Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg explained

Event:Men's heavyweight weightlifting
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Olympisch Stadion
Date:31 August
Competitors:6
Nations:5
Gold:Filippo Bottino
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Joseph Alzin
Silvernoc:LUX
Bronze:Louis Bernot
Bronzenoc:FRA
Next:1924

The men's heavyweight was a weightlifting event held as part of the Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. 1920 was the first time weightlifting was divided into weight categories. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including weightlifters weighing over 82.5 kilograms. A total of six weightlifters from five nations competed in the event, which was held on 31 August 1920.[1]

Results

Place Weightlifter 1 2 3 Total
bgcolor=gold70.0 75.0 120.0 265.0
bgcolor=silver65.0 75.0 120.0 260.0
65.0 75.0 115.0 255.0
4 60.0 75.0 115.0 250.0
5 60.0 80.0 110.0 250.0
6 65.0 72.5 110.0 247.5

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WLT/mens-heavyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 16 December 2019.