Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes.[1]

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates20–30 July 1996
Competitors243 from 77 nations

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
54 kg
Halil Mutlu
 Turkey
Zhang Xiangsen
 China
Sevdalin Minchev
 Bulgaria
59 kg
Tang Lingsheng
 China
Leonidas Sampanis
 Greece
Nikolay Peshalov
 Bulgaria
64 kg
Naim Süleymanoğlu
 Turkey
Valerios Leonidis
 Greece
Xiao Jiangang
 China
70 kg
Zhan Xugang
 China
Kim Myong-nam
 North Korea
Attila Feri
 Hungary
76 kg
Pablo Lara Rodriguez
 Cuba
Yoto Yotov
 Bulgaria
Jon Chol-ho
 North Korea
83 kg
Pyrros Dimas
 Greece
Marc Huster
 Germany
Andrzej Cofalik
 Poland
91 kg
Aleksei Petrov
 Russia
Leonidas Kokas
 Greece
Oliver Caruso
 Germany
99 kg
Kakhi Kakhiashvili
 Greece
Anatoli Khrapaty
 Kazakhstan
Denys Gotfrid
 Ukraine
108 kg
Timour Taimazov
 Ukraine
Serguei Syrtsov
 Russia
Nicu Vlad
 Romania
+108 kg
Andrei Chemerkin
 Russia
Ronny Weller
 Germany
Stefan Botev
 Australia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Greece (GRE)2305
2 China (CHN)2114
3 Russia (RUS)2103
4 Turkey (TUR)2002
5 Ukraine (UKR)1012
6 Cuba (CUB)1001
7 Germany (GER)0213
8 Bulgaria (BUL)0123
9 North Korea (PRK)0112
10 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
11 Australia (AUS)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (14 nations)10101030

Participating nations

A total of 236 weightlifters from 77 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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