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]
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| Venue | Teatro de los Insurgentes | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 October 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 367.5 kg WR | ||||||||||||
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Results edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "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.