1996 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the XXVI. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Atlanta
Competition venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Nations	77
Athletes	243 (243 men)
date	20.-30. July 1996
decisions	10
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At the XXVI. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , ten weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was Hall E in the Georgia World Congress Center . The weight classes have been adjusted by 1 to 4 kg; these were the first changes to the Olympic weight classes since their introduction in 1920.

Balance sheet

Georgia World Congress Center

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Greece	2	3	-	5
2	China	2	1	1	4th
3	Russia	2	1	-	3
4th	Turkey	2	-	-	2
5	Ukraine	1	-	1	2
6th	Cuba	1	-	-	1
7th	Germany	-	2	1	3
8th	Bulgaria	-	1	2	3
9	North Korea	-	1	1	2
10	Kazakhstan	-	1	-	1
11	Australia	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1
	Romania	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Flyweight	Halil Mutlu	Zhang Xiangsen	Sewdalin Minchev
Bantamweight	Tang Lingsheng	Leonidas Sampanis	Nikolai Peschalov
Featherweight	Naim Suleymanoglu	Valerios Leonidis	Xiao Jiangang
lightweight	Zhan Xugang	Kim Myong-nam	Attila Feri
medium weight	Pablo Lara	Joto Jotow	Jon Chol-ho
Lightweight	Pyrros Dimas	Marc Huster	Andrzej Cofalik
Middle heavyweight	Alexei Petrov	Leonidas Kokas	Oliver Caruso
1. Heavyweight	Akakios Kachiasvilis	Anatoly Chrapaty	Denys Hotfrid
2. Heavyweight	Tymur Taimazov	Sergei Syrtsov	Nicu Vlad
Super heavyweight	Andrei Tschemerkin	Ronny Weller	Stefan Botew

Results

Flyweight (up to 54 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	DOOR	Halil Mutlu	132.5	155.0	287.5
2	CHN	Zhang Xiangsen	130.0	150.0	280.0
3	BUL	Sewdalin Minchev	125.0	152.5	277.5
4th	CHN	Lan Shizhang	125.0	150.0	275.0
5	ROME	Traian Cihărean	120.0	145.0	265.0
6th	BUL	Ivan Ivanov	112.5	145.0	257.5
7th	COR	Ko Kwang-ku	115.0	140.0	255.0
8th	COL	Juan Carlos Fernández	110.0	145.0	255.0
9	TPE	Wang Shin-yuan	105.0	145.0	250.0
10	JPN	Toshiyuki Notomi	110.0	140.0	250.0

Date: July 20, 1996
22 participants from 19 countries

Bantam weight (up to 59 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Tang Lingsheng	137.5	170.0	307.5
2	GRE	Leonidas Sampanis	137.5	167.5	305.0
3	BUL	Nikolai Peschalov	137.5	165.0	302.5
4th	JPN	Hiroshi Ikehata	132.5	165.0	297.5
5	CUB	William Vargas	135.0	162.5	297.5
6th	CHN	Xu Dong	132.5	162.5	295.0
7th	OUT	Yurik Sarkisian	125.0	155.0	280.0
8th	HUN	Zoltan Farkas	130.0	150.0	280.0
9	United States	Bryan Jacob	122.5	150.0	272.5
10	CZE	Petr Stanislav	112.5	142.5	255.0

Date: July 21, 1996
20 participants from 19 countries

Feather weight (up to 64 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	DOOR	Naim Suleymanoglu	147.5	187.5	335.0
2	GRE	Valerios Leonidis	145.0	187.5	332.5
3	CHN	Xiao Jiangang	145.0	177.5	322.5
4th	GRE	Georgios Tzelilis	145.0	177.5	322.5
5	HUN	Adrian Popa	135.0	172.5	307.5
6th	BUL	Ilian Iliev	142.5	162.5	305.0
7th	DOOR	Mücahit Yağci	135.0	167.5	302.5
8th	HUN	Zoltán Kecskés	135.0	167.5	302.5
9	BUL	Petar Petrov	140.0	160.0	300.0
10	JPN	Yoshihisa Miyaji	140.0	157.5	297.5

Date: July 22, 1996
36 participants from 26 countries

Lightweight (up to 70 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Zhan Xugang	162.5	195.0	357.5
2	PRK	Kim Myong-nam	160.0	185.0	345.0
3	HUN	Attila Feri	152.5	187.5	340.0
4th	BUL	Plamen Scheliaskow	155.0	180.0	335.0
5	ALG	Abdel Manaane Yahiaoui	150.0	185.0	335.0
6th	POOR	Israjel Militosjan	152.5	182.5	335.0
7th	CHN	Wan Jianhui	152.5	180.0	332.5
8th	CUB	Idalberto Aranda	145.0	187.5	332.5
9	BUL	Zlatan Wasilew	150.0	180.0	330.0
10	GER	Andreas Behm	147.5	180.0	327.5

Date: July 26th, 1996
27 participants from 22 countries

Middle weight (up to 76 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CUB	Pablo Lara	162.5	200.0	362.5
2	BUL	Joto Jotow	160.0	200.0	360.0
3	PRK	Jon Chol-ho	162.5	195.0	357.5
4th	GRE	Viktor Mitrou	162.0	195.0	357.5
5	CHN	Lin Shoufeng	157.5	195.0	352.5
6th	GER	Ingo Steinhöfel	160.0	187.5	347.5
7th	RUS	Sergei Filimonov	160.0	185.0	345.0
8th	POOR	Hovhannes Barseghjan	155.0	190.0	345.0
9	BLR	Leonid Lobachev	160.0	182.5	342.5
10	GER	Andrey Poitschke	155.0	180.0	335.0

Date: July 24, 1996
24 participants from 21 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 83 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	GRE	Pyrros Dimas	180.0	212.5	392.5
2	GER	Marc Huster	170.0	212.5	382.5
3	POLE	Andrzej Cofalik	170.0	202.5	372.5
4th	OUT	Kiril Kounev	170.0	200.0	370.0
5	MDA	Vadim Vacarciuc	165.0	202.5	367.5
6th	POOR	Sergo Chachoyan	170.0	195.0	365.0
7th	DOOR	Dursun Sevinc	165.0	197.5	362.5
8th	BUL	Krastu Milew	160.0	200.0	360.0
9	GEO	Bidzina Mikiashvili	160.0	200.0	360.0
10	KAZ	Rishat Mansurov	155.0	182.5	337.5

Date: July 26, 1996
20 participants from 18 countries

Marc Huster set a world record with 213.5 kg in jerking, but this was not included in the official rating, as the Olympic regulations only allowed increases of 2.5 kg for the duel. However, the 213.5 kg was recognized as an official world record.

Medium weight (up to 91 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	RUS	Alexei Petrov	187.5	215.0	402.5
2	GRE	Leonidas Kokas	175.0	215.0	390.0
3	GER	Oliver Caruso	175.0	215.0	390.0
4th	DOOR	Sunay Bulut	177.5	212.5	390.0
5	RUS	Igor Alexeyev	182.5	205.0	387.5
6th	CUB	Carlos Alexis Hernández	175.0	207.5	382.5
7th	UKR	Oleh Chumak	167.5	212.5	380.0
8th	BUL	Plamen Bratoychev	175.0	205.0	380.0
9	VEN	Julio César Luna	165.0	210.0	375.0
10	SVK	Martin Tešovič	162.5	210.0	372.5

Date: July 27, 1996
25 participants from 22 countries

1. Heavyweight (up to 99 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	GRE	Akakios Kachiasvilis	185.0	235.0	420.0
2	KAZ	Anatoly Chrapaty	187.5	222.5	410.0
3	UKR	Denys Hotfrid	187.5	215.0	402.5
4th	UKR	Stanislav Rybalchenko	182.5	212.5	395.0
5	RUS	Vyacheslav Ruby	175.0	215.0	390.0
6th	RUS	Dmitry Smirnov	175.0	215.0	390.0
7th	GER	Igor Sadykov	177.5	207.5	385.0
8th	POOR	Aghwan Grigoryan	175.0	205.0	380.0
9	BLR	Aleh Tschiriza	172.5	207.5	380.0
10	COR	Choi Dong-kil	165.0	207.5	372.5

Date: July 28, 1996
28 participants from 25 countries

2. Heavyweight (up to 108 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	UKR	Tymur Taimazov	195.0	235.0	430.0
2	RUS	Sergei Syrtsov	195.0	225.0	420.0
3	ROME	Nicu Vlad	197.5	222.5	420.0
4th	BLR	Uladzimir Jemjalyanau	187.5	220.0	407.5
5	CHN	Cui Wenhua	190.0	215.0	405.0
6th	United States	Wesley Barnett	175.0	220.0	395.0
7th	POOR	Ara Vardanyan	180.0	215.0	395.0
8th	POLE	Dariusz Osuch	177.5	215.0	392.5
9	GER	Mario Kalinke	177.5	212.5	390.0
10	LAT	Viktor Ščerbatihs	177.5	212.5	390.0
11	GER	Dimitri Prokhorov	175.0	215.0	390.0

Date: July 29, 1996
23 participants from 18 countries

Super heavyweight (over 108 kg)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	RUS	Andrei Tschemerkin	197.5	260.0	457.5
2	GER	Ronny Weller	200.0	255.0	455.0
3	OUT	Stefan Botew	200.0	250.0	450.0
4th	COR	Kim Tae-hyun	190.0	247.5	437.5
5	BLR	Alyaksandr Kurlowitsch	195.0	230.0	425.0
6th	GER	Manfred Nerlinger	185.0	237.5	422.5
7th	GRE	Pavlos Saltsidis	185.0	235.0	420.0
8th	HUN	Tibor Stark	187.5	227.5	415.0
9	LAT	Raimonds Bergmanis	177.5	225.0	402.5
10	NOR	Stian Grimseth	180.0	220.0	400.0

Date: July 30, 1996
18 participants from 15 countries

Web links

• Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1996 Summer Games (PDF, 26.9 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games - Chronicle IV: Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996 . Sportverlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 , p. 728 and 932 .