World Weightlifting Championships 1898

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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 Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Wilhelm Turk Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Eduard Binder Russian Empire 1883Russian Empire 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. Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Cisleithania 1 1 0 2
2. Russian Empire 1883Russian Empire Russian Empire 0 0 1 1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Championships ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ 1-ый личный чемпионат мира ( Russian ) In: powersportsmen.net . Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (venues) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b c Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 20, 2012.