Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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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.

1 Medal summary
2 Medal table
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
One hand lift	Launceston Elliot Great Britain (GBR)	Viggo Jensen Denmark (DEN)	Alexandros Nikolopoulos Greece (GRE)
Two hand lift	Viggo Jensen Denmark (DEN)	Launceston Elliot Great Britain (GBR)	Sotirios Versis Greece (GRE)

[edit] Medal table

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	1	1	0	2
1	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
3	Greece	0	0	2	2

Germany and Hungary had weightlifters compete, but won no medals.

[edit] See also

List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting

[edit] References

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

Events at the 1896 Summer Olympics (Athens)
Athletics • Cycling • Fencing • Gymnastics • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
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