| Weightlifting at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 Weightlifting pictogram | |
| Venue | Vélodrome d'hiver |
| Date | 21 July - 23 July 1924 |
| No. of events | 5 (5 men, 0 women) |
| Competitors | 107 from 16 nations |
| Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| −60 kg | men |
| −67.5 kg | men |
| −75 kg | men |
| −82.5 kg | men |
| +82.5 kg | men |
The weightlifting competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of five weight classes, all for men only. [1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherweight –60 kg | Pierino Gabetti  Italy | Andreas Stadler  Austria | Arthur Reinmann  Switzerland |
| Lightweight –67.5 kg | Edmond Decottignies  France | Anton Zwerina Austria | Bohumil Durdis  Czechoslovakia |
| Middleweight –75 kg | Carlo Galimberti Italy | Alfred Neuland  Estonia | Jaan Kikkas Estonia |
| Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg | Charles Rigoulot France | Fritz Hünenberger Switzerland | Leopold Friedrich Austria |
| Heavyweight +82.5 kg | Giuseppe Tonani Italy | Franz Aigner Austria | Harald Tammer Estonia |
Argentina (3)
Austria (15)
Belgium (8)
Czechoslovakia (6)
Egypt (1)
Estonia (8)
France (14)
Great Britain (10)
Italy (15)
Latvia (4)
Luxembourg (4)
Netherlands (3)
Portugal (1)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (9)
Turkey (1)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
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