| Men's 75 kg at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Palazzetto dello Sport | ||||||||||||
| Date | 8 September 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 437.5 kg WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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| Men | |
| 56 kg | |
| 60 kg | |
| 67.5 kg | |
| 75 kg | |
| 82.5 kg | |
| 90 kg | |
| +90 kg | |
The men's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 8 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the ninth appearance of the middleweight class. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Kurynov |  Soviet Union | 437.5 |
| 2 | Tommy Kono |  United States | 427.5 |
| 3 | Győző Veres |  Hungary | 405.0 |
| 4 | Marcel Paterni |  France | 400.0 |
| 5 | Krzysztof Beck |  Poland | 400.0 |
| 6 | Mohamed Tehraniami |  Iran | 392.5 |
| 7 | Go Yeong-chang |  South Korea | 385.0 |
| 8 | Roland Lortz |  United Team of Germany | 382.5 |
| 9 | Amer El-Hanafi |  United Arab Republic | 382.5 |
| 10 | Lee Jong-sup | South Korea | 380.0 |
| 11 | Rolf Maier | France | 375.0 |
| 12 | Ivan Abadzhiev |  Bulgaria | 370.0 |
| 13 | Mustapha Adnane |  Morocco | 365.0 |
| 14 | Mohamed Mourtada |  Lebanon | 360.0 |
| 15 | Carlos Caballero |  Colombia | 357.5 |
| 16 | Harold Fraser |  South Africa | 347.5 |
| 17 | Daryl Cohen |  Australia | 337.5 |
| 18 | Georges Freiburghaus |  Switzerland | 332.5 |
| 19 | Mohamed Miloud | Morocco | 327.5 |
| 20 | Mirza Adil |  Sudan | 290.0 |
| AC | Mikhail Abadzhiev | Bulgaria | 105.0 |
| AC | Abdel Qader El-Touni | United Arab Republic | 120.0 |
| AC | Ko Bu-beng |  Chinese Taipei | 215.0 |
| AC | Jue Chin-shen | Chinese Taipei | DNF |
| AC | Ambrosio Solorzano |  Venezuela | DNF |
| AC | Blair Blenman |  Great Britain | DNF |
| AC | Donald Bayley | Australia | DNF |
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