List of Olympic venues in weightlifting

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For the Summer Olympics, there are 25 venues that have been or will be used for weightlifting.

Games	Venue	Other sports hosted at venue for those games	Capacity	Ref.
1896 Athens	Panathinaiko Stadium	Athletics, Gymnastics, Wrestling	80,000
1904 St. Louis	Francis Field	Archery, Athletics, Cycling Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Roque, Tennis, Tug of war, Wrestling	19,000.
1920 Antwerp	Olympisch Stadion	Athletics, Equestrian, Field hockey, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Tug of war	12,771
1924 Paris	Vélodrome d'hiver	Boxing, Cycling (track), Fencing, Wrestling	10,884
1928 Amsterdam	Krachtsportgebouw	Boxing, Wrestling	2,840
1932 Los Angeles	Olympic Auditorium	Boxing, Wrestling	10,000.
1936 Berlin	Deutschlandhalle	Boxing, Wrestling	8,630
1948 London	Empress Hall, Earl's Court	Boxing, Gymnastics, Wrestling	19,000
1952 Helsinki	Messuhalli	Basketball (final), Boxing, Gymnastics, Wrestling	5,500
1956 Melbourne	Royal Exhibition Building	Basketball (final), Modern pentathlon (fencing), Wrestling	3,500
1960 Rome	Palazzetto dello sport	Basketball	Not listed.
1964 Tokyo	Shibuya Public Hall	None	2,200
1968 Mexico City	Insurgentes Theatre	None	1,100
1972 Munich	Messegelände, Gewichtheberhalle	None	3,297
1976 Montreal	St. Michel Arena	None	2,000
1980 Moscow	Izmailovo Sports Palace	None	5,000
1984 Los Angeles	Albert Gersten Pavilion	None	4,156
1988 Seoul	Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium	None	4,000
1992 Barcelona	Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial	None	Not listed.
1996 Atlanta	Georgia World Congress Center	Fencing, Handball, Judo, Modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), Table tennis, Wrestling	3,900 (fencing) 7,300 (handball) 7,300 (judo) 4,700 (table tennis) 5,000 (weightlifting) 7,300 (wrestling)
2000 Sydney	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre	Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Wrestling	7,500 (weightlifting), 9,000 (judo & wrestling), 10,000 (boxing & fencing)
2004 Athens	Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall	None	Not listed.
2008 Beijing	Beihang University Gymnasium	None	5,400
2012 London	ExCeL	Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Wrestling	Not listed.
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Riocentro – Pavilion 2	None	6,000
2020 Tokyo	Tokyo International Forum	None	5,000
2024 Paris	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles	Handball, Table tennis, Volleyball	6,000
2028 Los Angeles	Peacock Theater	None	7,100
2032 Brisbane	TBA

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