Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 7 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the fourth appearance of the bantamweight class.[1]

Men's 56 kg
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenuePalazzetto dello Sport
Date7 September 1960
Competitors22 from 18 nations
Winning total345.0 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Vinci  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esmaeil Elmkhah  Iran
← 1956
1964 →

Results edit

Rank Name Country kg
1 Charles Vinci   United States 345.0
2 Yoshinobu Miyake   Japan 337.5
3 Esmaeil Elmkhah   Iran 330.0
4 Shigeo Kogure   Japan 322.5
5 Marian Jankowski   Poland 322.5
6 Imre Földi   Hungary 320.0
7 Yu In-ho   South Korea 315.0
8 Ali Hassain Hussain   Iraq 312.5
9 Renzo Grandi   Italy 307.5
10 Grantley Sobers   British West Indies 307.5
11 Hector Curiel   Netherlands Antilles 305.0
12 Balaş Fitzi   Romania 300.0
13 Rocco Spinola   Italy 300.0
14 Árpád Borsányi   Hungary 295.0
15 Fernando Báez   Puerto Rico 290.0
16 Zuhair Elia Mansour   Iraq 290.0
17 Tan Tjoe Gwat   Indonesia 285.0
18 Eduard Meron   Israel 270.0
19 Luís Paquete   Portugal 245.0
AC Alberto Canlas   Philippines 167.5
AC Hans Reck   United Team of Germany 170.0
AC Muhammad Azam   Pakistan 182.5

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.