World Weightlifting Championships 1891
The 1st World Weightlifting Championships took place on March 28, 1891 in London , the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . Seven weightlifters from six nations took part in the competitions organized by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) . The British Edward Lawrence Levy won the title of Amateur Champion Weightlifter of the World ( German amateur world champion in weightlifting ).
Medalist
discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
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Eight fight | Edward Lawrence Levy | Giacomo Zafarana | Arthur François |
Medal table
The placements in the medal table are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more nations have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank.
rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2. | Kingdom of Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3. | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Weightlifting History ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (venues) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 19, 2012.