Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

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Men's 56 kg
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue Shibuya Public Hall
Date11 October 1964
Competitors24 from 18 nations
Winning total357.5 kg WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Aleksey Vakhonin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Imre Földi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Shiro Ichinoseki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
  1960
1968  

The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 11 October at the Shibuya Public Hall. It was the fifth appearance of the bantamweight class. [1]

Results

RankNameCountrykg
1 Aleksey Vakhonin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 357.5
2 Imre Földi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 355.0
3 Shiro Ichinoseki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 347.5
4 Henryk Trębicki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 342.5
5 Yang Mu-sin Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 340.0
6 Yukio Furuyama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 335.0
7 Yu In-ho Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 335.0
8 Martin Dias Flag of British Guiana (1955-1966).svg  British Guiana 335.0
9 Róbert Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 330.0
10 Ali Rajabi Eslami State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 330.0
11 Mohamed Herit Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971).svg  Egypt 327.5
12 Renzo Grandi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 327.5
13 Fernando Báez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 322.5
14 Mohon Lal Ghosh Flag of India.svg  India 312.5
15 Mohammad Nassiri State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 310.0
16 Chit Mya Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma 310.0
17 Chua Phung Kim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 307.5
18 Chaiya Sukchinda Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 302.5
19 Hector Curiel Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles 300.0
20 Muhammad Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 295.0
21 Gerald Hay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 290.0
22 Sam Coffa Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 275.0
AC Chung Nan-fei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Chinese Taipei 95.0
AC Sermbhan Chongrak Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 185.0

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References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.