Summer Olympics : Weightlifting in 1956

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 MEDAL COUNTS:

    
COUNTRY
TOTAL
 GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE


United StatesUnited States
7
4
2
1



FranceFrance
1
0
0
1



IranIran
1
0
0
1



ItalyItaly
2
0
0
2



South KoreaSouth Korea
1
0
0
1



PolandPoland
1
0
0
1



Soviet UnionSoviet Union
7
3
4
0



ArgentinaArgentina
1
0
1
0






 MEDAL WINNERS:

                                GOLD                              SILVER                           BRONZE                          
Men's Bantamweight(56kg)        Charles Vinci      USA 342.5 kg | Vladimir Stogov   URS 337.5 kg | Mahmoud Namjou   IRI 332.5 kg
Men's Featherweight(60kg)       Isaac Berger       USA 352.5 kg | Yevgenyi Minayev  URS 342.5 kg | Marian Zielinski POL 335.0 kg
Men's Middleweight(75kg)        Fyodor Bogdanovski URS 420.0 kg | Peter George      USA 412.5 kg | Ermanno Pignatti ITA 382.5 kg
Men's Light-Heavyweight(82.5kg) Thomas Kono        USA 447.5 kg | Vassiliy Stepanov URS 427.5 kg | James George     USA 417.5 kg
Men's Middle-Heavyweight(90kg)  Arkadi Vorobyev    URS 462.5 kg | David Sheppard    USA 442.5 kg | Jean Debuf       FRA 425.0 kg
Men's Heavyweight(+90 kg)       Paul Anderson      USA 500.0 kg | Humberto Selvetti ARG 500.0 kg | Alberto Pigaiani ITA 452.5 kg
Men's Lightweight (67.5 kg)     Igor Rybak         URS 380.0 kg | Ravil Khabutdinov URS 372.5 kg | Chang-Hee Kim    KOR 370.0 kg