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Weightlifting at the Olympics
Men's 90 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueTeatro de los Insurgentes
Date18 October 1968
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning total517.5 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaan Talts  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marek Gołąb  Poland
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Weightlifting at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Men
56 kg
60 kg
67.5 kg
75 kg
82.5 kg
90 kg
+90 kg

The men's 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 18 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the fifth appearance of the middle heavyweight class.

Results

Rank Name Country kg
1 Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland 517.5
2 Jaan Talts  Soviet Union 507.5
3 Marek Gołąb  Poland 495.0
4 Bo Johansson  Sweden 492.5
5 Jaakko Kailajärvi  Finland 485.0
6 Árpád Nemessányi  Hungary 482.5
7 Phil Grippaldi  United States 477.5
8 Vítězslav Országh  Czechoslovakia 462.5
9 Bart Bartholomew  United States 457.5
10 Pierre Gourrier  France 455.0
11 Bakr Bassam  Egypt 455.0
12 Yun Seog-won  South Korea 455.0
13 Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe  Belgium 447.5
14 Stergios Tsoukas  Greece 435.0
15 Efrain Gusquiza  Peru 430.0
16 Andrés Martínez  Cuba 427.5
17 Gaber Hafez  Egypt 425.0
18 Cheng Sheng-teh  Chinese Taipei 425.0
19 Leong Chim Seong  Malaysia 422.5
20 Sylvanus Blackman  Great Britain 420.0
21 Paul Bjarnason  Canada 407.5
22 Fernando Torres  Puerto Rico 405.0
23 Fernando Esquivel  Costa Rica 370.0
AC Oscar Nobua  Argentina 125.0
AC Óskar Sigurpálsson  Iceland 145.0
AC Louis Martin  Great Britain 305.0
AC Juan Benavides  Cuba DNF
AC Géza Tóth  Hungary DNF
AC Alfred Steiner  France DNF

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Middle-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Middle Heavyweight
  • 90 kg (1952–1992)
  • 91 kg (1996)
  • 94 kg (2000–2016)
  • 96 kg (2020)
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