Weightlifting at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Teatro de los Insurgentes |
Dates | 17–21 October 1968 |
Competitors | 160 from 55 nations |
Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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Men | |
56 kg | |
60 kg | |
67.5 kg | |
75 kg | |
82.5 kg | |
90 kg | |
+90 kg | |
The weightlifting competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. The competition was held from 17 to 21 October 1968. [1]
It also counted as 1968 World Weightlifting Championships. Soviet Union finished first in medal table after winning three gold medals. Japan, Iran, Finland and Poland won the remaining gold medals.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Bantamweight (56 kg) |
Mohammad Nassiri Iran |
367.5 kg |
Imre Földi Hungary |
367.5 kg |
Henryk Trębicki Poland |
357.5 kg |
Featherweight (60 kg) |
Yoshinobu Miyake Japan |
392.5 kg |
Dito Shanidze Soviet Union |
387.5 kg |
Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan |
385.0 kg |
Lightweight (67.5 kg) |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland |
437.5 kg |
Parviz Jalayer Iran |
422.5 kg |
Marian Zieliński Poland |
420.0 kg |
Middleweight (75 kg) |
Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union |
475.0 kg |
Masushi Ouchi Japan |
455.0 kg |
Károly Bakos Hungary |
440.0 kg |
Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) |
Boris Selitsky Soviet Union |
485.0 kg |
Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union |
485.0 kg |
Norbert Ozimek Poland |
472.5 kg |
Middle heavyweight (90 kg) |
Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland |
517.5 kg |
Jaan Talts Soviet Union |
507.5 kg |
Marek Gołąb Poland |
495.0 kg |
Heavyweight (+90 kg) |
Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union |
572.5 kg |
Serge Reding Belgium |
555.0 kg |
Joseph Dube United States |
555.0 kg |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |