Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 59 kg

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Men's 59 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia World Congress Center
Date21 July 1996
Competitors20 from 19 nations
Winning total307.5 kg
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tang Lingsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Leonidas Sabanis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikolaj Pešalov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
  1992
2000  

These are the results of the men's 59 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 20 athletes competed in the event. [1]

Results

Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 307.5 kg.

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang Lingsheng  (CHN)A58.61130.0135.0137.5137.5162.5167.5170.0170.0307.5
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Leonidas Sabanis  (GRE)A58.53135.0137.5140.0137.5162.5167.5167.5167.5305.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Nikolay Peshalov  (BUL)A58.88132.5132.5137.5137.5162.5162.5165.0165.0302.5
4Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hiroshi Ikehata  (JPN)B58.66125.0130.0132.5132.5157.5162.5165.0165.0297.5
5Flag of Cuba.svg  William Vargas  (CUB)A58.73130.0130.0135.0135.0155.0160.0162.5162.5297.5
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Dong  (CHN)A58.60132.5137.5137.5132.5162.5170.0170.0162.5295.0
7Flag of Australia.svg  Yurik Sarkisian  (AUS)A58.60125.0130.0130.0125.0155.0160.0160.0155.0280.0
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Farkas  (HUN)B58.90130.0132.5132.5130.0140.0145.0150.0150.0280.0
9Flag of the United States.svg  Bryan Jacob  (USA)B58.82117.5122.5125.0122.5145.0150.0152.5150.0272.5
10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petr Stanislav  (CZE)B58.70105.0110.0112.5112.5135.0140.0142.5142.5255.0
11Flag of India.svg  Raghavan Chanderasekaran  (IND)B58.89110.0110.0112.5112.5135.0140.0145.0140.0252.5
12Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Viktor Sinyak  (BLR)B58.70112.5120.0120.0112.5132.5137.5137.5137.5250.0
13Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  César Rodríguez  (PUR)B58.21105.0110.0110.0110.0132.5137.5137.5132.5242.5
14Flag of Portugal.svg  Nuno Alves  (POR)B58.2897.5100.0102.5102.5130.0135.0137.5135.0237.5
15Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Bonayan Al-Dosari  (KSA)B58.8995.0102.5102.5102.5115.0125.0125.0125.0227.5
16Flag of Morocco.svg  Moustafa Buihamghet  (MAR)B58.6290.095.095.090.0110.0115.0120.0120.0210.0
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Chun Byung-kwan  (KOR)A58.95130.0135.0137.5135.0165.0167.5167.5
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Asif Malikov  (AZE)A58.74125.0125.0125.0
Flag of Nauru.svg  Marcus Stephen  (NRU)A58.88120.0120.0120.0
Flag of Turkey.svg  Hafiz Suleymanoglu  (TUR)A58.90130.0135.0137.5135.0157.5157.5160.0

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References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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