Games of the XIV Olympiad, London 1948. Men's 59kg weightlifting, medals ceremony: Englishman Julian Creus 2nd, Joseph de Pietro from the USA 1st and Richard Tom from the USA 3rd. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections

Games of the X Olympiad, Los Angeles, August 1932. Men's weightlifting, 67.5kg: Frenchman René DUVERGER was first. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections

Paris July 1924, Games of the VIII Olympiad. Weightlifting: French middleweight athlete Charles RIGOULOT, gold medallist in the one hand snatch event with 87.5kg. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

St Louis, September 1904, Games of the III Olympiad. Weightlifting: Frederick WINTERS of the USA in action in the one hand snatch. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections

Athens, 21 August 2004, Games of the XXVIII Olympiad. Pyrros DIMAS of Greece looks across into the crowd as he completes a lift in the men's -85kg category weightlifting competition at Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall. Credit: Getty Images/Doug Pensinger

Credit: IOC

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