Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

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Men's 56 kg
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenuePalazzetto dello Sport
Date7 September 1960
Competitors22 from 18 nations
Winning total345.0 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Vinci  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esmaeil Elmkhah  Iran
← 1956
1964 →

The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 7 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the fourth appearance of the bantamweight class.[1]

Results

Rank Name Country kg
1 Charles Vinci  United States 345.0
2 Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan 337.5
3 Esmaeil Elmkhah  Iran 330.0
4 Shigeo Kogure  Japan 322.5
5 Marian Jankowski  Poland 322.5
6 Imre Földi  Hungary 320.0
7 Yu In-ho  South Korea 315.0
8 Ali Hassain Hussain  Iraq 312.5
9 Renzo Grandi  Italy 307.5
10 Grantley Sobers  British West Indies 307.5
11 Hector Curiel  Netherlands Antilles 305.0
12 Balaş Fitzi  Romania 300.0
13 Rocco Spinola  Italy 300.0
14 Árpád Borsányi  Hungary 295.0
15 Fernando Báez  Puerto Rico 290.0
16 Zuhair Elia Mansour  Iraq 290.0
17 Tan Tjoe Gwat  Indonesia 285.0
18 Eduard Meron  Israel 270.0
19 Luís Paquete  Portugal 245.0
AC Alberto Canlas  Philippines 167.5
AC Hans Reck  United Team of Germany 170.0
AC Muhammad Azam  Pakistan 182.5

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.