Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight –56 kg	Charles Vinci United States (USA)	Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union (URS)	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran (IRI)
Featherweight 56–60 kg	Isaac Berger United States (USA)	Yevgeni Minaev Soviet Union (URS)	Marian Zieliński Poland (POL)
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg	Igor Rybak Soviet Union (URS)	Ravil Khabutdinov Soviet Union (URS)	Kim Chang-Hee South Korea (KOR)
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg	Fedor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union (URS)	Peter George United States (USA)	Ermanno Pignatti Italy (ITA)
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg	Tommy Kono United States (USA)	Vasili Stepanov Soviet Union (URS)	James George United States (USA)
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg	Arkadi Vorobyev Soviet Union (URS)	David Sheppard United States (USA)	Jean Debuf France (FRA)
Heavyweight +90 kg	Paul Anderson United States (USA)	Humberto Selvetti Argentina (ARG)	Alberto Pigaiani Italy (ITA)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	2	1	7
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	0	7
3	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
4	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
5	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.

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