World Weightlifting Championships 1898
The 2nd world championships in weightlifting took place from July 31st to August 1st, 1898 in the cisleithan capital Vienna . Eleven weightlifters from three nations took part in the competitions organized by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) .
Medalist
discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Decathlon | Wilhelm Turk | Eduard Binder | Georg Hackenschmidt |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Cisleithania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2. | Russian Empire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Championships ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ↑ 1-ый личный чемпионат мира ( Russian ) In: powersportsmen.net . Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 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 20, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 20, 2012.