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

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Men's 56 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Imre Foldi, Mohammad Nassiri, Henryk Trebicki 1968.jpg
The final podium. From left to right, Imre Földi, Mohammad Nassiri and Henryk Trębicki.
Venue Teatro de los Insurgentes
Date13 October 1968
Competitors20 from 19 nations
Winning total367.5 kg WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mohammad Nassiri State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
Silver medal icon.svg Imre Földi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Henryk Trębicki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
  1964
1972  

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

RankNameCountrykg
1 Mohammad Nassiri State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 367.5
2 Imre Földi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 367.5
3 Henryk Trębicki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 357.5
4 Gennady Chetin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 352.5
5 Shiro Ichinoseki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 350.0
6 Fernando Báez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 345.0
7 Atanas Kirov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 335.0
8 Chaiya Sukchinda Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 330.0
9 Precious McKenzie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 330.0
10 Kurt Pittner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 322.5
11 Chun Hon Chan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 310.0
12 Tung Chye Hong Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 302.5
13 Alex Martínez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 267.5
AC Salvador del Rosario Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines DNF
AC Charlie Depthios Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia DNF
ACArturo DandanFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines DNF
AC Guillermo Boyd Flag of Panama.svg  Panama DNF
AC Anthony Phillips Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados DNF
AC Chen Kue-sen Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Chinese Taipei DNF
AC Mohamed Herit Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971).svg  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.