Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of ten weight classes, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight –52 kg	Zeng Guo-Qiang China (CHN)	Zhou Pei-Shun China (CHN)	Kazushito Manabe Japan (JPN)
Bantamweight 52–56 kg	Wu Shu-De China (CHN)	Lai Run-Ming China (CHN)	Masahiro Kotaka Japan (JPN)
Featherweight 56–60 kg	Chen Wei-Qiang China (CHN)	Gelu Radu Romania (ROM)	Tsai Wen-Yee Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg	Yao Jing-Yuan China (CHN)	Andrei Socaci Romania (ROM)	Jouni Grönman Finland (FIN)
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky West Germany (FRG)	Jacques Demers Canada (CAN)	Dragomir Cioroslan Romania (ROM)
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg	Petre Becheru Romania (ROM)	Robert Kabbas Australia (AUS)	Ryoji Isaoka Japan (JPN)
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg	Nicu Vlad Romania (ROM)	Dumitru Petre Romania (ROM)	David Mercer Great Britain (GBR)
First-heavyweight 90-100 kg	Rolf Milser West Germany (FRG)	Vasile Groapa Romania (ROM)	Pekka Neimi Finland (FIN)
Heavyweight 100-110 kg	Norberto Oberburger Italy (ITA)	Stefan Tasnadi Romania (ROM)	Guy Carlton United States (USA)
Super heavyweight +110 kg	Dean Lukin Australia (AUS)	Mario Martinez United States (USA)	Manfred Nerlinger West Germany (FRG)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	2	0	6
2	Romania (ROM)	2	5	1	8
3	West Germany (FRG)	2	0	1	3
4	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
5	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
6	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
8	Japan (JPN)	0	0	3	3
9	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Reference

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

Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles)
Archery • Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
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