World Weightlifting Championships 1920

The 20th World Weightlifting Championships took place from September 4th to 8th, 1920 in the Austrian capital Vienna . 74 weightlifters from four nations took part in the four-way competitions organized by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) .

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Featherweight	Eugene Wiedmann	Andreas Jaquemont	Gustav Kubu
lightweight	Philipp List	Josef Zimmermann	Karl Palkowitz
medium weight	Karl Stritesky	Ulrich Blaser	Josef Kammerer
Lightweight	Josef Straßberger	Franz Zuba	Leopold Hennemüller
Super heavyweight	Karl Mörke	Franz Aigner	Heinrich Alscher

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.	German Empire	4th	2	0	6th
2.	Austria	1	2	5	8th
3.	Switzerland	0	1	0	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
2. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (venues) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
3. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
4. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (featherweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
5. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (lightweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
6. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Middleweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
7. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Light Heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
8. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.