OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING

Flyweight
(52kg - '72-'92, 54kg - '96)
(Removed from Sydney 2000)





1972  Zygmunt Smalcerz, Poland
1976  Aleksandr Voronin, Soviet Union
1980  Kanybek Osmanoliev, Soviet Union
1984  Zeng Guoqiang, China
1988  Sevdalin Marinov, Bulgaria
1992  Ivan Ivanov, Bulgaria
1996  Halil Mutlu, Turkey

Bantamweight
(56kg - '48-'92, 59kg - '96, 56kg - '00-'04)
1948  Joseph Di Pietro, United States
1952  Ivan Udodov, Soviet Union
1956  Charles Vinci, United States
1960  Charles Vinci, United States
1964  Aleksei Vakhonin, Soviet Union
1968  Mohammed Nassiri, Iran
1972  Imre Foldi, Hungary
1976  Norair Nurikian, Bulgaria
1980  Daniel Nunez Aguiar, Cuba
1984  Wu Shude, China
1988  Oksen Mirzoyan, Soviet Union
1992  Chun Byun Kwan, South Korea
1996  Tang Ningsheng, China
2000  Halil Mutlu, Turkey
2004  Halil Mutlu, Turkey

Featherweight
(60kg - '20-'92, 64kg - '96, 62kg - '00-'04)
1920  Francois de Haes, Belgium
1924  Pierino Gabetti, Italy
1928  Franz Andrysek, Austria
1932  Raymond Suvigny, France
1936  Anthony Terlazzo, United States
1948  Mahmoud Fayad, Egypt
1952  Rafael Chimishkyan, Soviet Union
1956  Isaac Berger, United States
1960  Yevgeny Minayev, Soviet Union
1964  Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan
1968  Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan
1972  Norair Nurikian, Bulgaria
1976  Nikolai Kolesnikov, Soviet Union
1980  Viktor Mazin, Soviet Union
1984  Chen Weiqiang, China
1988  Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey
1992  Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey
1996  Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey
2000  Nikolay Pechalov, Croatia
2004  Shi Zhiyong, China

Lightweight
(67.5kg - '20-'92, 70kg - '96, 69kg - '00-'04)
1920  Alfred Neuland, Estonia
1924  Edmond Decottignies, France
1928  Hans Haas, AUT & Kurt Helbig, GER
1932  Rene Duverger, France
1936  Robert Fein, AUT & Mohd Mesbah, EGY
1948  Ibrahim Hassanien Shams, Egypt
1952  Tamio "Tommy" Kono, United States
1956  Igor Rybak, Soviet Union
1960  Viktor Bushuyev, Soviet Union
1964  Waldemar Baszanowski, Poland
1968  Waldemar Baszanowski, Poland
1972  Mukharby Kirzhinov, Soviet Union
1976  Pyotr Korol, Soviet Union
1980  Yanko Roussev, Bulgaria
1984  Yao Jingyuan, China
1988  X-Joachim Kunz, East Germany
1992  Israel Militossian, Unified Team
1996  Zhan Xugang, China
2000  Galabin Boevski, Bulgaria
2004  Zhang Guozheng, China

Middleweight
(75kg - '20-'92, 76kg - '96, 77kg - '00-'04)
1920  Henri Gance, France
1924  Carlo Galimberti, Italy
1928  Roger Francois, France
1932  Rudolf Ismayr, Germany
1936  Khadr Sayed El Touni, Egypt
1948  Frank Spellman, United States
1952  Peter George, United States
1956  Fyodor Bogdanovsky, Soviet Union
1960  Aleksandr Kurynov, Soviet Union
1964  Hans Zdrazila, Czechoslovakia
1968  Viktor Kurentsov, Soviet Union
1972  Yordan Bikov, Bulgaria
1976  Yordan Mitkov, Bulgaria
1980  Assen Zlatev, Bulgaria
1984  Karl-Heinz Radschinsky, West Germany
1988  Borislav Gidikov, Bulgaria
1992  Fedor Kassapu, Unified Team
1996  Pablo Lara, Cuba
2000  Zhan Xugang, China
2004  Taner Sagir, Turkey

Light-Heavyweight
(82.5kg - '20-'92, 83kg - '96, 85kg - '00-'04)
1920  Ernest Cadine, France
1924  Charles Rigoulot, France
1928  El Sayed Mohammed Nosseir, Egypt
1932  Louis Hostin, France
1936  Louis Hostin, France
1948  Stanley Stanczyk, United States
1952  Trofim Lomakin, Soviet Union
1956  Tamio "Tommy" Kono, United States
1960  Ireneusz Palinski, Poland
1964  Rudolf Plukfelder, Soviet Union
1968  Boris Selitsky, Soviet Union
1972  Leif Jennsen, Norway
1976  Valery Shary, Soviet Union
1980  Yurik Vardanyan, Soviet Union
1984  Pete Becheru, Romania
1988  Israil Arsamakov, Soviet Union
1992  Pyrros Dimas, Greece
1996  Pyrros Dimas, Greece
2000  Pyrros Dimas, Greece
2004  George Asanidze, Georgia

Middle-Heavyweight
(90kg - '20-'92, 91kg - '96, 94kg - '00-'04)
1952  Norbert Schemansky, United States
1956  Arkady Vorobyov, Soviet Union
1960  Arkady Vorobyov, Soviet Union
1964  Vladimir Golovanov, Soviet Union
1968  Kaarlo Kangasniemi, Finland
1972  Andon Nikolov, Bulgaria
1976  David Rigert, Soviet Union
1980  Peter Baczako, Hungary
1984  Nicu Vlad, Romania
1988  Anatoly Khrapaty, Soviet Union
1992  Kakhi Kakhiachveili, Unified Team
1996  Aleksei Petrov, Russia
2000  Akakios Kakiasvilis, Greece
2004  Milen Dobrev, Bulgaria

First Heavyweight
(100kg - '80-'92, 99kg - '96)
(Removed from Sydney 2000)






1980  Ota Zaremba, Czechoslovakia
1984  Rolf Milser, West Germany
1988  Pavel Kuznetsov, Soviet Union
1992  Victor Tregoubov, Unified Team
1996  Akakide Kakhaiashvilis, Greece

Second Heavyweight
Up to 110kg from 1972-1992
Up to 108kg in 1996
Up to 105kg in 2000-2004













1972  Jaan Talts, Soviet Union
1976  Yuri Zaitsev, Soviet Union
1980  Leonoid Taranenko, Soviet Union
1984  Norberto Oberburger, Italy
1988  Yuri Zakharevich, Soviet Union
1992  Ronny Weller, East Germany
1996  Timur Taimazov, Ukraine
2000  Hossein Tavakili, Iran
2004  Dmitry Berestov, Russia

Super Heavyweight
Over 82.5kg from 1920-1948
Over 90kg from 1952-1968
Over 110kg from 1972-1992
Over 108kg in 1996
Over 105kg in 2000-2004
1920  Filippo Bottino, Italy
1924  Giuseppe Tonani, Italy
1928  Josef Strassberger, Germany
1932  Jaroslav Skobla, Czechoslovakia
1936  Josef Manger, Germany
1948  John Davis, United States
1952  John Davis, United States
1956  Paul Anderson, United States
1960  Yuri Vlasov, Soviet Union
1964  Leonid Zhabotinsky, Soviet Union
1968  Leonid Zhabotinsky, Soviet Union
1972  Vassily Alexeyev, Soviet Union
1976  Vassily Alexeyev, Soviet Union
1980  Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet Union
1984  Dean Lukin, Australia
1988  Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet Union
1992  Aleksandr Kurlovich, Unified Team
1996  Andrey Chemerkin, Russia
2000  Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iran
2004  Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iran

YR

48kg

53kg

58kg

63kg

2000

Tara Nott, USA

Yang Xia, China

Soraya Jimenez, Mexico

Chen Xiaomin, China

2004

Nurcan Taylan, TUR

Udomporn Polsak, THA

Chen Yanqing, China

Nataliya Skakun, UKR

YR

69kg

75kg

75kg+

2000

Lin Weining, China

Maria Urrutia, Colombia

Ding Meiyuan, China

2004

Liu Chunhong, China