Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

It also counted as 1968 World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(56 kg)
 Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran 		367.5 kg Imre Földi
 Hungary 		367.5 kg Henryk Trębicki
 Poland 		357.5 kg
Featherweight
(60 kg)
 Yoshinobu Miyake
 Japan 		392.5 kg Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union 		387.5 kg Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan 		385.0 kg
Lightweight
(67.5 kg)
 Waldemar Baszanowski
 Poland 		437.5 kg Parviz Jalayer
 Iran 		422.5 kg Marian Zieliński
 Poland 		420.0 kg
Middleweight
(75 kg)
 Viktor Kurentsov
 Soviet Union 		475.0 kg Masushi Ouchi
 Japan 		455.0 kg Károly Bakos
 Hungary 		440.0 kg
Light heavyweight
(82.5 kg)
 Boris Selitsky
 Soviet Union 		485.0 kg Vladimir Belyaev
 Soviet Union 		485.0 kg Norbert Ozimek
 Poland 		472.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
(90 kg)
 Kaarlo Kangasniemi
 Finland 		517.5 kg Jaan Talts
 Soviet Union 		507.5 kg Marek Gołąb
 Poland 		495.0 kg
Heavyweight
(+90 kg)
 Leonid Zhabotinsky
 Soviet Union 		572.5 kg Serge Reding
 Belgium 		555.0 kg Joseph Dube
 United States 		555.0 kg

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
Total 7 7 7 21

See also

References

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