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Heavy athletics

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—country of origin
—first recorded
1896Olympic debut
1disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Heavy athletics is a strength sport, part of athletics. It has featured at the Olympic Games since 1896 (28 editions). Wikidata lists 1 discipline or variant under it.

Part ofAthletics
Also classed underAthletics
PractitionersAthlete
Olympic statusOn the programme · since 1896
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Disciplines and variants

1
Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Heavy athletics or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.