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Weightlifting at the Olympics
One hand lift
at the Games of the I Olympiad
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Venue
| Panathinaiko Stadium
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Date
| 7 April 1896
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Competitors
| 4 from 3 nations
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Winning weight
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The men's one hand lift, an event similar to the modern snatch, was one of two weightlifting events in the
weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
programme.
Viggo Jensen
, injured from the first event, was able to lift only enough to earn a
silver medal
while
Launceston Elliot
far surpassed all of the other athletes in the field on his way to winning the
United Kingdom
's first
gold medal
of the Olympics.
Alexandros Nikolopoulos
lifted 57.0 kilograms with one hand, which would have put him in a tie with Jensen had he lifted the same weight with his other hand. He lifted only 40.0 kilograms with the other, but was awarded third place as
Sotirios Versis
could only lift 40.0 with either hand.
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
, one of the judges, demonstrated his strength after the event by moving one of the heavy weights with ease after an assistant struggled to clear the weight from the competition area.
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Background
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This was the only appearance of this one hand lift event. Somewhat similar events were held in other early Games: an all-around dumbbell event was held in 1904 and there were two one-hand lifts (snatch and clean & jerk) as part of the 1924 combined events.
Top visiting weightlifters in Athens included
Launceston Elliot
and Lawrence Levy of Great Britain and
Viggo Jensen
of Denmark. Two Greek weightlifters competed as well. Levy withdrew after being informed that there would be no two-hand dumbbell event, though he served as a judge and assistant to Elliott.
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Competition format
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In the second weightlifting event, held soon after the first, only one hand was allowed in lifting the weights. Lifters had to perform the lift with each hand successively. The technique was similar to the modern
snatch
event. Lifters received three attempts. Each lifter performed one attempt before any began their second attempts. After each had lifted three times, the top three received three more attempts.
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Schedule
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Date
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Tuesday, 7 April 1896
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Tuesday, 26 March 1896
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Final
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Results
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References
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