History of Olympic Weightlifting
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Year | Class | Champion | Results (kg) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | 82.5+ | ![]() |
Filippo BOTTINO, Italy | 70+75+120 = 265 |
1924 | 82.5+ | ![]() |
Giuseppe TONANI, Italy | 112.5+100+130 = 517.5 |
1928 | 82.5+ | ![]() |
Josef STRASSBERGER, Germany | 122.5OR+107.5+142.5 = 372.5WR |
1932 | 82.5+ | ![]() |
Jaroslav SKOBLA, Czechoslovakia | 112.5+115+152.5OR = 380OR |
1936 | 82.5+ | ![]() |
Josef MANGER, Germany | 132.5OR+122.5+155 = 410WR |
1948 | 82.5+ | ![]() |
John DAVIS, United States | 137.5OR+137.5+177.5WR = 452.5OR |
1952 | 90+ | ![]() |
John DAVIS, United States | 150OR+145OR+165 = 460OR |
1956 | 90+ | ![]() |
Paul ANDERSON, United States | 167.5+145EOR+187.5OR = 500OR |
1960 | 90+ | ![]() |
Yury VLASOV, Soviet Union | 180OR+155OR+202.5WR = 537.5WR |
1964 | 90+ | ![]() |
Leonid ZHABOTINSKY, Soviet Union | 187.5+167.5OR+217.5WR = 572.5OR |
1968 | 90+ | ![]() |
Leonid ZHABOTINSKY, Soviet Union | 200OR+170OR+202.5 = 572.5EOR |
1972 | 110+ | ![]() |
Vasily ALEXEEV, Soviet Union | 235OR+175OR+230OR = 640OR |
1976 | 110+ | ![]() |
Vasily ALEXEEV, Soviet Union | 185OR+255WR = 440 |
1980 | 110+ | ![]() |
Sultan RAKHMANOV, Soviet Union | 195OR+245 = 440EOR |
1984 | 110+ | ![]() |
Dean LUKIN, Australia | 172.5+240 = 412.5 |
1988 | 110+ | ![]() |
Alexander KURLOVICH, Soviet Union | 212.5OR+250 = 462.5OR |
1992 | 110+ | ![]() |
Alexander KURLOVICH, Unified Team (CIS) | 205+245 = 450 |
1996 | 108+ | ![]() |
Andrey CHEMERKIN, Russia | 197.5+260 = 457.5 |
2000 | 105+ | ![]() |
Hossein REZAZADEH, Iran | 212.5+260 = 472.5 |
2004 | 105+ | ![]() |
Hossein REZAZADEH, Iran | 210+263.5WR = 472.5 |
2008 | 105+ | ![]() |
Matthias STEINER, Germany | 203+258 = 461 |
2012 | 105+ | ![]() |
Behdad SALIMIKORDASIABI, Iran | 208+247 = 455 |
2016 | 105+ | ![]() |
Lasha TALAKHADZE, Georgia | 215+258 = 473 |
2020 | 109+ | ![]() |
Lasha TALAKHADZE, Georgia | 223WR/0R+265WR/0R = 488WR/0R |
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