Andrei Rybakou breaks the world record but because he starts his lift too late it doesn’t count!
Pyrros Dimas’ is trying to win 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals. He fails at his first attempt at 175kg, but succeeds at his second try but had to hang on to do it.
George Asanidze attempts 177.5kg and succeeds.
Pyrros Dimas then goes for 202.5kg and succeeds on his first attempt. He then goes for 205kg but fails and seems to injure himself.
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George Asanidze then attempts 205kg and succeeds!
Dimas then has another go at 205kg and although he gets it under his chin he buckles when he tries to lift it over his head. He then takes off his shoes and leaves them on the platform to signify his retirement.
At the medal ceremony Asanidze is crowned champion and Dimas has his name chanted out by the crowd in recognition of a great Olympic weightlifter.
Weightlifting Information:
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting from 1896 to 2008.
See also: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics and Lists of Olympic medalists
Men
One hand lift
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1896 Athens
details
Launceston Elliot (GBR)
Viggo Jensen (DEN)
Alexandros Nikolopoulos (GRE)
Two hand lift
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1896 Athens
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Viggo Jensen (DEN)
Launceston Elliot (GBR)
Sotirios Versis (GRE)
1900 Paris
not included in the Olympic program
1904 St. Louis
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Perikles Kakousis (GRE)
Oscar Osthoff (USA)
Frank Kugler (USA)
All-around dumbbell contest
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Oscar Osthoff (USA)
Frederick Winters (USA)
Frank Kugler (USA)
Flyweight
52 kg (19721992)
54 kg (1996)
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1972 Munich
details
Zygmunt Smalcerz (POL)
Lajos Szcs (HUN)
Sndor Holczreiter (HUN)
1976 Montreal
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Aleksandr Voronin (URS)
Gyrgy Kszegi (HUN)
Mohammad Nassiri (IRI)
1980 Moscow
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Kanybek Osmanaliev (URS)
Ho Bong Choi (PRK)
Han Gyong Si (PRK)
1984 Los Angeles
details
Zeng Guoqiang (CHN)
Zhou Peishun (CHN)
Kazushito Manabe (JPN)
1988 Seoul
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Sevdalin Marinov (BUL)
Chun Byung-Kwan (KOR)
He Zhuoqiang (CHN)
1992 Barcelona
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Ivan Ivanov (BUL)
Lin Qisheng (CHN)
Traian Cihrean (ROU)
1996 Atlanta
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Halil Mutlu (TUR)
Zhang Xiangsen (CHN)
