Olympic Golds - Weightlifting
Author: Oliver Bowles

Year

Weight

Viggo Jensen

Denmark

Greece

Dimitrios Tophalos

Filippo Bottino

Giuseppe Tonani

Italy

Italy

Josef Strassberger

Germany

Jaroslav Skobler

Tcheque republic

Josef Manger

Germany

Yuri Vaslov

URS

John Davis

US

John Davis

US

Paul Anderson

US

Leonid Zhabotinsky

URS

Leonid Zhabotinsky

URS

Military Press, Snatch, Gerk

Jaan Talts

URS

Yury Zaytsev

URS

Leonid Taranenko

URS

Yuri Zakharevich

URS

Norberto Oberburger

ITA

Ronny Weller

GER

UKR

Timur Taymazov

Dmitry Berestov

RUS

Andrei Aramnau

BUL

Hossein Tavakkoli

IRAN

NO OLYMPICS

NO OLYMPICS

NO OLYMPICS

NO OLYMPICS

Press, Snatch, Clean&Jerk

Press was abolished: only snatch & clean&jerk

Weight Difference

two-handed lift only

+82.5 kg (1920–1948)

+90 kg (1952–1968)

90–110 kg (1972–1976)

100–110 kg (1980–1992)

99–108 kg (1996)

94–105 kg (2000-)

Heavyweight

NO Weightlifting

NO Weightlifting

NO Weightlifting

NO Weightlifting

Olympics

Athlete

Country

Predict?

A2 = 1896
A3 = 1900
A4 = 1904
A6 = 1908
A7 = 1912
A8 = 1916
A9 = 1920
A10 = 1924
A11 = 1928
A12 = 1932
A13 = 1936
A14 = 1940
A15 = 1944
A16 = 1948
A17 = 1952
A18 = 1956
A19 = 1960
A20 = 1964
A21 = 1968
A22 = 1972
A23 = 1976
A24 = 1980
A25 = 1984
A26: A25 + 4
A27: A26 + 4
A28: A27 + 4
A29: A28 + 4
A30: A29 + 4
A31: A30 + 4
C2 = 111.5
C4 = 111.58
C5 = 142.5
A5 = 1906
C9 = 270
C10 = 517.5
C11 = 372.5
C12 = 380
C13 = 410
C19 = 537.5
C16 = 452.5
C17 = 460
C18 = 500
C20 = 572.5
C21 = 572.5
C22 = 580
C23 = 385
C24 = 422.5
C26 = 455
C27 = 432.5
C28 = 430
C30 = 425
C31 = 436
C29 = 425
G10 = 502.5
B2 = 1
B3 = 2
B4 = 3
B5 = 4
B6 = 5
B7: B6 + 1
B8: B7 + 1
B9: B8 + 1
B10: B9 + 1
B11: B10 + 1
B12: B11 + 1
B13: B12 + 1
B14: B13 + 1
B15: B14 + 1
B16: B15 + 1
B17: B16 + 1
B18: B17 + 1
B19: B18 + 1
B20: B19 + 1
B21: B20 + 1
B22: B21 + 1
B23: B22 + 1
B24: B23 + 1
B25: B24 + 1
B26: B25 + 1
B27: B26 + 1
B28: B27 + 1
B29: B28 + 1
B30: B29 + 1
B31: B30 + 1
F10: C10 - C9
F11: C11 - C10
F12: C12 - C11
F13: C13 - C12
F17: C17 - C16
F18: C18 - C17
F19: C19 - C18
F20: C20 - C19
F21: C21 - C20
F22: C22 - C21
F23: C23 - C22
F24: C24 - C23
F27: C27 - C26
F28: C28 - C27
F29: C29 - C28
F30: C30 - C29
F31: C31 - C30