Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Charles Vinci (USA)	Vladimir Stogov (URS)	Mahmoud Namjoo (IRI)
Featherweight	Isaac Berger (USA)	Yevgeni Minaev (URS)	Marian Zieliński (POL)
Lightweight	Igor Rybak (URS)	Ravil Khabutdinov (URS)	Kim Chang-Hee (KOR)
Middleweight	Fedor Bogdanovsky (URS)	Pete George (USA)	Ermanno Pignatti (ITA)
Light-heavyweight	Tommy Kono (USA)	Vasili Stepanov (URS)	James George (USA)
Middle-heavyweight	Arkadi Vorobyev (URS)	David Sheppard (USA)	Jean Debuf (FRA)
Heavyweight	Paul Anderson (USA)	Humberto Selvetti (ARG)	Alberto Pigaiani (ITA)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	2	1	7
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	0	7
3	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
4	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
5	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Total	7	7	7	21

Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne/Stockholm)

Athletics Association football Australian football (demonstration) Baseball (demonstration) Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

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