Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight –56 kg	Mohammad Nassiri Iran (IRI)	Imre Földi Hungary (HUN)	Henryk Trebicki Poland (POL)
Featherweight 56–60 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan (JPN)	Dito Shanidze Soviet Union (URS)	Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan (JPN)
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland (POL)	Parviz Jalayer Iran (IRI)	Marian Zielinski Poland (POL)
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union (URS)	Masashi Ohuchi Japan (JPN)	Karoly Bakos Hungary (HUN)
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg	Boris Selitsky Soviet Union (URS)	Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union (URS)	Norbert Ozimek Poland (POL)
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland (FIN)	Jaan Talts Soviet Union (URS)	Marek Golab Poland (POL)
Heavyweight +90 kg	Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union (URS)	Serge Reding Belgium (BEL)	Joseph Dube United States (USA)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	0	6
2	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
3	Iran (IRI)	1	1	0	2
4	Poland (POL)	1	0	4	5
5	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
8	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.

Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)
Athletics • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting