Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
The final podium. From left to right, Imre Földi, Mohammad Nassiri and Henryk Trębicki.
Venue	Teatro de los Insurgentes
Date	13 October 1968
Competitors	20 from 19 nations
Winning total	367.5 kg WR
Medalists
Mohammad Nassiri   Iran Imre Földi   Hungary Henryk Trębicki   Poland
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The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 13 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the sixth appearance of the bantamweight class. ^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	kg
1	Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	367.5
2	Imre Földi	Hungary	367.5
3	Henryk Trębicki	Poland	357.5
4	Gennady Chetin	Soviet Union	352.5
5	Shiro Ichinoseki	Japan	350.0
6	Fernando Báez	Puerto Rico	345.0
7	Atanas Kirov	Bulgaria	335.0
8	Chaiya Sukchinda	Thailand	330.0
9	Precious McKenzie	Great Britain	330.0
10	Kurt Pittner	Austria	322.5
11	Chun Hon Chan	Canada	310.0
12	Tung Chye Hong	Singapore	302.5
13	Alex Martínez	El Salvador	267.5
AC	Salvador del Rosario	Philippines	DNF
AC	Charlie Depthios	Indonesia	DNF
AC	Arturo Dandan	Philippines	DNF
AC	Guillermo Boyd	Panama	DNF
AC	Anthony Phillips	Barbados	DNF
AC	Chen Kue-sen	Chinese Taipei	DNF
AC	Mohamed Herit	Egypt	DNF

References

1. "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.