Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting returned to the Olympic program at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, with competition in five weight classes, for men only. The sport had previously been contested at the Olympic Games in 1904.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg	Frans De Haes  Belgium	Alfred Schmidt  Estonia	Eugène Ryter  Switzerland
Lightweight –67.5 kg	Alfred Neuland  Estonia	Louis Williquet  Belgium	Florimond Rooms  Belgium
Middleweight –75 kg	Henri Gance  France	Pietro Bianchi  Italy	Albert Pettersson  Sweden
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg	Ernest Cadine  France	Fritz Hünenberger  Switzerland	Erik Pettersson  Sweden
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	Filippo Bottino  Italy	Joseph Alzin  Luxembourg	Louis Bernot  France

Participating nations

A total of 53 weightlifters from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

•  Belgium (7)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Estonia (3)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (10)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Italy (5)
•  Luxembourg (3)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  Sweden (6)
•  Switzerland (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
2	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
3	Estonia (EST)	1	1	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
5	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
6	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2