1956 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting
| Weightlifting at the XVI. Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 Melbourne
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| Competition venue | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Nations | 34 |
| Athletes | 105 (105 men) |
| date | 23-25 November 1956 |
| decisions | 7th |
| ← Helsinki 1952 | |
At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , seven weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens from November 23 to 26 . A total of 105 athletes from 34 nations took part. 21 participants from eight nations won seven gold, silver and bronze medals each. The most successful nation was the USA with seven medals (4 × gold, 2 × silver and 1 × bronze); The athletes from the Soviet Union also won seven medals (3 × gold and 4 × silver).
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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| 1 |
 United States
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4th | 2 | 1 | 7th |
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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3 | 4th | - | 7th |
| 3 |
 Argentina
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 4th |
 Italy
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |
 France
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
.svg){kind=small} South Korea
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
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Results
Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Charles Vinci | 342.5 ( WR ) |
| 2 |
URS
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Vladimir Stogov | 337.5 |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} IRN
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Mahmoud Namdjou | 332.5 |
| 4th |
COR
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Yu In-Ho | 320.0 |
| 5 |
COR
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Kim Hae-nam | 307.5 |
| 6th |
 JPN
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Yoshio Nanbu | 305.0 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} RSA
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Reg Gaffley | 305.0 |
| 8th |
JPN
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Yukio Furuyama | 302.5 |
| 9 |
 ROC
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Song Re-Nado | 287.5 |
| 10 |
RSA
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Gaston Gaffney | 205.0 |
Date: November 23, 1956
16 participants from 13 countries
Feather weight (up to 60 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Isaac Berger | 352.5 ( WR ) |
| 2 |
URS
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Yevgeny Minaev | 342.5 |
| 3 |
POLE
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Marian Zieliński | 335.0 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} TRI
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Rodney Wilkes | 330.0 |
| 5 |
JPN
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Hiroyoshi Shiratori | 325.0 |
| 6th |
 EUA
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Georg Miske | 320.0 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} SIN
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Tan Ser Cher | 315.0 |
| 8th |
COR
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Lee Gyeong-seop | 312.5 |
| 9 |
.svg){kind=small} CAN
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Jules Sylvain | 310.0 |
| 10 |
JPN
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Takahiro Yamaguchi | 310.0 |
Date: November 23, 1956
21 participants from 19 countries
Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
URS
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Igor Rybak | 380.0 ( OR ) |
| 2 |
URS
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Rawil Khabutdinov | 372.5 |
| 3 |
COR
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Kim Chang-hee | 370.0 |
| 4th |
JPN
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Kenji Ōnuma | 367.5 |
| 5 |
IRN
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Henrik Tamraz | 365.0 |
| 6th |
POLE
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Jan Czepułkowski | 360.0 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} BUL
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Ivan Abajiev | 357.5 |
| 8th |
ROC
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Nile Tun Maung | 352.5 |
| 9 |
SIN
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Tiger Tan | 350.0 |
| 10 |
 AUT
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Josef Tauchner | 347.5 |
Date: November 24, 1956
18 participants from 17 countries
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
URS
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Fyodor Bogdanovsky | 420.0 ( WR ) |
| 2 |
United States
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Peter George | 412.5 |
| 3 |
ITA
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Ermanno Pignatti | 382.5 |
| 4th |
POLE
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Jan Bochenek | 382.5 |
| 5 |
COR
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Kim Seong-jip | 380.0 |
| 6th |
POLE
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Krzysztof Beck | 380.0 |
| 7th |
IRN
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Ibrahim Payrovi | 372.5 |
| 8th |
CAN
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Adrien Gilbert | 370.0 |
| 9 |
SIN
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Kay Poh Wong | 365.0 |
| 10 |
RSA
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Jannie Greeff | 365.0 |
Date: November 24, 1956
16 participants from 15 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Thomas Kono | 447.5 ( WR ) |
| 2 |
URS
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Vasily Stepanov | 427.5 |
| 3 |
United States
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James George | 417.5 |
| 4th |
IRN
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Jalal Mansouri | 417.5 |
| 5 |
 GBR
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Phil Caira | 405.0 |
| 6th |
 TCH
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Václav Pšenička | 400.0 |
| 7th |
FRA
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Marcel Paterni | 395.0 |
| 8th |
OUT
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John Powell | 382.5 |
| 9 |
 BEL
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Willy Claes | 357.5 |
| 10 |
 PAH
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Muhammad Iqbal Butt | 337.5 |
Date: November 26, 1956
10 participants from 9 countries
Medium weight (up to 90 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
URS
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Arkady Vorobyov | 462.5 ( WR ) |
| 2 |
United States
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Dave Sheppard | 442.5 |
| 3 |
FRA
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Jean Debuf | 425.0 |
| 4th |
IRN
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Mohammed Rahnavardi | 425.0 |
| 5 |
BGR
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Ivan Weselinov | 407.5 |
| 6th |
 MAS
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Bee Kim Tan | 395.0 |
| 7th |
TRI
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Lennox Kilgour | 390.0 |
| 8th |
OUT
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Leonard Treganowan | 390.0 |
| 9 |
GBR
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Sydney Harrington | 385.0 |
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OUT
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Manny Santos |
Date: November 26, 1956
15 participants from 14 countries
Heavy weight (over 90 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Paul Anderson | 500.0 ( OR ) |
| 2 |
ARG
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Humberto Selvetti | 500.0 ( OR ) |
| 3 |
ITA
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Alberto Pigaiani | 452.5 |
| 4th |
IRN
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Firouz Pojhan | 450.0 |
| 5 |
 FIN
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Eino Mäkinen | 432.5 |
| 6th |
CAN
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Dave Baillie | 432.5 |
| 7th |
AUT
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Franz Hölbl | 425.0 |
| 8th |
 NZL
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Hugh Jones | 397.5 |
| 9 |
 IND
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Dandamudi Rajagopal | 360.0 |
Date: November 26, 1956
9 participants from 9 countries
Web links
- Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1956 Summer Games (PDF, 32.5 MB)
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