Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
 Charles Vinci (USA)  Vladimir Stogov (URS)  Mahmoud Namjoo (IRI)
Featherweight
 Isaac Berger (USA)  Yevgeni Minaev (URS)  Marian Zieliński (POL)
Lightweight
 Igor Rybak (URS)  Ravil Khabutdinov (URS)  Kim Chang-Hee (KOR)
Middleweight
 Fedor Bogdanovsky (URS)  Pete George (USA)  Ermanno Pignatti (ITA)
Light-heavyweight
 Tommy Kono (USA)  Vasili Stepanov (URS)  James George (USA)
Middle-heavyweight
 Arkadi Vorobyev (URS)  David Sheppard (USA)  Jean Debuf (FRA)
Heavyweight
 Paul Anderson (USA)  Humberto Selvetti (ARG)  Alberto Pigaiani (ITA)

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
Total 7 7 7 21

References

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