Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 24 November at the Royal Exhibition Building. It was the eighth appearance of the lightweight class.

Men's 67.5 kg at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Date	24 November 1956
Competitors	18 from 17 nations
Winning total	380 kg OR
Medalists
Ihor Rybak  Soviet Union Ravil Khabutdinov  Soviet Union Kim Chang-hee  South Korea

Competition format

Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Press	Ravil Khabutdinov (URS)	123 kg		1956
	Snatch	Nikolay Kostylev (URS)	125 kg		1956
	Clean & Jerk	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	153.5 kg		1939
	Total	Nikolay Kostylev (URS)	382.5 kg	Munich, West Germany	13 October 1955
Olympic record	Press	John Stuart (CAN)	107.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Snatch	Tommy Kono (USA)	117.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	26 July 1952
	Clean & Jerk	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	147.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Total	Tommy Kono (USA)	362.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	26 July 1952

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Body weight	Press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Ihor Rybak	Soviet Union	67.20	110	115	115	110	112.5	117.5	120	120 OR	142.5	147.5	150	150 OR	380 OR
	Ravil Khabutdinov	Soviet Union	67.40	117.5	122.5	125	125 WR	105	110	112.5	110	137.5	142.5	142.5	137.5	372.5
	Kim Chang-hee	South Korea	67.20	100	105	107.5	107.5	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	140	145	150	150 OR	370
4	Kenji Onuma	Japan	66.50	105	105	110	110	105	110	110	110	142.5	147.5	152.5	147.5	367.5
5	Henrik Tamraz	Iran	67.20	110	115	117.5	115	105	110	110	105	140	145	150	145	365
6	Jan Czepułkowski	Poland	67.30	115	120	122.5	120	105	110	110	105	130	135	137.5	135	360
7	Ivan Abadjiev	Bulgaria	67.10	102.5	107.5	107.5	102.5	110	115	117.5	117.5	132.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	357.5
8	Nil Tun Maung	Burma	66.40	110	115	115	110	100	100	105	105	137.5	142.5	142.5	137.5	352.5
9	Tiger Tan	Singapore	65.20	107.5	107.5	110	107.5	100	107.5	107.5	100	135	140	142.5	142.5	350
10	Josef Tauchner	Austria	67.10	105	105	110	105	100	107.5	107.5	107.5	135	140	140	135	347.5
11	Vern Barberis	Australia	67.50	100	105	107.5	105	100	105	110	105	132.5	137.5	142.5	137.5	347.5
12	Willi Kolb	United Team of Germany	66.80	110	115	115	110	95	100	105	100	125	130	135	130	340
13	Ben Helfgott	Great Britain	67.20	105	110	112.5	112.5	95	100	105	100	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	340
14	Américo Ferreira	Brazil	66.80	102.5	107.5	107.5	102.5	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	130	135	135	135	335
15	Roger Gerber	France	67.50	97.5	102.5	105	105	95	100	102.5	100	125	130	130	130	335
16	Luciano De Genova	Italy	66.20	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	95	100	100	100	122.5	122.5	130	122.5	330
17	Guillermo Balboa	Mexico	67.00	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	92.5	97.5	100	100	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	320
18	Ney López	Colombia	65.70	105	105	105	–	95	100	102.5	100	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	222.5

New records

Press	125 kg	Ravil Khabutdinov (URS)	WR
Snatch	120 kg	Ihor Rybak (URS)	OR
Clean & Jerk	150 kg	Ihor Rybak (URS)  Kim Chang-hee (KOR)	OR
Total	380 kg	Ihor Rybak (URS)	OR