Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Weightlifting
Games:	1920 Summer
Venue:	Olympisch Stadion
Date:	29 August 1920
Num Events:	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors:	53
Nations:	14
Prev:	1904
Next:	1924

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.^[1]

Medal summary

Featherweight –60 kg
Lightweight –67.5 kg
Middleweight –75 kg
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg

Participating nations

A total of 53 weightlifters from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

External links

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 20 December 2006 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WLT/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 15 December 2019.