List of Olympic Medalists of Team USA in Weightlifting

Weightlifting has always been a form of entertainment to be seen at the fairs during the Middle Ages; however, by the late 19th century, it began to be recognized as a sport. It debuted at the first iteration of the Olympic Games in 1896 and has been consistently on the schedule from 1920 onwards.

The discipline is governed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), though in the past, it had a few other organizations to look after and went through a few name changes as well. Before 1972, the IWF was known as the Fédération Haltérophile Internationale (FHI), which was founded in 1920.

Another detail worth mentioning is that there were also one-handed lifts in the 1896 and 1904 Olympic iterations since it did not have weight classes and was an open competition. The concept of weight classes grew in recent years with the inclusion of women's events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

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The List of Olympic Medalists of Team USA in Weightlifting

The United States is third on the all-time list among 68 NOCs, with 46 medals, including 16 golds. Although the Soviet Union and China lead the list with 62 medals each, their respective numbers of gold medals vary: the Soviet Union has 39 golds, while China has 38 golds.

The former nation has been dominating since its debut at the 1952 Olympics; however, Bulgaria gave it good competition in the 1970s, but then a few of its athletes got accused of using drugs around 1992.

The list of Olympic medalists for Team USA in weightlifting is as follows:

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