Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Venue | Teatro de los Insurgentes |
Dates | 13 August - 19 August 1968 |
Competitors | 160 from 55 nations |
The weightlifting competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. The competition were held from 13 to 19 August 1968.
It also counted as 1968 World Weightlifting Championships. Soviet Union finished first in medal table after winning three gold medals. Japan, Iran, Finland and Poland won the remaining gold medals.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Bantamweight (56 kg) |
Mohammad Nassiri | 367.5 kg | Imre Földi | 367.5 kg | Henryk Trębicki | 357.5 kg |
Featherweight (60 kg) |
Yoshinobu Miyake | 392.5 kg | Dito Shanidze | 387.5 kg | Yoshiyuki Miyake | 385.0 kg |
Lightweight (67.5 kg) |
Waldemar Baszanowski | 437.5 kg | Parviz Jalayer | 422.5 kg | Marian Zieliński | 420.0 kg |
Middleweight (75 kg) |
Viktor Kurentsov | 475.0 kg | Masushi Ouchi | 455.0 kg | Károly Bakos | 440.0 kg |
Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) |
Boris Selitsky | 485.0 kg | Vladimir Belyaev | 485.0 kg | Norbert Ozimek | 472.5 kg |
Middle heavyweight (90 kg) |
Kaarlo Kangasniemi | 517.5 kg | Jaan Talts | 507.5 kg | Marek Gołąb | 495.0 kg |
Heavyweight (+90 kg) |
Leonid Zhabotinsky | 572.5 kg | Serge Reding | 555.0 kg | Joseph Dube | 555.0 kg |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
See also
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
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