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.[1][2]
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 from all weightlifting competitions after being told that there would be no two-hand dumbbell event, though he served as a judge and assistant to Elliott.[3][1]
Competition formatEdit
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.[4][1][5]
Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN1-86197-342-X.
October 28, 2023
weightlifting, 1896, summer, olympics, hand, lift, hand, lift, event, similar, modern, snatch, weightlifting, events, weightlifting, 1896, summer, olympics, programme, hand, liftat, games, olympiadlaunceston, elliot, gold, viggo, jensen, silver, venuepanathina. 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 One hand liftat the Games of the I OlympiadLaunceston Elliot gold Viggo Jensen silver VenuePanathinaiko StadiumDate7 April 1896Competitors4 from 3 nationsWinning weight71 0MedalistsLaunceston Elliot Great BritainViggo Jensen DenmarkAlexandros Nikolopoulos GreeceViggo 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 1 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditThis 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 amp 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 from all weightlifting competitions after being told that there would be no two hand dumbbell event though he served as a judge and assistant to Elliott 3 1 Competition format EditIn 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 4 1 5 Schedule EditDate Time RoundGregorian JulianTuesday 7 April 1896 Tuesday 26 March 1896 FinalResults EditRank Lifter Nation Weight kg nbsp Launceston Elliot nbsp Great Britain 71 0 nbsp Viggo Jensen nbsp Denmark 57 0 nbsp Alexandros Nikolopoulos nbsp Greece 57 0 40 04 Sotirios Versis nbsp Greece 40 0References Edit a b c Unlimited One Hand Men Olympedia Retrieved 28 December 2020 Official Report part two p 71 Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympedia Retrieved 28 December 2020 Weightlifting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games Men s Unlimited One Hand Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 15 December 2019 Official Report part two p 70 External links EditLampros S P Polites N G De Coubertin Pierre Philemon P J amp Anninos C 1897 The Olympic Games BC 776 AD 1896 Athens Charles Beck Digitally available at 1 Mallon Bill amp Widlund Ture 1998 The 1896 Olympic Games Results for All Competitors in All Events with Commentary Jefferson McFarland ISBN 0 7864 0379 9 Excerpt available at 2 Smith Michael Llewellyn 2004 Olympics in Athens 1896 The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games London Profile Books ISBN 1 86197 342 X Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics Men 27s one hand lift amp oldid 1163244541, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
