Dates 14 - 25 August 2004 | Competitors 249 from 79 nations | |
Venue Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall | ||
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.
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Participating nations
A total of 249 weightlifters from 79 nations competed at the Athens Games:
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.
References
Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA