Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Weightlifting pictogram
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Date	29 August 1920
No. of events	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors	53 from 14 nations
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Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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Weightlifting returned to the Olympic program at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, with competition in five weight classes, for men only. The sport had previously been contested at the Olympic Games in 1904.^[1]

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg details	Frans De Haes  Belgium	Alfred Schmidt  Estonia	Eugène Ryter  Switzerland
Lightweight –67.5 kg details	Alfred Neuland  Estonia	Louis Williquet  Belgium	Florimond Rooms  Belgium
Middleweight –75 kg details	Henri Gance  France	Pietro Bianchi  Italy	Albert Pettersson  Sweden
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg details	Ernest Cadine  France	Fritz Hünenberger  Switzerland	Erik Pettersson  Sweden
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details	Filippo Bottino  Italy	Joseph Alzin  Luxembourg	Louis Bernot  France

Participating nations

A total of 53 weightlifters from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

•  Belgium (7)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Estonia (3)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (10)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Italy (5)
•  Luxembourg (3)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  Sweden (6)
•  Switzerland (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
2	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
3	Estonia (EST)	1	1	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
5	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
6	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

External links

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.

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