Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Weightlifting at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Teatro de los Insurgentes |
Dates | 17–21 October 1968 |
Competitors | 160 from 55 nations |
Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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Men | |
56 kg | |
60 kg | |
67.5 kg | |
75 kg | |
82.5 kg | |
90 kg | |
+90 kg | |
The weightlifting competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. The competition was held from 17 to 21 October 1968 at the Teatro de los Insurgentes.[1]
It also counted as 1968 World Weightlifting Championships. The Soviet Union finished first in the medal table after winning three gold medals. Japan, Iran, Finland and Poland won the remaining gold medals.
Participating nations
[edit]Argentina (1)
Australia (2)
Austria (1)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (1)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (4)
Costa Rica (3)
Cuba (5)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Dominican Republic (2)
East Germany (3)
Egypt (3)
El Salvador (2)
Finland (5)
France (5)
Great Britain (7)
Greece (2)
Guatemala (1)
Guyana (1)
Honduras (1)
Hungary (7)
India (1)
Indonesia (3)
Iran (4)
Iraq (1)
Iceland (1)
Italy (3)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (7)
Lebanon (1)
Malaysia (2)
Mexico (3)
Netherlands (1)
Netherlands Antilles (2)
New Zealand (2)
Nicaragua (1)
Norway (1)
Panama (2)
Peru (1)
Philippines (3)
Poland (7)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (6)
Singapore (2)
South Korea (6)
Soviet Union (6)
Sweden (2)
Taiwan (5)
Thailand (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
United States (7)
Virgin Islands (1)
West Germany (5)
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Bantamweight (56 kg) |
Mohammad Nassiri![]() |
367.5 kg | Imre Földi![]() |
367.5 kg | Henryk Trębicki![]() |
357.5 kg |
Featherweight (60 kg) |
Yoshinobu Miyake![]() |
392.5 kg | Dito Shanidze![]() |
387.5 kg | Yoshiyuki Miyake![]() |
385.0 kg |
Lightweight (67.5 kg) |
Waldemar Baszanowski![]() |
437.5 kg | Parviz Jalayer![]() |
422.5 kg | Marian Zieliński![]() |
420.0 kg |
Middleweight (75 kg) |
Viktor Kurentsov![]() |
475.0 kg | Masushi Ouchi![]() |
455.0 kg | Károly Bakos![]() |
440.0 kg |
Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) |
Boris Selitsky![]() |
485.0 kg | Vladimir Belyaev![]() |
485.0 kg | Norbert Ozimek![]() |
472.5 kg |
Middle heavyweight (90 kg) |
Kaarlo Kangasniemi![]() |
517.5 kg | Jaan Talts![]() |
507.5 kg | Marek Gołąb![]() |
495.0 kg |
Heavyweight (+90 kg) |
Leonid Zhabotinsky![]() |
572.5 kg | Serge Reding![]() |
555.0 kg | Joseph Dube![]() |
555.0 kg |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2006.