Weightlifting at the Olympics
| Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Palazzetto dello Sport | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7 September 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 345.0 kg WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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| Men | |
| 56 kg | |
| 60 kg | |
| 67.5 kg | |
| 75 kg | |
| 82.5 kg | |
| 90 kg | |
| +90 kg | |
The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 7 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the fourth appearance of the bantamweight class.
Results
| Rank | Name | Country | kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Vinci |  United States |
345.0 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Miyake |  Japan |
337.5 |
| 3 | Esmaeil Elmkhah |  Iran |
330.0 |
| 4 | Shigeo Kogure | Japan |
322.5 |
| 5 | Marian Jankowski |  Poland |
322.5 |
| 6 | Imre Földi |  Hungary |
320.0 |
| 7 | Yu In-ho |  South Korea |
315.0 |
| 8 | Ali Hassain Hussain |  Iraq |
312.5 |
| 9 | Renzo Grandi |  Italy |
307.5 |
| 10 | Grantley Sobers |  British West Indies |
307.5 |
| 11 | Hector Curiel |  Netherlands Antilles |
305.0 |
| 12 | Balaş Fitzi |  Romania |
300.0 |
| 13 | Rocco Spinola | Italy |
300.0 |
| 14 | Árpád Borsányi | Hungary |
295.0 |
| 15 | Fernando Báez |  Puerto Rico |
290.0 |
| 16 | Zuhair Elia Mansour | Iraq |
290.0 |
| 17 | Tan Tjoe Gwat |  Indonesia |
285.0 |
| 18 | Eduard Meron |  Israel |
270.0 |
| 19 | Luís Paquete |  Portugal |
245.0 |
| AC | Alberto Canlas |  Philippines |
167.5 |
| AC | Hans Reck |  United Team of Germany |
170.0 |
| AC | Muhammad Azam |  Pakistan |
182.5 |
References
- "Weightlifting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
| Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Bantamweight | |
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