorie ...
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Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics Paralympic powerlifting has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since 1984. Weightlifting had been on the Paralympic program since 1964; however, after the 1992 Games the IPC decided to drop weightlifting and hold powerlifting events only ...
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Weightlifting at the 1906 Intercalated Games At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, two weightlifting events were contested. Now called the ''Intercalated Games'', the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee. Medal summary ...


References

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