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Weightlifting — Light-Heavyweight, Men

Weightlifting — Light-Heavyweight, Men

Times held	25
Total participants	402
Total countries	104

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1920	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	11	9
1924	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	20	12
1928	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	15	10
1932	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	4	3
1936	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	14	9
1948	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	16	13
1952	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	23	20
1956	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	10	9
1960	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	24	22
1964	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	24	21
1968	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	26	22
1972	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	24	21
1976	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	17	14
1980	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	19	17
1984	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	19	16
1988	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	22	20
1992	Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men	Olympic	30	25
1996	Light-Heavyweight (≤83 kg), Men	Olympic	20	18
2000	Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men	Olympic	20	17
2004	Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men	Olympic	21	19
2008	Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men	Olympic	21	19
2012	Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men	Olympic	23	20
2016	Light-Heavyweight (≤85 kg), Men	Olympic	23	21
2020	Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kg), Men	Olympic	14	14
2024	Light-Heavyweight (≤89 kg), Men	Olympic	12	12

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1920	Ernest Cadine	👁 Image FRA	Fritz Hünenberger	👁 Image SUI	Erik Pettersson	👁 Image SWE
1924	Charles Rigoulot	👁 Image FRA	Fritz Hünenberger	👁 Image SUI	Leopold Friedrich	👁 Image AUT
1928	Sayed Nosseir	👁 Image EGY	Louis Hostin	👁 Image FRA	Jan Verheijen	👁 Image NED
1932	Louis Hostin	👁 Image FRA	Svend Olsen	👁 Image DEN	Henry Duey	👁 Image USA
1936	Louis Hostin	👁 Image FRA	Eugen Deutsch	👁 Image GER	Wasif Ibrahim	👁 Image EGY
1948	Stan Stanczyk	👁 Image USA	Harold Sakata	👁 Image USA	Gösta Magnusson	👁 Image SWE
1952	Trofim Lomakin	👁 Image URS	Stan Stanczyk	👁 Image USA	Arkady Vorobyov	👁 Image URS
1956	Tommy Kono	👁 Image USA	Vasīlijs Stepanovs	👁 Image URS	Jim George	👁 Image USA
1960	Ireneusz Paliński	👁 Image POL	Jim George	👁 Image USA	Jan Bochenek	👁 Image POL
1964	Rudolf Plyukfelder	👁 Image URS	Géza Tóth	👁 Image HUN	Győző Veres	👁 Image HUN
1968	Boris Selitsky	👁 Image URS	Vladimir Belyayev	👁 Image URS	Norbert Ozimek	👁 Image POL
1972	Leif Jensen	👁 Image NOR	Norbert Ozimek	👁 Image POL	György Horváth	👁 Image HUN
1976	Valery Shary	👁 Image URS	Trendafil Stoychev	👁 Image BUL	Péter Baczakó	👁 Image HUN
1980	Yuri Vardanyan	👁 Image URS	Blagoy Blagoev	👁 Image BUL	Dušan Poliačik	👁 Image TCH
1984	Petre Becheru	👁 Image ROU	Robert Kabbas	👁 Image AUS	Ryoji Isaoka	👁 Image JPN
1988	Israil Arsamakov	👁 Image URS	István Messzi	👁 Image HUN	Lee Hyeong-Geun	👁 Image KOR
1992	Pyrros Dimas	👁 Image GRE	Krzysztof Siemion	👁 Image POL	—	—
1996	Pyrros Dimas	👁 Image GRE	Marc Huster	👁 Image GER	Andrzej Cofalik	👁 Image POL
2000	Pyrros Dimas	👁 Image GRE	Marc Huster	👁 Image GER	Giorgi Asanidze	👁 Image GEO
2004	Giorgi Asanidze	👁 Image GEO	Andrei Rybakou	👁 Image BLR	Pyrros Dimas	👁 Image GRE
2008	Lu Yong	👁 Image CHN	Tigran Varban Martirosyan	👁 Image ARM	Jadiel Valladares	👁 Image CUB
2012	Adrian Zieliński	👁 Image POL	Kianoush Rostami	👁 Image IRI	Tarek Yahia	👁 Image EGY
2016	Kianoush Rostami	👁 Image IRI	Tian Tao	👁 Image CHN	Denis Ulanov	👁 Image KAZ
2020	Lu Xiaojun	👁 Image CHN	Zacarías Bonnat	👁 Image DOM	Antonino Pizzolato	👁 Image ITA
2024	Karlos Nasar	👁 Image BUL	Yeison López	👁 Image COL	Antonino Pizzolato	👁 Image ITA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	6	2	1	9
France	👁 Image FRA	4	1	0	5
Greece	👁 Image GRE	3	0	1	4
United States	👁 Image USA	2	3	2	7
Poland	👁 Image POL	2	2	3	7
People's Republic of China	👁 Image CHN	2	1	0	3
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	1	2	0	3
Islamic Republic of Iran	👁 Image IRI	1	1	0	2
Egypt	👁 Image EGY	1	0	2	3
Georgia	👁 Image GEO	1	0	1	2
Norway	👁 Image NOR	1	0	0	1
Romania	👁 Image ROU	1	0	0	1
Germany	👁 Image GER	0	3	0	3
Hungary	👁 Image HUN	0	2	3	5
Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	0	2	0	2
Armenia	👁 Image ARM	0	1	0	1
Australia	👁 Image AUS	0	1	0	1
Belarus	👁 Image BLR	0	1	0	1
Colombia	👁 Image COL	0	1	0	1
Denmark	👁 Image DEN	0	1	0	1
Dominican Republic	👁 Image DOM	0	1	0	1
Italy	👁 Image ITA	0	0	2	2
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	0	0	2	2
Austria	👁 Image AUT	0	0	1	1
Cuba	👁 Image CUB	0	0	1	1
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	0	0	1	1
Japan	👁 Image JPN	0	0	1	1
Kazakhstan	👁 Image KAZ	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	0	0	1	1
Republic of Korea	👁 Image KOR	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Pyrros Dimas	👁 Image GRE	3	0	1	4
Louis Hostin	👁 Image FRA	2	1	0	3
Stan Stanczyk	👁 Image USA	1	1	0	2
Kianoush Rostami	👁 Image IRI	1	1	0	2
Giorgi Asanidze	👁 Image GEO	1	0	1	2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Country		Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
Albania	👁 Image ALB	2020 Summer Olympics	Erkand Qerimaj	9	See all
American Samoa	👁 Image ASA	1988 Summer Olympics	Lopesi Faagu	18	See all
Argentina	👁 Image ARG	1924 Summer Olympics	Carlos Bergara	5	See all
1948 Summer Olympics	Osvaldo Forte	5
Armenia	👁 Image ARM	2008 Summer Olympics	Tigran Varban Martirosyan	2	Silver	See all
Australia	👁 Image AUS	1984 Summer Olympics	Robert Kabbas	2	Silver	See all
Austria	👁 Image AUT	1924 Summer Olympics	Leopold Friedrich	3	Bronze	See all
Azerbaijan	👁 Image AZE	1996 Summer Olympics	Tofiq Heydərov	11	See all
Belarus	👁 Image BLR	2004 Summer Olympics	Andrei Rybakou	2	Silver	See all
Belgium	👁 Image BEL	1920 Summer Olympics	Leonard Van De Roye	=8	See all
1960 Summer Olympics	Willy Claes	8
Brazil	👁 Image BRA	1972 Summer Olympics	Luiz de Almeida	15	See all
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	2024 Summer Olympics	Karlos Nasar	1	Gold	See all
Cameroon	👁 Image CMR	2008 Summer Olympics	Brice Batchaya	11	See all
Canada	👁 Image CAN	1948 Summer Olympics	Jack Varaleau	6	See all
Chile	👁 Image CHI	2020 Summer Olympics	Arley Méndez	DNF	See all
Chinese Taipei	👁 Image TPE	1988 Summer Olympics	Cheng Chia-Tso	12	See all
Colombia	👁 Image COL	2024 Summer Olympics	Yeison López	2	Silver	See all
Comoros	👁 Image COM	2004 Summer Olympics	Chaehoi Fatihou	DNF	See all
Costa Rica	👁 Image CRC	1988 Summer Olympics	Rafael Elizondo	16	See all
Croatia	👁 Image CRO	2016 Summer Olympics	Amar Musić	14	See all
Cuba	👁 Image CUB	2008 Summer Olympics	Jadiel Valladares	3	Bronze	See all
Cyprus	👁 Image CYP	2016 Summer Olympics	Antonis Martasidis	DNS	See all
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	1980 Summer Olympics	Dušan Poliačik	3	Bronze	See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	👁 Image PRK	1992 Summer Olympics	Chon Chol-Ho	4	See all
Denmark	👁 Image DEN	1932 Summer Olympics	Svend Olsen	2	Silver	See all
Dominican Republic	👁 Image DOM	2020 Summer Olympics	Zacarías Bonnat	2	Silver	See all
East Germany	👁 Image GDR	1972 Summer Olympics	Bernhard Radtke	4	See all
Ecuador	👁 Image ECU	1988 Summer Olympics	Jhon Sichel	15	See all
Egypt	👁 Image EGY	1928 Summer Olympics	Sayed Nosseir	1	Gold	See all
Estonia	👁 Image EST	1924 Summer Olympics	Saul Hallap	9	See all
Eswatini	👁 Image SWZ	1988 Summer Olympics	Absalom Shabangu	DNF	See all
Fiji	👁 Image FIJ	1996 Summer Olympics	Rupeni Varea	17	See all
Finland	👁 Image FIN	1960 Summer Olympics	Jouni Kailajärvi	5	See all
1976 Summer Olympics	Juhani Avellan	5
France	👁 Image FRA	1920 Summer Olympics	Ernest Cadine	1	Gold	See all
1924 Summer Olympics	Charles Rigoulot	1	Gold
1932 Summer Olympics	Louis Hostin	1	Gold
1936 Summer Olympics	Louis Hostin	1	Gold
Georgia	👁 Image GEO	2004 Summer Olympics	Giorgi Asanidze	1	Gold	See all
Germany	👁 Image GER	1936 Summer Olympics	Eugen Deutsch	2	Silver	See all
1996 Summer Olympics	Marc Huster	2	Silver
2000 Summer Olympics	Marc Huster	2	Silver
Ghana	👁 Image GHA	2016 Summer Olympics	Christian Amoah	20	See all
Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1984 Summer Olympics	Newton Burrowes	4	See all
1988 Summer Olympics	Dave Morgan	4
Greece	👁 Image GRE	1992 Summer Olympics	Pyrros Dimas	1	Gold	See all
1996 Summer Olympics	Pyrros Dimas	1	Gold
2000 Summer Olympics	Pyrros Dimas	1	Gold
Guyana	👁 Image GUY	2004 Summer Olympics	Julian McWatt	14	See all
Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1964 Summer Olympics	Géza Tóth	2	Silver	See all
1988 Summer Olympics	István Messzi	2	Silver
Iceland	👁 Image ISL	1980 Summer Olympics	Þorsteinn Leifsson	AC	See all
Indonesia	👁 Image INA	1968 Summer Olympics	Irsan Husen	DNF	See all
Iraq	👁 Image IRQ	1960 Summer Olympics	Shakir Salman	9	See all
Islamic Republic of Iran	👁 Image IRI	2016 Summer Olympics	Kianoush Rostami	1	Gold	See all
Israel	👁 Image ISR	1972 Summer Olympics	David Berger	AC	See all
Italy	👁 Image ITA	2020 Summer Olympics	Antonino Pizzolato	3	Bronze	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	Antonino Pizzolato	3	Bronze
Jamaica	👁 Image JAM	1968 Summer Olympics	Cedric Demetris	DNF	See all
Japan	👁 Image JPN	1984 Summer Olympics	Ryoji Isaoka	3	Bronze	See all
Kazakhstan	👁 Image KAZ	2016 Summer Olympics	Denis Ulanov	3	Bronze	See all
Kiribati	👁 Image KIR	2008 Summer Olympics	David Katoatau	12	See all
Kyrgyzstan	👁 Image KGZ	2008 Summer Olympics	Ulan Moldodosov	8	See all
Latvia	👁 Image LAT	2020 Summer Olympics	Ritvars Suharevs	6	See all
Lebanon	👁 Image LBN	2000 Summer Olympics	Khodor Al-Aywan	19	See all
Libya	👁 Image LBA	2004 Summer Olympics	Hamza Abughalia	DNF	See all
Luxembourg	👁 Image LUX	1936 Summer Olympics	Nic Scheitler	5	See all
Malaya	👁 Image MAL	1960 Summer Olympics	Kuan King Lam	18	See all
Malaysia	👁 Image MAS	1964 Summer Olympics	Lim Hiang Kok	DNF	See all
Malta	👁 Image MLT	2016 Summer Olympics	Kyle Micallef	DNF	See all
Mauritius	👁 Image MRI	1988 Summer Olympics	José Moirt	17	See all
Mexico	👁 Image MEX	1952 Summer Olympics	Armando Rueda	12	See all
Monaco	👁 Image MON	1964 Summer Olympics	René Battaglia	16	See all
Morocco	👁 Image MAR	2016 Summer Olympics	Khalid El-Aabidi	19	See all
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	1928 Summer Olympics	Jan Verheijen	3	Bronze	See all
Netherlands Antilles	👁 Image AHO	1964 Summer Olympics	Fortunato Rijna	14	See all
New Zealand	👁 Image NZL	1984 Summer Olympics	Allister Nalder	8	See all
Nigeria	👁 Image NGR	1988 Summer Olympics	Muyiwa Odusanya	9	See all
Norway	👁 Image NOR	1972 Summer Olympics	Leif Jensen	1	Gold	See all
Oman	👁 Image OMA	2020 Summer Olympics	Amur Al-Khanjari	10	See all
Pakistan	👁 Image PAK	1956 Summer Olympics	Muhammad Iqbal Butt	10	See all
Panama	👁 Image PAN	1976 Summer Olympics	Pablo Justiniani	11	See all
Papua New Guinea	👁 Image PNG	2012 Summer Olympics	Steven Kari	12	See all
People's Republic of China	👁 Image CHN	2008 Summer Olympics	Lu Yong	1	Gold	See all
2020 Summer Olympics	Lu Xiaojun	1	Gold
Peru	👁 Image PER	1984 Summer Olympics	Juan Rejas	14	See all
Philippines	👁 Image PHI	1964 Summer Olympics	Artemio Rocamora	19	See all
Poland	👁 Image POL	1960 Summer Olympics	Ireneusz Paliński	1	Gold	See all
2012 Summer Olympics	Adrian Zieliński	1	Gold
Puerto Rico	👁 Image PUR	1968 Summer Olympics	Víctor Ángel Pagán	9	See all
Qatar	👁 Image QAT	2016 Summer Olympics	Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh	7	See all
Republic of Korea	👁 Image KOR	1988 Summer Olympics	Lee Hyeong-Geun	3	Bronze	See all
Republic of Moldova	👁 Image MDA	2024 Summer Olympics	Marin Robu	4	See all
Romania	👁 Image ROU	1984 Summer Olympics	Petre Becheru	1	Gold	See all
Russian Federation	👁 Image RUS	2000 Summer Olympics	Yury Myshkovets	13	See all
Samoa	👁 Image SAM	2000 Summer Olympics	Ofisa Ofisa	18	See all
Seychelles	👁 Image SEY	2004 Summer Olympics	Richard Scheer	12	See all
Sierra Leone	👁 Image SLE	1988 Summer Olympics	Percy Doherty	19	See all
Slovakia	👁 Image SVK	2008 Summer Olympics	Ondrej Kutlík	9	See all
South Africa	👁 Image RSA	1952 Summer Olympics	Issy Bloomberg	6	See all
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1952 Summer Olympics	Trofim Lomakin	1	Gold	See all
1964 Summer Olympics	Rudolf Plyukfelder	1	Gold
1968 Summer Olympics	Boris Selitsky	1	Gold
1976 Summer Olympics	Valery Shary	1	Gold
1980 Summer Olympics	Yuri Vardanyan	1	Gold
1988 Summer Olympics	Israil Arsamakov	1	Gold
Spain	👁 Image ESP	2020 Summer Olympics	Andrés Mata	8	See all
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	1920 Summer Olympics	Erik Pettersson	3	Bronze	See all
1948 Summer Olympics	Gösta Magnusson	3	Bronze
Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	1920 Summer Olympics	Fritz Hünenberger	2	Silver	See all
1924 Summer Olympics	Fritz Hünenberger	2	Silver
Syrian Arab Republic	👁 Image SYR	1980 Summer Olympics	Salem Ajjoub	14	See all
Thailand	👁 Image THA	2012 Summer Olympics	Pitaya Tibnoke	9	See all
Tunisia	👁 Image TUN	2020 Summer Olympics	Ramzi Bahloul	12	See all
Turkmenistan	👁 Image TKM	2012 Summer Olympics	Mansur Rejepow	DNF	See all
2020 Summer Olympics	Rejepbaý Rejepow	DNF
Türkiye	👁 Image TUR	1996 Summer Olympics	Dursun Sevinç	7	See all
Ukraine	👁 Image UKR	2016 Summer Olympics	Oleksandr Pielieshenko	4	See all
Unified Team	👁 Image EUN	1992 Summer Olympics	Ibragim Samadov	DQ	See all
United Arab Republic	👁 Image UAR	1960 Summer Olympics	Fahmy Al-Juhiny	AC	See all
United States	👁 Image USA	1948 Summer Olympics	Stan Stanczyk	1	Gold	See all
1956 Summer Olympics	Tommy Kono	1	Gold
Uruguay	👁 Image URU	1992 Summer Olympics	Sergio Lafuente	26	See all
Uzbekistan	👁 Image UZB	2008 Summer Olympics	Mansurbek Chashemov	5	See all
Venezuela	👁 Image VEN	2024 Summer Olympics	Keydomar Vallenilla	8	See all
Vietnam	👁 Image VIE	2016 Summer Olympics	Hoàng Tấn Tài	16	See all
West Germany	👁 Image FRG	1972 Summer Olympics	Rolf Milser	7	See all
Yugoslavia	👁 Image YUG	1980 Summer Olympics	Vladimir Zrnić	9	See all

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