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American Olympic Athletes in Weightlifting*

   Facts about Olympic Weightlifting
Event Athletes
 Weightlifting 1904
Heavyweight M USA Oscar Osthoff
Oscar G. Olson
Frank Kungler
All around M USA Frederick Winters
Frank Kungler
Oscar Osthoff
 Weightlifting 1932
Featherweight M USA Richard Bachtell
Anthony Terlazzo
Lightweight M USA Walter Zagurski
Arnie Sundberg
Middleweight M USA Sam Termine
Stanley Kratkowski
Light-heavyweight M USA Henry Duey
William Good
Heavyweight M USA Albert Manger
Howard Turbyfill
 Weightlifting 1936
Featherweight M USA Anthony Terlazzo
Lightweight M USA John Terpak
Robert Mitchell
Middleweight M USA Stanley Kratkowski
Walter Good
Light-heavyweight M USA John Miller
William Good
Heavyweight M USA John Grimek
David Mayor
 Weightlifting 1948
Bantamweight M USA Joseph Di Pietro
Ricgard Tom
Featherweight M USA Richard Tomita
Lightweight M USA John Terpak
Joseph Pitman
Middleweight M USA Peter George
Frank Spellman
Light-heavyweight M USA Harold Sakata
Stanley Stanczyk
Heavyweight M USA John Davis
Norbert Schemansky
 Weightlifting 1952
Lightweight M USA Tommy Kono
Middleweight M USA Peter George
Light-heavyweight M USA Clyde Emrich
Stanley Stanczyk
Middle-heavyweight M USA Norbert Schemansky
Heavyweight M USA John Davis
James Bradford
 Weightlifting 1956
Bantamweight M USA Charles Vinci
Featherweight M USA Isaac Berger
Middleweight M USA Peter George
Light-heavyweight M USA Tommy Kono
James George
Middle-heavyweight M USA David Sheppard
Heavyweight M USA Paul Anderson
 Weightlifting 1960
Bantamweight M USA Charles Vinci
Featherweight M USA Isaac Berger
Middleweight M USA Tommy Kono
Light-heavyweight M USA James George
Middle-heavyweight M USA John Pulskamp
Heavyweight M USA Norbert Schemansky
James Bradford
 Weightlifting 1964
Featherweight M USA Isaac Berger
Lightweight M USA Anthony Garcy
Light-heavyweight M USA Gary Cleveland
Middle-heavyweight M USA William March
Louis Riecke
Heavyweight M USA Gary Gubner
Norbert Schemansky
 Weightlifting 1968
Middleweight M USA Russell Knipp
Frederick Lowe
Light-heavyweight M USA Joseph Puleo
Middle-heavyweight M USA Robert Bartholomew
Philip Grippaldi
Heavyweight M USA Joseph Dube
George Ernest Pickett
 Weightlifting 1972
Lightweight M USA Daniel Cantore
Middleweight M USA Frederick Lowe
Russell Knipp
Light-heavyweight M USA Michael Karchut
Middle-heavyweight M USA Philip Grippaldi
Patrick Holbrook
Heavyweight M USA Alan Ball
Frank Capsouras
Super-heavyweight M USA Kenneth Patera
 Weightlifting 1976
Lightweight M USA Daniel Cantore
Middleweight M USA Frederick Lowe
Light-heavyweight M USA Samuel Bigler
Middle-heavyweight M USA Philip Grippaldi
Lee James
Heavyweight M USA Mark Cameron
Gary Drinnon
Super-heavyweight M USA Sam Walker
Bruce Wilhelm
 Weightlifting 1984
Bantamweight M USA Albert Hood
Lightweight M USA Donald Abrahamson
Light-heavyweight M USA Arnold Kritsky
Middle-heavyweight M USA Derrick Crass
Thomas Calandro
Heavyweight 100 kg M USA Ken Clark
Rich Shanko
Heavyweight M USA Richard Eaton
Guy Carlton
Super-heavyweight M USA Mario Martinez
 Weightlifting 1988
Lightweight M USA Michael Jacques
Middleweight M USA Roberto Umutia
Light-heavyweight M USA Curt White
Derrick Crass
Middle-heavyweight M USA Brett Brian
Arnold Kritsky
Heavyweight M USA Rich Schutz
Jeff Michels
Super-heavyweight M USA John Bergman
Mario Martinez
 Weightlifting 1992
Featherweight M USA Bryan Jacob
Lightweight M USA Timothy McRae
Vernon Patao
Light-heavyweight M USA Roberto Urrutia
Middle-heavyweight M USA Brett Brian
Heavyweight 100 kg M USA Wesley Barnett
David Langon
Heavyweight M USA Rich Schutz
Super-heavyweight M USA Mark Henry
Mario Martinez
 Weightlifting 1996
Bantamweight M USA Bryan Jacob
Featherweight M USA Vernon Patao
Thanh Nguyen
Lightweight M USA Timothy McRae
Middle-heavyweight M USA Thomas Gough
Heavyweight 100 kg M USA Peter Kelley
Heavyweight M USA Wesley Barnett
Konstantine Starikovich
Super-heavyweight M USA Thomas Ingalsbe
Mark Henry
 Weightlifting 2000
Flyweight W USA Robin Goad
Tara Nott
Heavyweight W USA Cara Heads-Lane
Super-heavyweight W USA Cheryl Haworth
Middleweight M USA Oscar Chaplin
Super-heavyweight M USA Shane Hamman
 Weightlifting 2004
Flyweight W USA Tara Nott
Super-heavyweight W USA Cheryl Haworth
Middleweight M USA Chad Vaughn
Light-heavyweight M USA Oscar Chaplin
Super-heavyweight M USA Shane Hamman
 Weightlifting 2008
Featherweight W USA Melanie Roach
Middleweight W USA Carissa Gump
Nathalie Woolfolk
Super-heavyweight W USA Cheryl Haworth
Middleweight M USA Chad Vaughn
Light-heavyweight M USA Kendrick Farris
 Weightlifting 2012
Super-heavyweight W USA Sarah Robles
Holley Mangold
Light-heavyweight M USA Kendrick Farris
 Weightlifting 2016
Flyweight W USA Whitney King Morghan
Heavyweight W USA Jenny Lyvette Arthur
Super-heavyweight W USA Sarah Robles
Middle-heavyweight M USA Kendrick Farris
 Weightlifting 2020
Flyweight W USA Jourdan Delacruz
Light-heavyweight W USA Katherine Elizabeth Nye
Heavyweight W USA Martha Roberts
Super-heavyweight W USA Sarah Robles
Lightweight M USA Clarence Cummings
Middleweight M USA Harrison James Maurus
Heavyweight M USA Wesley Kitts
Super-heavyweight M USA Caine Wilkes
 Weightlifting 2024
Heavyweight M USA Wesley Kitts
Lightweight W USA Olivia Reeves
Heavyweight W USA Mary Theisen Lappen
Bantamweight M USA Hampton Morris
Flyweight W USA Jourdan Delacruz
* The list above only shows a selection of American weightlifters - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about American weightlifters at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database
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