Weightlifting
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates23–26 November 1956
Competitors105 from 34 nations

The weightlifting competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.[1]

Medal summary

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
Charles Vinci
 United States
Vladimir Stogov
 Soviet Union
Mahmoud Namjoo
 Iran
Featherweight
Isaac Berger
 United States
Yevgeni Minaev
 Soviet Union
Marian Zieliński
 Poland
Lightweight
Igor Rybak
 Soviet Union
Ravil Khabutdinov
 Soviet Union
Kim Chang-Hee
 South Korea
Middleweight
Fyodor Bogdanovsky
 Soviet Union
Pete George
 United States
Ermanno Pignatti
 Italy
Light-heavyweight
Tommy Kono
 United States
Vasili Stepanov
 Soviet Union
James George
 United States
Middle-heavyweight
Arkadi Vorobyev
 Soviet Union
David Sheppard
 United States
Jean Debuf
 France
Heavyweight
Paul Anderson
 United States
Humberto Selvetti
 Argentina
Alberto Pigaiani
 Italy

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)4217
2 Soviet Union (URS)3407
3 Argentina (ARG)0101
4 Italy (ITA)0022
5 France (FRA)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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