Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg

The men's +90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 10 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the ninth appearance of the heavyweight class.[1]

Men's +90 kg
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Medal winners
VenuePalazzetto dello Sport
Date10 September 1960
Competitors18 from 15 nations
Winning total537.5 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yury Vlasov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) James Bradford  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norbert Schemansky  United States
← 1956
1964 →

Results edit

Rank Name Country kg
1 Yury Vlasov   Soviet Union 537.5
2 James Bradford   United States 512.5
3 Norbert Schemansky   United States 500.0
4 Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim   United Arab Republic 455.0
5 Eino Mäkinen   Finland 455.0
6 Dave Baillie   Canada 450.0
7 Alberto Pigaiani   Italy 450.0
8 Václav Syrový   Czechoslovakia 445.0
9 Arthur Shannos   Australia 435.0
10 Hadi Abdul Jabbar   Iraq 432.5
11 Cornel Wilczek   Australia 430.0
12 Werner Arnold   United Team of Germany 425.0
13 Don Oliver   New Zealand 425.0
14 William Swaluk   Canada 412.5
15 Dennis Hillman   Great Britain 402.5
16 Henri Mersch   Luxembourg 340.0
AC Ivan Veselinov   Bulgaria 270.0
AC Bèto Adriana   Netherlands Antilles 277.5

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.