Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the I Olympiad
Weightlifting pictogram
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	7 April 1896
No. of events	2 (2 men, 0 women)
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
1904  →

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, two weightlifting events were contested (men's one hand lift and two hand lift). 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

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 details	Launceston Elliot   Great Britain	Viggo Jensen   Denmark	Alexandros Nikolopoulos   Greece
Two hand lift details	Viggo Jensen   Denmark	Launceston Elliot   Great Britain	Sotirios Versis   Greece

Participating nations

A total of 7 weightlifters from 5 nations competed at the Athens Games:

•   Denmark  (1)
•   Germany  (1)
•   Great Britain  (1)
•   Greece  (3)
•   Hungary  (1)

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
	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
3	Greece	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting

References

1. "Weightlifting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

Sources

• 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.

1. "DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 776-1896 THE OLYMPIC GAMES" (PDF). www.la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2009.
2. "THE 1896 OLYMPIC GAMES Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary" (PDF). www.la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009.