Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 59 kg

These are the results of the men's 59 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 20 athletes competed in this event.[1]

Men's 59 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Date21 July 1996
Competitors20 from 19 nations
Winning total307.5 kg
Medalists
Tang Lingsheng  China
Leonidas Sabanis  Greece
Nikolaj Pešalov  Bulgaria

Results

Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners.

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
 Tang Lingsheng (CHN)A58.61130.0135.0137.5137.5162.5167.5170.0170.0307.5
 Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)A58.53135.0137.5140.0137.5162.5167.5167.5167.5305.0
 Nikolay Peshalov (BUL)A58.88132.5132.5137.5137.5162.5162.5165.0165.0302.5
4 Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN)B58.66125.0130.0132.5132.5157.5162.5165.0165.0297.5
5 William Vargas (CUB)A58.73130.0130.0135.0135.0155.0160.0162.5162.5297.5
6 Xu Dong (CHN)A58.60132.5137.5137.5132.5162.5170.0170.0162.5295.0
7 Yurik Sarkisian (AUS)A58.60125.0130.0130.0125.0155.0160.0160.0155.0280.0
8 Zoltán Farkas (HUN)B58.90130.0132.5132.5130.0140.0145.0150.0150.0280.0
9 Bryan Jacob (USA)B58.82117.5122.5125.0122.5145.0150.0152.5150.0272.5
10 Petr Stanislav (CZE)B58.70105.0110.0112.5112.5135.0140.0142.5142.5255.0
11 Raghavan Chanderasekaran (IND)B58.89110.0110.0112.5112.5135.0140.0145.0140.0252.5
12 Viktor Sinyak (BLR)B58.70112.5120.0120.0112.5132.5137.5137.5137.5250.0
13 César Rodríguez (PUR)B58.21105.0110.0110.0110.0132.5137.5137.5132.5242.5
14 Nuno Alves (POR)B58.2897.5100.0102.5102.5130.0135.0137.5135.0237.5
15 Bonayan Al-Dosari (KSA)B58.8995.0102.5102.5102.5115.0125.0125.0125.0227.5
16 Moustafa Buihamghet (MAR)B58.6290.095.095.090.0110.0115.0120.0120.0210.0
 Chun Byung-kwan (KOR)A58.95130.0135.0137.5135.0165.0167.5167.5
 Asif Malikov (AZE)A58.74125.0125.0125.0
 Marcus Stephen (NRU)A58.88120.0120.0120.0
 Hafiz Suleymanoglu (TUR)A58.90130.0135.0137.5135.0157.5157.5160.0

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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