1956 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Medium Heavyweight (up to 90 kg)
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| sport | Weightlifting |
| competition | Medium weight (up to 90 kg) |
| gender | Men |
| place |
Royal Exhibition Building , Melbourne |
| Attendees | 15 athletes from 14 nations |
| date | November 26, 1956 |
| Medals |
 Arkady Vorobyov ( URS ) Dave Sheppard ( USA ) Jean Debuf ( FRA )
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In the 1956 Olympic Games in the Australian city of Melbourne on November 26, in the Royal Exhibition Building , the weight lifting in the middle heavyweight held for men.
It was won by the Soviet Russian Arkady Vorobyov in front of the American Dave Sheppard and the French Jean Debuf .
The athletes competed against each other in the so-called three-way battle. In addition to the usual disciplines of tearing and pushing, this also included pushing.
According to the competition regulations of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), the body weight of every medium heavyweight boxer had to be over 82.5 kg and no more than 90 kg.
Participating Nations
A total of 15 athletes from the following 14 nations took part.
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India (1) -
Iran (1) -
Malaya (1) -
Poland (1) -
Soviet Union (1)
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South Korea (1) -
Trinidad and Tobago (1) -
United States (1) -
United Kingdom (1)
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Result
During the competition, the winner Arkady Vorobyov set three records: With 462.5 kg (total) and 147.5 kg in pushing, he set two world records and with 177.5 kg in pushing, an Olympic record.
Note: KG = body weight; V1 / 2/3 = trial 1/2/3; World record / Olympic record
| rank | Surname | nation | KG [kg] |
total [kg] |
Pressure [kg] |
Tearing [kg] |
Pushing [kg] |
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| V1 | V2 | V3 | V1 | V2 | V3 | V1 | V2 | V3 | |||||
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Arkady Vorobyov |
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89.8 | 462.5 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 137.5 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | ||
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Dave Sheppard |
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88.8 | 442.5 | 140.0 | 137.5 | 165.0 |
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Jean Debuf |
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87.6 | 425.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | - | |
| 4th | Mohammed Rahnavardi |
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89.5 | 425.0 | 127.5 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 157.5 |
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| 5 | Ivan Weselinov |
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88.6 | 407.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 120.0 | 155.0 |
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| 6th | Bee Kim Tan |
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86.2 | 395.0 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 150.0 | 155.0 |
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| 7th | Lennox Kilgour |
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89.1 | 390.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 140.0 | 145.0 |
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| 8th | Leonard Treganowan |
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89.7 | 390.0 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 150.0 |
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| 9 | Sydney Harrington |
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88.2 | 385.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 145.0 | 152.5 |
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| 9 | Manoel Santos |
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88.2 | 385.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 110.0 | 150.0 |
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| 11 | Kamineni Eswara Rao |
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88.4 | 380.0 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 100.0 | 110.0 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 147.5 | ||
| 12 | Bruno Barabani |
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89.7 | 367.5 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 145.0 |
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| - | Carlos Seigeshifer |
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89.5 | - | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 112.5 |
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| - | Czesław Białas |
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89.6 | - | 130.0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - | Dong-cheol park |
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87.6 | - | 115.0 | 120.0 | - | - | - | ||||
Web links
- Results at www.olympic.org ( English )
- Report and results at www.sports-reference.com (English)