At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifteen events in weightlifting were contested, in eight classes for men and seven for women. Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.[1]
Weightlifting at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall |
Dates | 14–25 August 2004 |
No. of events | 15 |
Competitors | 249 from 79 nations |
Medalists
Men
Women
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Participating nations
A total of 249 weightlifters from 79 nations competed at the Athens Games:
Albania (2)
Algeria (2)
American Samoa (1)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (4)
Aruba (1)
Australia (2)
Austria (1)
Azerbaijan (5)
Belarus (8)
Bulgaria (9)
Cameroon (2)
Canada (2)
China (10)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Colombia (9)
Comoros (1)
Cook Islands (1)
Croatia (1)
Cuba (2)
Czech Republic (1)
Dominican Republic (1)
Ecuador (2)
Egypt (5)
El Salvador (1)
Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Fiji (1)
France (5)
Georgia (2)
Germany (4)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (10)
Guatemala (1)
Guyana (1)
Hungary (7)
India (3)
Indonesia (6)
Iran (6)
Iraq (1)
Japan (4)
Kazakhstan (3)
Kiribati (1)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Latvia (1)
Libya (2)
Lithuania (1)
Malaysia (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (3)
Mongolia (1)
Morocco (1)
Myanmar (1)
Nauru (3)
Nigeria (2)
North Korea (4)
Norway (1)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Peru (1)
Poland (7)
Qatar (2)
Romania (7)
Russia (9)
Samoa (1)
Saudi Arabia (4)
Seychelles (1)
Slovakia (3)
South Korea (7)
Spain (2)
Thailand (5)
Tunisia (2)
Turkey (9)
Turkmenistan (1)
Uganda (1)
Ukraine (9)
United States (5)
Uzbekistan (3)
Venezuela (3)
Vietnam (1)
Doping
A total of twelve weightlifters were disqualified for doping, amongst them Greek star Leonidas Sabanis, who had won two silver medals in previous Olympics and who had originally been awarded the bronze medal in the Men's 62 kg division.[2][3][4][5]
References
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