Weightlifting at the 1965 National Games of China

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Weightlifting was part of the 1965 National Games of China held in Beijing. Only men competed in seven bodyweight categories which mostly mirrored the international standard at the time. In 1965 the Chinese Weightlifting Association was not yet a member federation of the IWF.

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The competition program at the National Games mirrors that of the Olympic Games as only medals for the total achieved are awarded, but not for individual lifts in either the snatch or clean and jerk. Likewise an athlete failing to register a snatch result cannot advance to the clean and jerk.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
56 kg Ye Haobo
Guangdong
345 kg Li Jiyuan
PLA
342.5 kg Dong Huatian
Jiangsu
335 kg
60 kg Ji Fayuan
Hubei
372.5 kg Zhang Zonggui
Jiangsu
347.5 kg Zhu Chuqiang
Hunan
345 kg
67.5 kg Deng Guoyin
Sichuan
400 kg Chen Zhengye
PLA
392.5 kg Liu Huaiyou
Henan
390 kg
75 kg Cen Aqi
Shanghai
412.5 kg Zhang Yuancang
Hebei
400 kg Yuan Jiazhi
Hunan
397.5 kg
82.5 kg Qian Yukai
Xinjiang
455 kg Yang Tangxian
Hubei
425 kg Zheng Kunlong
Hebei
405 kg
90 kg Wu Guanxi
PLA
442.5 kg Xie Yanfa
PLA
437.5 kg Weng Qinhua
Guangxi
435 kg
100 kg Peng Guangzhu
Hebei
477.5 kg Wang Lijun
Hebei
457.5 kg Wu Fulin
PLA
450 kg

Medal table

RankDelegationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 People's Liberation Army 1315
2 Hebei 1214
3 Hubei 1102
4 Guangdong 1001
Shanghai 1001
Sichuan 1001
Xinjiang 1001
8 Jiangsu 0112
9 Hunan 0022
10 Guangxi 0011
Henan 0011
Totals (11 delegations)77721

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