Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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
2 Participating nations
3 Medal table
4 References

Medal summary

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

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
3	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

References

"Olympic Medal Winners".

Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp

Archery Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Figure skating Football Gymnastics Field hockey Ice hockey Korfball (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Polo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

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Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics