Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 15 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the eleventh appearance of the lightweight class.[1]

Men's 67.5 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueTeatro de los Insurgentes
Date15 October 1968
Competitors20 from 17 nations
Winning total437.5 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Parviz Jalayer  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marian Zieliński  Poland
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1972 →

Results edit

Rank Name Country kg
1 Waldemar Baszanowski   Poland 437.5
2 Parviz Jalayer   Iran 422.5
3 Marian Zieliński   Poland 420.0
4 Nobuyuki Hatta   Japan 417.5
5 Won Shin-hee   South Korea 415.0
6 János Bagócs   Hungary 412.5
7 Takeo Kimura   Japan 405.0
8 Kostadin Tilev   Bulgaria 397.5
9 Ondrej Hekel   Czechoslovakia 390.0
10 Uwe Kliche   West Germany 390.0
11 Zuhair Elia Mansour   Iraq 387.5
12 Rilko Florov   Bulgaria 385.0
13 Anselmo Silvino   Italy 385.0
14 Mohamed Tarabulsi   Lebanon 377.5
15 Mauro Alanís   Mexico 360.0
16 Hugo Gittens   Trinidad and Tobago 360.0
17 Chen Chia-nan   Taiwan 355.0
18 Eun Tin Loy   Malaysia 347.5
19 Mario Mendoza   British Honduras 280.0
AC Valerio Fontanals   El Salvador 185.0

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.