Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Gersten Pavilion
Dates	29 July – 8 August 1984
Competitors	186 from 48 nations
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The weightlifting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of ten weight classes. The 1984 Summer Olympics boycott meant that the most dominant forces in weightlifting at the time, the USSR and Bulgaria, did not take part. This left the field wide open for others. ^[1]

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight –52 kg details	Zeng Guoqiang   China	Zhou Peishun   China	Kazushito Manabe   Japan
Bantamweight 52–56 kg details	Wu Shude   China	Lai Runming   China	Masahiro Kotaka   Japan
Featherweight 56–60 kg details	Chen Weiqiang   China	Gelu Radu   Romania	Tsai Wen-yee   Chinese Taipei
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg details	Yao Jingyuan   China	Andrei Socaci   Romania	Jouni Grönman   Finland
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg details	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky   West Germany	Jacques Demers   Canada	Dragomir Cioroslan   Romania
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg details	Petre Becheru   Romania	Robert Kabbas   Australia	Ryoji Isaoka   Japan
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg details	Nicu Vlad   Romania	Petre Dumitru   Romania	Peter Mercer   Great Britain
First-heavyweight 90–100 kg details	Rolf Milser   West Germany	Vasile Groapa   Romania	Pekka Niemi   Finland
Heavyweight 100–110 kg details	Norberto Oberburger   Italy	Stefan Tasnadi   Romania	Guy Carlton   United States
Super heavyweight +110 kg details	Dean Lukin   Australia	Mario Martinez   United States	Manfred Nerlinger   West Germany

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China  (CHN)	4	2	0	6
2	Romania  (ROU)	2	5	1	8
3	West Germany  (FRG)	2	0	1	3
4	Australia  (AUS)	1	1	0	2
5	Italy  (ITA)	1	0	0	1
6	United States  (USA)	0	1	1	2
7	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	0	1
8	Japan  (JPN)	0	0	3	3
9	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	2	2
10	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		10	10	10	30

See also

• Weightlifting at the Friendship Games

References

1. "Weightlifting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

Sources

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 21 December 2006.