Tokyo, 12 October 1964, Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Weightlifting, 60kg category: Yoshinobu MIYAKE of Japan performs. He won the gold medal with a total of 397.5 kg. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Sydney, 17 September 2000. 48kg, Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA), 2nd. Credit: Getty Images/Clive Brunskill

Los Angeles, 5 August 1984. David Mercer (GBR), 3rd. Credit: Getty Images/David Cannon

Sydney, 19 September 2000. Weightlifting, 63-69kg. Weining Lin (CHN), 1st. Credit: Getty Images/Scott Barbour

London 1948. John Henry Davis (USA), 1st. Credit: Getty Images

Credit: IOC

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