1968 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting
| Weightlifting at the XIX. Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 Mexico city
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| Competition venue | Teatro de los Insurgentes |
| Nations | 55 |
| Athletes | 160 (160 men) |
| date | 13-19 October 1968 |
| decisions | 7th |
| ← Tokyo 1964 | |
At the XIX. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , seven weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Teatro de los Insurgentes . The Olympic competitions also counted as world championships for this year.
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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3 | 3 | - | 6th |
| 2 |
 Japan
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
 Iran
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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1 | - | 4th | 5 |
| 5 |
 Finland
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1 | - | - | 1 |
| 6th |
 Hungary
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7th |
 Belgium
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 8th |
 United States
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
| competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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| Bantamweight |
Mohammad Nassiri
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Imre Foldi
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Henryk Trębicki
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| Featherweight |
Yoshinobu Miyake
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Ditto Shanidze
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Yoshiyuki Miyake
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| lightweight |
Waldemar Baszanowski
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Parviz Jalayer
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Marian Zieliński
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| medium weight |
Viktor Kurentsov
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Masushi Ōuchi
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Karoly Bakos
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| Lightweight |
Boris Selitsky
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Vladimir Belyayev
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Norbert Ozimek
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| Middle heavyweight |
Kaarlo Kangasniemi
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Jaan Talts
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Marek Gołąb
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| Heavyweight |
Leonid Shabotinsky
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Serge Reding
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Joe Dube
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Results
Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
IRN
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Mohammad Nassiri | 367.5 |
| 2 |
HUN
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Imre Foldi | 367.5 |
| 3 |
POLE
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Henryk Trębicki | 357.5 |
| 4th |
URS
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Gennady Chetin | 352.5 |
| 5 |
JPN
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Shirō Ichinoseki | 350.0 |
| 6th |
 PURE
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Fernando Báez | 345.0 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} BUL
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Atanas Kirov | 335.0 |
| 8th |
 THA
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Chaiya Sukchinda | 330.0 |
| 9 |
 GBR
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Precious McKenzie | 330.0 |
| 10 |
 AUT
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Kurt Pittner | 322.5 |
Date: October 13, 1968
20 participants from 19 countries
In the event of a tie, the lower body weight decided in favor of Mohammad Nassiri.
Feather weight (up to 60 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
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Yoshinobu Miyake | 392.5 |
| 2 |
URS
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Ditto Shanidze | 387.5 |
| 3 |
JPN
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Yoshiyuki Miyake | 385.0 |
| 4th |
POLE
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Jan Wojnowski | 382.5 |
| 5 |
 POLE
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Mieczysław Nowak | 375.0 |
| 6th |
IRN
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Nasrollah Dehnavi | 365.0 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} COR
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Young Moo-shin | 365.0 |
| 8th |
MEX
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Manuel Mateos | 360.0 |
| 9 |
BUL
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Mladen Kuchev | 357.5 |
| 10 |
HUN
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János Benedek | 355.0 |
| 11 |
.svg){kind=small} FRG
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Dieter Rauscher | 352.5 |
Date: October 14, 1968
28 participants from 22 countries
Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
POLE
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Waldemar Baszanowski | 437.5 |
| 2 |
IRN
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Parviz Jalayer | 422.5 |
| 3 |
POLE
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Marian Zieliński | 420.0 |
| 4th |
JPN
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Nobuyuki Hatta | 417.5 |
| 5 |
COR
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Won Shin-hee | 415.0 |
| 6th |
BUL
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Janós Bagócs | 412.5 |
| 7th |
JPN
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Takeo Kimura | 405.0 |
| 8th |
BUL
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Konstantin Tilew | 397.5 |
| 9 |
 TCH
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Ondrej Hekel | 390.0 |
| 10 |
FRG
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Uwe Kliche | 390.0 |
Date: October 15, 1968
20 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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Viktor Kurentsov | 475.0 |
| 2 |
JPN
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Masushi Ōuchi | 455.0 |
| 3 |
HUN
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Karoly Bakos | 440.0 |
| 4th |
United States
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Russell Knipp | 437.5 |
| 5 |
COR
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Lee Chun-sik | 437.5 |
| 6th |
FRG
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Werner Dittrich | 435.0 |
| 7th |
TCH
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Miroslav Kolařík | 430.0 |
| 8th |
United States
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Frederick Lowe | 430.0 |
| 9 |
 FRA
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Rolf Maier | 425.0 |
| 10 |
JPN
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Sadahiro Miwa | 425.0 |
| 11 |
FRG
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Albert Huser | 410.0 |
Date: October 16, 1968
20 participants from 17 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
URS
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Boris Selitsky | 485.0 |
| 2 |
URS
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Vladimir Belyayev | 485.0 |
| 3 |
POLE
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Norbert Ozimek | 472.5 |
| 4th |
HUN
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Győző Veres | 472.5 |
| 5 |
GDR
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Karl Arnold | 467.5 |
| 6th |
TCH
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Hans Zdražila | 462.5 |
| 7th |
FIN
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Jouni Kailajärvi | 445.0 |
| 8th |
FIN
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Lee Jong-sup | 440.0 |
| 9 |
PURE
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Victor Angel Pagán | 435.0 |
| 10 |
 CAN
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Pierre St-Jean | 435.0 |
| 11 |
FRG
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Rainer Dörrzapf | 435.0 |
Date: October 17, 1968
26 participants from 22 countries
Medium weight (up to 90 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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| 1 |
FIN
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Kaarlo Kangasniemi | 517.5 |
| 2 |
URS
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Jaan Talts | 507.5 |
| 3 |
POLE
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Marek Gołąb | 495.0 |
| 4th |
 SWE
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Bo Johansson | 492.5 |
| 5 |
FIN
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Jaakko Kailajärvi | 485.0 |
| 6th |
GER
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Árpád Nemessányi | 482.5 |
| 7th |
United States
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Philip Grippaldi | 477.5 |
| 8th |
HUN
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Vítězslav Ország | 462.5 |
| 9 |
United States
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Bart Bartholomew | 457.5 |
| 10 |
FRA
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Pierre Gourrier | 455.0 |
Date: October 18, 1968
29 participants from 22 countries
Heavy weight (over 90 kg)
| space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
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Leonid Shabotinsky | 572.5 |
| 2 |
BEL
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Serge Reding | 555.0 |
| 3 |
United States
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Joe Dube | 555.0 |
| 4th |
GDR
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Manfred Rieger | 532.5 |
| 5 |
FRG
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Rudolf Mang | 525.0 |
| 6th |
FIN
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Mauno Lindroos | 495.0 |
| 7th |
FIN
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Kalevi Lahdenranta | 492.5 |
| 8th |
 NZL
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Donald Oliver | 490.0 |
| 9 |
 NED
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Piet van der Kruk | 487.5 |
| 10 |
GBR
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Terry Perdue | 487.5 |
Date: October 19, 1968
17 participants from 14 countries
Web links
- Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official results of the 1968 Summer Games (PDF, 24.4 MB)
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