Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's two hand lift explained

Event:	Men's two handed weightlifting
Games:	1904 Summer
Venue:	Francis Field
Date:	3 September
Competitors:	4
Nations:	2
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	111.70
Win Label:	Winning weight
Gold:	Perikles Kakousis
Goldnoc:	GRE
Silver:	Oscar Osthoff
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Frank Kugler
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1896

The men's two hand lift was a weightlifting event held as part of the weightlifting programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time the event was held. Four athletes from two nations competed.^[1]

Background

This was the second of two appearances of this two hand lift event. It was previously held in 1896.^[2]

Competition format

In this weightlifting event, two hands were used in lifting the weights. Any style could be used.^[2]

Results

Rank	Lifter	Nation	Weight (kg)	Notes
			111.70	OR
			84.37
			79.61
4			67.81

Sources

• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 27 December 2006 . pl.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Unlimited, Two Hands . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WLT/mens-unlimited-two-hands.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 15 December 2019.
2. Web site: Unlimited, Two Hands, Men . Olympedia . 28 December 2020.