Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Weightlifting; at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Dates	23–26 November 1956
Competitors	105 from 34 nations

The weightlifting competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.[1]

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Charles Vinci United States	Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran
Featherweight	Isaac Berger United States	Yevgeni Minaev Soviet Union	Marian Zieliński Poland
Lightweight	Igor Rybak Soviet Union	Ravil Khabutdinov Soviet Union	Kim Chang-Hee South Korea
Middleweight	Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union	Pete George United States	Ermanno Pignatti Italy
Light-heavyweight	Tommy Kono United States	Vasili Stepanov Soviet Union	James George United States
Middle-heavyweight	Arkadi Vorobyev Soviet Union	David Sheppard United States	Jean Debuf France
Heavyweight	Paul Anderson United States	Humberto Selvetti Argentina	Alberto Pigaiani Italy


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
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

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