Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's two hand lift

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|event = Men's two handed weightlifting

|games = 1904 Summer

|image = Perikles Kakousis.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption = Perikles Kakousis wins the two hand lift competition.

|venue = Francis Field

|date = 3 September

|competitors = 4

|nations = 2

|longnames = yes

|win_value = 111.70

|win_label = Winning weight

|gold = Perikles Kakousis

|goldNOC = GRE

|silver = Oscar Osthoff

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Frank Kugler

|bronzeNOC = GER

|prev = 1896

|next =

}}

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The men's two hand lift was a weightlifting event held as part of the weightlifting programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time the event was held. Four athletes from two nations competed.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WLT/mens-unlimited-two-hands.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WLT/mens-unlimited-two-hands.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Weightlifting at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Unlimited, Two Hands |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=15 December 2019}}

Background

This was the second of two appearances of this two hand lift event. It was previously held in 1896.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/28512 |work=Olympedia |title=Unlimited, Two Hands, Men |access-date=28 December 2020}}

Competition format

In this weightlifting event, two hands were used in lifting the weights. Any style could be used.

Schedule

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! Date

! Time

! Round

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| Saturday, 3 September

Final

Results

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! Rank

LifterNationWeight (kg)

!Notes

{{gold01}}align=left| Perikles Kakousisalign=left| {{flagIOC|GRE|1904 Summer}}111.70

|OR

{{silver02}}align=left| Oscar Osthoffalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}}84.37

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{{bronze03}}align=left| Frank Kugleralign=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1904 Summer}}79.61

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4align=left| Oscar Olsenalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}}67.81

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References

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Sources

  • {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 27 December 2006 |language=pl}}

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Category:Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics