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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
The final podium. From left to right, Imre Földi, Mohammad Nassiri and Henryk Trębicki.
VenueTeatro de los Insurgentes
Date13 October 1968
Competitors20 from 19 nations
Winning total367.5 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mohammad Nassiri  Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Imre Földi  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henryk Trębicki  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

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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

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  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.