Weightlifting at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Weightlifting pictogram
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Date	29 August 1920
No. of events	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors	53 from 14 nations
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Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
−60 kg	men
−67.5 kg	men
−75 kg	men
−82.5 kg	men
+82.5 kg	men
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Weightlifting returned to the Olympic program at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, with competition in five weight classes, for men only. The sport had previously been contested at the Olympic Games in 1904. ^[1]

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg details	Frans De Haes   Belgium	Alfred Schmidt   Estonia	Eugène Ryter   Switzerland
Lightweight –67.5 kg details	Alfred Neuland   Estonia	Louis Williquet   Belgium	Florimond Rooms   Belgium
Middleweight –75 kg details	Henri Gance   France	Pietro Bianchi   Italy	Albert Pettersson   Sweden
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg details	Ernest Cadine   France	Fritz Hünenberger   Switzerland	Erik Pettersson   Sweden
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details	Filippo Bottino   Italy	Joseph Alzin   Luxembourg	Louis Bernot   France

Participating nations

A total of 53 weightlifters from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

•   Belgium (7)
•   Czechoslovakia (2)
•   Denmark (5)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Estonia (3)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (10)
•   Great Britain (2)
•   Greece (1)
•   Italy (5)
•   Luxembourg (3)
•   Netherlands (5)
•   Sweden (6)
•   Switzerland (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
2	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
3	Estonia (EST)	1	1	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
5	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
6	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

External links

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.