1896 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 1896 Olympic Games |
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Competition venue | Panathinaic Stadium |
Nations | 5 |
Athletes | 7 (7 ![]() |
date | April 7, 1896 |
decisions | 2 |
At the I Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 , two weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Panathinaiko Stadium .
Balance sheet
Medal table
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Third | total |
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
Medalist
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Results
One-armed
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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Launceston Elliot | 71.0 |
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Viggo Jensen | 57.0 |
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Alexandros Nikolopoulos | 57.0 |
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Sotirios Versis | 40.0 |
Two-armed
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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Viggo Jensen | 111.5 |
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Launceston Elliot | 111.5 |
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Sotirios Versis | 90.0 |
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Carl Schuhmann | 90.0 |
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Giorgos Papasideris | ||
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Momcsilló Tapavicza | 80.0 |
Viggo Jensen was declared an Olympic champion because he had a "better" style with the same performance as Launceston Elliot. Elliot took a step forward.
Web links
- Weightlifting at the Olympic Games 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )