Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 24 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.[1] It was the eighth appearance of the lightweight class.[2]

Men's 67.5 kg
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Date24 November 1956
Competitors18 from 17 nations
Winning total380 kg OR
Medalists
Ihor Rybak  Soviet Union
Ravil Khabutdinov  Soviet Union
Kim Chang-hee  South Korea
Weightlifting at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Men
56 kg
60 kg
67.5 kg
75 kg
82.5 kg
90 kg
+90 kg

Competition format

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]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Press  Ravil Khabutdinov (URS) 123 kg 1956
Snatch  Nikolay Kostylev (URS) 125 kg 1956
Clean & Jerk  Ibrahim Shams (EGY) 153.5 kg 1939
Total  Nikolay Kostylev (URS) 382.5 kg Munich, West Germany 13 October 1955
Olympic record Press  John Stuart (CAN) 107.5 kg London, United Kingdom 10 August 1948
Snatch  Tommy Kono (USA) 117.5 kg Helsinki, Finland 26 July 1952
Clean & Jerk  Ibrahim Shams (EGY) 147.5 kg London, United Kingdom 10 August 1948
Total  Tommy Kono (USA) 362.5 kg Helsinki, Finland 26 July 1952

Results
Rank Athlete Nation Body
weight		 Press (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
Ihor Rybak Soviet Union67.20110115115110112.5117.5120120 OR142.5147.5150150 OR380 OR
Ravil Khabutdinov Soviet Union67.40117.5122.5125125 WR105110112.5110137.5142.5142.5137.5372.5
Kim Chang-hee South Korea67.20100105107.5107.5107.5112.5115112.5140145150150 OR370
4Kenji Onuma Japan66.50105105110110105110110110142.5147.5152.5147.5367.5
5Henrik Tamraz Iran67.20110115117.5115105110110105140145150145365
6Jan Czepułkowski Poland67.30115120122.5120105110110105130135137.5135360
7Ivan Abadjiev Bulgaria67.10102.5107.5107.5102.5110115117.5117.5132.5137.5137.5137.5357.5
8Nil Tun Maung Myanmar66.40110115115110100100105105137.5142.5142.5137.5352.5
9Tiger Tan Singapore65.20107.5107.5110107.5100107.5107.5100135140142.5142.5350
10Josef Tauchner Austria67.10105105110105100107.5107.5107.5135140140135347.5
11Vern Barberis Australia67.50100105107.5105100105110105132.5137.5142.5137.5347.5
12Willi Kolb United Team of Germany66.8011011511511095100105100125130135130340
13Ben Helfgott Great Britain67.20105110112.5112.595100105100127.5132.5132.5127.5340
14Américo Ferreira Brazil66.80102.5107.5107.5102.592.597.510097.5130135135135335
15Roger Gerber France67.5097.5102.510510595100102.5100125130130130335
16Luciano De Genova Italy66.20107.5112.5112.5107.595100100100122.5122.5130122.5330
17Guillermo Balboa Mexico67.0092.597.597.592.592.597.5100100127.5132.5132.5127.5320
18Ney López Colombia65.70105105105–95100102.5100122.5127.5127.5122.5222.5

New records
Press 125 kg  Ravil Khabutdinov (URS) WR
Snatch 120 kg  Ihor Rybak (URS) OR
Clean & Jerk 150 kg
OR
Total 380 kg  Ihor Rybak (URS) OR

References
  1. Official Report, p. 638.
  2. "Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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