Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

since the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics

1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

, in Athens

Athens

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, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, and was also an event at the 1904 Games

1904 Summer Olympics

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

.

Men's events

In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights.
1896

Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, two weightlifting events were contested . The top two places were won by the same two men in each event, though their order was reversed for the two events. The bronze medals were split by the two Greek weightlifters. A total of seven men from five nations competed...

• One hand lift
  Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's one hand lift
  The men's one hand lift, an event similar to the modern snatch, was one of two weightlifting events in the Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Lifters received three attempts. Each lifter performed one attempt before any began their second attempts...
  
  
• Two hand lift
  Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's two hand lift
  The men's two hand lift was one of two weightlifting events held as part of the Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics program. Lifters received three attempts. Each lifter performed one attempt before any began their second attempts. After each had lifted three times, the top three received...
  
  

1904

Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, two weightlifting events were contested, both for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

• Two hand lift
  Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's two hand lift
  The men's two hand lift was a weightlifting event held as part of the Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held. 4 athletes from 2 nations competed.-Final:-Sources:...
  
  
• All-around dumbbell
  Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's all-around dumbbell
  The men's all-around dumbbell was a weightlifting event held as part of the Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only time the event, intended to be an all-around championship in weightlifting, was held....
  
  

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.

1920-1936	1948	1952-1968	1972-1976	1980-1992	1996	2000-2008
Heavyweight +82.5 kg		Heavyweight +90 kg	Super heavyweight +110 kg		Super heavyweight +108 kg	Super heavyweight +105 kg
			Heavyweight 90–110 kg	Heavyweight 100–110 kg
					Heavyweight 99–108 kg
						Heavyweight 94–105 kg
				First-heavyweight 90–100 kg
					First-heavyweight 91–99 kg
						Middle-heavyweight 85–94 kg
					Middle-heavyweight 83–91 kg
		Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg
						Light-heavyweight 77–85 kg
					Light-heavyweight 76–83 kg
Light-heavyweight 75-82.5 kg
						Middleweight 69–77 kg
					Middleweight 70–76 kg
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg
					Lightweight 64–70 kg
						Lightweight 62–69 kg
Lightweight 60-67.5 kg
					Featherweight 59–64 kg
						Featherweight 56–62 kg
Featherweight -60 kg	Featherweight 56–60 kg
					Bantamweight 54–59 kg
	Bantamweight -56 kg		Bantamweight 52–56 kg			Bantamweight -56 kg
					Flyweight -54 kg
			Flyweight -52 kg
5	6	7	9	10	10	8

Women's events

Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, with the following weight classes:

• 48 kg
• 53 kg
• 58 kg
• 63 kg
• 69 kg
• 75 kg
• +75 kg

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	39	21	2	62
2	People's Republic of China	24	11	8	43
3	United States	16	16	11	43
4	Bulgaria	12	16	8	36
5	France	9	3	3	15
6	Turkey	8	1	1	10
7	Germany	6	7	7	20
8	Greece	6	5	4	15
9	Italy	5	4	5	14
10		5	4	0	9
11	Egypt	5	2	2	9
12	Poland	4	6	20	30
13	Iran	4	3	5	12
14	Russia	3	8	10	21
15	South Korea	3	4	4	11
16	Austria	3	4	2	9
17	Czechoslovakia	3	2	3	8
18	Thailand	3	0	3	6
19	Hungary	2	9	9	20
20	Romania	2	6	3	11
21	Japan	2	2	8	12
22	West Germany	2	2	3	7
23	Ukraine	2	2	2	6
24	Cuba	2	1	1	4
25	German Democratic Republic	1	4	6	11
26	North Korea	1	4	4	9
27	Kazakhstan	1	4	1	6
28	Belarus	1	3	4	8
29	Estonia	1	3	3	7
	United Kingdom	1	3	3	7
31	Belgium	1	2	1	4
32	Denmark	1	2	0	3
33	Australia	1	1	2	4
34	Colombia	1	1	1	3
35	Finland	1	0	2	3
36	Croatia	1	0	1	2
	Georgia (country)	1	0	1	2
38	Mexico	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
40	Indonesia	0	2	4	6
41	Switzerland	0	2	2	4
42	Canada	0	2	0	2
43	Chinese Taipei	0	1	4	5
44	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	2	3
45	Argentina	0	1	1	2
	Latvia	0	1	1	2
47	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Singapore	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
52	Armenia	0	0	4	4
	Sweden	0	0	4	4
54	Netherlands	0	0	3	3
55	Iraq	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Total		185	181	182	548

See also

• List of Olympic records in weightlifting
• List of Olympic venues in weightlifting
• World Weightlifting Championships
  World Weightlifting Championships
  World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation .It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first...
  
  

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