World Championship at the founding congress of the Amateur Athleten Weltunion
At the founding congress of the
Amateur Athleten Weltunion (English: Amateur Athletes World Union) on 1905,
Jun 10-12 in Duisburg GER as the first international federation for weightlifting and
wrestling there was beside the world championship of these two sports also an event of a
Triathlon (stone putting, endurance jerk, freestyle jerk).
World Champion
pts
Runner-up
pts
Third place
pts
1st
Class
BRACHER
August GER
91,75
OTTO
Joseph
GER
82,5
SEUBERT
Arthur
GER
77,5
2nd
Class
KLAGER
Joh GER
76,5
HÖLING
Otto
GER
67,5
WINKLER
Nikolaus
GER
66,75
3rd
Class
SIEGRIST
Wilhelm GER
99
DIEMER
Hermann
GER
84
MÜLLER
Friedrich
GER
80,5
World
Championship of the Internationaler Amateur-Weltverband für
Schwerathletik
The short time existing
Internationaler Amateur-Weltverband für Schwerathletik
(English: International Amateur Heavy Athletics Federation) as a
direct predecessor of International Weightlifting Federation had two
events of stone putting (16,67 kg) and weight throwing (12,5 kg) on
the program at the World Championship 1913,
Jul 27-28 in Breslau GER (today Polish Wrocław).
World Champion
m
Runner-up
m
Third place
m
Stone
OTTO
Joseph
GER
8,59
FUCHS
Xaver GER
8,38
ZIMMERMANN
H. GER
6,58
Weight
OTTO
Joseph
GER
18,65
FUCHS
Xaver GER
13,90
BENSHAUSEN
K. GER
12,73
Stone Putting & Weight Throwing at the Olympic Games
