Modern weightlifting began in Europe in the18th century, and the original weightlifting strongman only appeared in the British circus. /kloc-At the beginning of the 9th century, there were formal weightlifting clubs in Britain. Then the Italians made the barbell with adjustable weight for the first time. 19 10, a barbell close to modern weightlifting was unveiled for the first time at the sports game exhibition held in Frankfurt, Germany. For the first time, metal pieces of different sizes appeared on the barbell, which has been used ever since.
189 1 It is a year of special significance for weightlifting. The first World Weightlifting Championship was held in London. The World Weightlifting Championship has also become the only sports world championship that spans three centuries. Weightlifting began to be graded in the 7th Olympic Games in 1920, and the grading in the history of its development has been constantly changing since then. In the past 80 years, the level of weightlifting has been improving, and it was not until the end of last century that it changed because of the trend of "Olympic slimming".
Weightlifting is divided into snatch and clean and jerk:
Snatch: The athlete puts the barbell in front of his two calves in parallel, his hands collide with the barbell, and lifts the barbell from the weightlifting platform until his arms are completely straight on his head.
Clean and jerk: The athlete lifts the barbell from the weightlifting platform to the shoulder in a continuous motion. Keep your legs parallel and straight, and keep still. Bend your legs and squat first, and then lift the barbell by stretching your legs and arms until your arms are completely straight and your legs are retracted in parallel to keep still.
Men's and women's weightlifting were listed as Olympic events in 1896 and 2000 respectively. Although weightlifting existed in the first Olympic Games, not every Olympic Games had weightlifting events. At the beginning of the last century, the romantic French once blocked weightlifting from the Paris Olympic Games because it was too powerful.
Compared with the three medals produced by each heavyweight in the World Championships, the Olympic Games only calculate the total score of snatch and clean and jerk. If the total score is the same, those who weigh less before the game rank first. If it's the same again, the light weight will rank first after the game.
In the 28th Olympic Games in 2004, there were 15 events for men and women, and * * * produced 15 gold medals. It is estimated that there will be 250 athletes, including male 176 and female 74. The weightlifting competition of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games lasted 10 days, and the time was 14 from August to 25th.
Olympic
Men: 56 kg, 62 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 85 kg, 94 kg, 65,438+005 kg, 65,438+005 kg and above.
Women: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg and above.
Weightlifting milestone
1896
In the first modern Olympic Games, weightlifting was one of the official events. At that time, there were only two events-one-handed weightlifting and two-handed weightlifting, and the competition was held in the open air.
1928
There are three major events in weightlifting: recommendation, snatch and clean and jerk.
1972
At the Munich Olympic Games, there were two cases of illegal drugs in weightlifting for the first time.
1976
At the Montreal Olympic Games, seven weightlifters were disqualified for using prohibited items (including three medal winners, two of whom were world champions).
1984
Five cases of illegal drugs were detected in the Los Angeles Olympic Games.
1988
Five more cases of illegal drugs broke out in the weightlifting competition of Seoul Olympic Games, involving two gold medal winners in Bulgaria. Bulgarian weightlifting team withdrew from the Olympic Games.
1992
In order to establish a new mechanism, the International Weightlifting Federation created a new weightlifting competition mode, which was put into use for the first time at the Barcelona Olympic Games.
1998
The International Weightlifting Federation cancelled previous world weightlifting records, creating clean air for the development of weightlifting and a level playing field for all events.
In 2000,
The men's events were reduced from 10 to 8, and the women's events were launched for the first time, with a total of 7 levels.
Weightlifting star
Vasily alekseyev (Soviet Union)
In 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games, he won the gold medal with a total score of160kg. He set 80 world records and won 22 world championship medals.
Naim naim suleymanoglu (Bulgarian/Turkish)
With a height of only 1.49 meters, he is recognized as the best weightlifter in the world. He has won the gold medal in the 60 kg category in the 65,438+0988 Olympic Games, the 64 kg category in the 65,438+0992 Olympic Games and 22 medals in the World Championships, setting 46 world records.
Pilars-dimas (Greek)
He won the Olympic weightlifting gold medal of 1992 82.5kg, 1996 83kg and 2000 82kg respectively, and won three world championships. His dream is to win his fourth gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.