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At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, two weightlifting events were contested.[1] Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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One hand lift | Josef Steinbach Austria |
Tullio Camillotti Italy |
Heinrich Schneidereit Germany |
Two hand lift | Dimitrios Tofalos Greece |
Josef Steinbach Austria |
Alexandre Maspoli France |
Heinrich Schneidereit Germany | |||
Heinrich Rondl Germany |
Postcards of weight lifting in the 1906 Olympics
A number of postcards, then at its peak, were published by various printhouses. The following were printed in Corfu, Greece, by the Aspiotis brothers.
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Bar bell lifting with 2 hands
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Steinbach, winner in weight lifting
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Weight lifting with 2 hands. Tofalos winner
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
References
- ^ "Weightlifting: 1906 Intercalated Games Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2014-01-28.