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Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics | |
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IOC Code | WLF |
Governing body | IWF |
Events | 10 (men: 5; women: 5) |
Summer Olympics | |
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.