This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1896 Athens | Launceston Elliot Great Britain | Viggo Jensen Denmark | Alexandros Nikolopoulos Greece |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1896 Athens | Viggo Jensen Denmark | Launceston Elliot Great Britain | Sotirios Versis Greece |
1900 Paris | not included in the Olympic program | ||
1904 St. Louis | Perikles Kakousis Greece | Oscar Osthoff United States | Frank Kugler United States |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1904 St. Louis | Oscar Osthoff United States | Frederick Winters United States | Frank Kugler United States |
CSKA was a Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army. It was founded on 5 May 1948 as Septemvri pri CDV, after the unification of the two sports clubs from the city, Chavdar and Septemvri. Since then, the club changed its name several times before settling on CSKA in 1989.
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. Women first competed in the sport at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.