Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting returned to the Olympic program at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, with competition in five weight classes, for men only. The sport had previously been contested at the Olympic Games in 1904.

Weightlifting

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
–60 kg
details
Belgium Frans De Haes
Belgium (BEL)
Estonia Alfred Schmidt
Estonia (EST)
Switzerland Eugène Ryther
Switzerland (SUI)
Lightweight
–67.5 kg
details
Estonia Alfred Neuland
Estonia (EST)
Belgium Louis Williquet
Belgium (BEL)
Belgium Florimond Rooms
Belgium (BEL)
Middleweight
–75 kg
details
France Henri Gance
France (FRA)
Italy Pietro Bianchi
Italy (ITA)
Sweden Albert Pettersson
Sweden (SWE)
Light-heavyweight
–82.5 kg
details
France Ernest Cadine
France (FRA)
Switzerland Fritz Hünenberger
Switzerland (SUI)
Sweden Erik Pettersson
Sweden (SWE)
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
details
Italy Filippo Bottino
Italy (ITA)
Luxembourg Joseph Alzin
Luxembourg (LUX)
France Louis Bernot
France (FRA)

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 France France (FRA) 2 0 1 3
2 Belgium Belgium (BEL) 1 1 1 3
3 Estonia Estonia (EST) 1 1 0 2
Italy Italy (ITA) 1 1 0 2
5 Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 1 2
6 Luxembourg Luxembourg (LUX) 0 1 0 1
7 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 0 2 2

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