Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics

In the III. Olympics 1904 in St. Louis two competitions were held in weightlifting. They found on 1 and 3 September 1904 at the Francis Field stadium instead of parallel to the track and field competitions ( the now common separation into heavy and track at that time did not yet exist ). It was attended by only six athletes from Greece and the U.S..

One-armed -around

Date: 1st and September 3, 1904

In this competition, ten different exercises had to be completed with one arm. The first nine exercises were evaluated according to an upscale weight ( 5 for the first, 3 for second and 1 for third parties). The tenth exercise was a "free choice ", in which the referee awarded a maximum of 25 points along to all athletes.

Both arms

Date: September 1, 1904

Winner Pericles Kakousis proved to be superior and won with more than 27 kg ahead of Oscar Osthoff.

Dimitrios Tofalos, winner of the interludes in 1906, was also reported as a participant, but fell ill on the journey and did not appear to.

Olympic champion in weightlifting

1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

2010 • 2014

Not been discharged

Between 1906 Games

Competition at the Summer Olympics in 1904
Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

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