Weightlifting
commonwealth games
Medals
12
13
16
About Weightlifting
The Olympic weightlifting programme has greatly evolved over time. Since the Montreal 1976 Games, there have been two lifts used in competition: the snatch and the clean and jerk. In the snatch, the bar is lifted from the floor to above the head in one movement.
By contrast, the clean and jerk is a two-stage action: the bar is first brought up to the shoulders before being jerked over the head. These extremely demanding exercises require exceptional physical strength and ironclad mental resolve.
Today, competitors perform both lifts three times, and their best result in each lift are combined to determine their overall score. The competitor with the highest total score is declared the winner. Men and women will each compete across five weight classes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
OLYMPIC HISTORY
Weightlifting featured at the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896. Excluded from the Olympic programme for a few editions of the Games (1900, 1908 and 1912), weightlifting was reintroduced in 1920 at the Antwerp Games and has been included ever since. A women’s competition was first held at the Sydney 2000 Games.
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NZ Fast facts
Olympic Games
- No. of athletes
- 22
- No. of games
- 16
- First appearance
- 1948
Commonwealth Games
- No. of athletes
- 69
- No. of games
- 19
- First appearance
- 1950
Commonwealth GamesBirmingham 2022
Commonwealth GamesGold Coast 2018
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow 2014
Commonwealth GamesDelhi 2010
Commonwealth GamesMelbourne 2006
Commonwealth GamesManchester 2002
Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur 1998
Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh 1986
Commonwealth GamesEdmonton 1978
Commonwealth GamesChristchurch 1974
Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh 1970
Commonwealth GamesKingston 1966
Commonwealth GamesPerth 1962
Commonwealth GamesVancouver 1954