Olympic weightlifting, also called Olympic-style weightlifting or weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.
The two lifts competed are the clean and jerk and the snatch. Clean and press was another weightlifting technique, discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form.
The compound word "weightlifting" is also often used to refer to weight training.
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Weightlifting
Olympic discipline
Olympic games contested:
- 1936 Summer Olympics
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- 1896 Summer Olympics
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- 1996 Summer Olympics
- 1976 Summer Olympics
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1984 Summer Olympics
Events:
- Men's Weightlifting, Bantamweight -56kg
- Women's Weightlifting, 48kg
- Women's Weightlifting, 69kg
- Men's Weightlifting, Light Heavyweight 77-85 kg
- Women's Weightlifting, 58kg
- Women's Weightlifting, 75kg
- Women's Weightlifting, 63kg
- Men's Weightlifting, Lightweight 62-69 kg
- Women's Weightlifting, + 75kg
- Women's Weightlifting, 53kg
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