Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 23 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.[1] It was the eighth appearance of the featherweight class, and the third time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).[2]

Men's 60 kg at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Date	23 November 1956
Competitors	21 from 19 nations
Winning total	352.5 kg WR
Medalists
Isaac Berger  United States Yevgeny Minayev  Soviet Union Marian Zieliński  Poland

Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
	Men
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	+90 kg

Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).[1]