A lot of people watching the Olympics today are looking up how to convert kilograms to pounds, as all the athlete weights are being announced in kilograms.

1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds

Just a reminder that we have a nifty kilogram/pound converter available right here on the bottom left sidebar. Just enter the number of kilograms, and it will spit out the equivalent pound weights (or from pounds to kilos).