Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting competitions at the XXVI Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta took place from July 20 to 30, 1996 in the multifunctional complex “Georgia World Congress Center” . They were attended by 243 athletes from 77 countries.

Content

1 Medalists
2 countries
3 Results
- 3.1 54 kg
- 3.2 59 kg
- 3.3 64 kg
- 3.4 70 kg
- 3.5 76 kg
- 3.6 83 kg
- 3.7 91 kg
- 3.8 99 kg
- 3.9 108 kg
- 3.10 St. 108 kg
4 References

Medalists

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Khalil Mutlu Turkey	Zhang Xiangsen China	Sevdalin Minchev Bulgaria
59 kg	Tang Lingsheng China	Leonidas Sabanis Greece	Nikolay Peshalov Bulgaria
64 kg	Naim Suleimanoglu Turkey	Valerios Leonidis Greece	Xiao Jiangang China
70 kg	Zhan xuyang China	Kim Myeongnam DPRK	Attila Feri Hungary
76 kg	Pablo Lara Cuba	Yoto Yotov Bulgaria	Jung Cholkho DPRK
83 kg	Pyrros Dimas Greece	Mark Huster Germany	Andrzej Tsofalik Poland
91 kg	Alexey Petrov Russia	Leonidas Kokas Greece	Oliver Caruso Germany
99 kg	Akakios Kakiashvilis Greece	Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan	Denis Gottfried Ukraine
108 kg	Timur Taymazov Ukraine	Sergey Syrtsov Russia	Nicolae Vlad Romania
St. 108 kg	Andrey Chemerkin Russia	Ronnie Weller Germany	Stefan Botev Australia

Countries

Total		10	10	10	10	10	10	210	thirty
No.	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place	5th place	6th place	Conditional points	Medals
one	Greece	2	3	0	2	0	0	33	5
2	China	2	one	one	one	2	one	29th	four
3	Russia	2	one	0	0	2	one	22	3
four	Bulgaria	0	one	2	one	0	2	eighteen	3
5	Germany	0	2	one	0	0	2	16	3
6	Turkey	2	0	0	one	0	0	fifteen	2
7	Ukraine	one	0	one	one	0	0	13	2
8	Cuba	one	0	0	0	one	one	9	one
8	DPRK	0	one	one	0	0	0	9	2
10	Australia	0	0	one	one	0	0	7	one
eleven	Hungary	0	0	one	0	one	0	6	one
eleven	Romania	0	0	one	0	one	0	6	one
13	Kazakhstan	0	one	0	0	0	0	5	one
13	Belarus	0	0	0	one	one	0	5	0
fifteen	Poland	0	0	one	0	0	0	four	one
16	South Korea	0	0	0	one	0	0	3	0
16	Japan	0	0	0	one	0	0	3	0
eighteen	Algeria	0	0	0	0	one	0	2	0
eighteen	Moldova	0	0	0	0	one	0	2	0
eighteen	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
21	USA	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	0

Results

The result in snatch and jerk is indicated in parentheses.

54 kg

one	H. Mutlu	Turkey	287.5 (132.5 + 155.0)
2	Zhang Xiangsen	China	280 (130.0 + 150.0)
3	S. Minchev	Bulgaria	277.5 (125.0 + 152.5)
four	Doe Shizhan	China	275.0 (125.0 + 150.0)
5	T. Chikharyan	Romania	265.0 (120.0 + 145.0)
6	I. Ivanov	Bulgaria	257.5 (112.5 + 145)
7	Ko Kwan Ku	South Korea	255.0 (115.0 + 140.0)
8	H. Fernandez	Colombia	255.0 (110.0 + 145.0)

59 kg

one	Tang Lingsheng	China	307.5 (137.5 + 170.0)
2	L. Sabanis	Greece	305.0 (137.5 + 167.5)
3	N. Peshalov	Bulgaria	302.5 (137.5 + 165.0)
four	H. Ikehata	Japan	297.5 (132.5 + 165.0)
5	W. Vargas	Cuba	297.5 (135.0 + 162.5)
6	Xu Dong	China	295.0 (132.5 + 162.5)
7	Y. Sargsyan	Australia	280.0 (125.0 + 155.0)
8	Z. Farkash	Hungary	280.0 (130.0 + 150.0)

64 kg

one	N. Suleimanoglu	Turkey	335.0 (147.5 + 187.5)
2	V. Leonidis	Greece	332.5 (145.0 + 187.5)
3	Xiao Jiangang	China	322.5 (145.0 + 177.5)
four	J. Tselilis	Greece	322.5 (145.0 + 177.5)
5	A. Popa	Hungary	307.5 (135.0 + 172.5)
6	I. Iliev	Bulgaria	305.0 (142.5 + 162.5)
7	M. Yagchi	Turkey	302.5 (135.0 + 167.5)
8	Z. Keskes	Hungary	302.5 (135.0 + 167.5)

70 kg

one	Zhan xuyang	China	357.5 (162.5 + 195.0)
2	Kim Myeongnam	DPRK	345.0 (160.0 + 185.0)
3	A. Feri	Hungary	340.0 (152.5 + 187.5)
four	P. Zhelyazkov	Bulgaria	335.0 (155.0 + 180.0)
5	A. Yahiu	Algeria	335.0 (150.0 + 185.0)
6	I. Militosyan	Armenia	335.0 (152.5 + 182.5)
7	Wang Yanghu	China	332.5 (152.5 + 180.0)
8	I. Aranda	Cuba	332.5 (145.0 + 187.5)

76 kg

one	P. Lara	Cuba	367.5 (162.5 + 205.0)
2	J. Yotov	Bulgaria	360.0 (160.0 + 200.0)
3	Jung Cholkho	DPRK	357.5 (162.5 + 195.0)
four	V. Mitru	Greece	357.5 (162.5 + 195.0)
5	Lin Shoufeng	China	352.5 (157.5 + 195.0)
6	I. Steinhofel	Germany	347.5 (160.0 + 187.5)
7	S. Filimonov	Russia	345.0 (160.0 + 185.0)
8	O. Barseghyan	Armenia	345.0 (155.0 + 190.0)

83 kg

one	P. Dimas	Greece	392.5 (180.0 + 212.5)
2	M. Huster	Germany	383.5 (170.0 + 213.5)
3	A. Tsofalik	Poland	372.5 (170.0 + 202.5)
four	K. Kunev	Australia	370.0 (170.0 + 200.0)
5	V. Vakarchuk	Moldova	367.5 (165.0 + 202.5)
6	S. Chakhoyan	Armenia	365.0 (170.0 + 195.0)
7	D. Sevinch	Turkey	362.5 (165.0 + 197.5)
8	K. Milev	Bulgaria	360.0 (160.0 + 200.0)

91 kg

one	A. Petrov	Russia	402.5 (187.5 + 215.0)
2	L. Kokas	Greece	390.0 (175.0 + 215.0)
3	O. Caruso	Germany	390.0 (175.0 + 215.0)
four	S. Bulut	Turkey	390.0 (177.5 + 212.5)
5	I. Alekseev	Russia	387.5 (182.5 + 205.0)
6	C. E. Hernandez	Cuba	382.5 (175.0 + 207.5)
7	O. Chumak	Ukraine	380.0 (167.5 + 212.5)
8	P. Bratoichev	Bulgaria	380.0 (175.0 + 205.0)

99 kg

one	A. Kakiasvilis	Greece	420.0 (185.0 + 235.0)
2	A. Hrapaty	Kazakhstan	410.0 (187.5 + 222.5)
3	D. Gottfried	Ukraine	402.5 (187.5 + 215.0)
four	S. Rybalchenko	Ukraine	395.0 (182.5 + 212.5)
5	V. Rubin	Russia	390.0 (175.0 + 215.0)
6	D. Smirnov	Russia	390.0 (175.0 + 215.0)
7	I. Sadykov	Germany	385.0 (177.5 + 207.5)
8	A. Grigoryan	Armenia	380.0 (175.0 + 205.0)

108 kg

one	T. Taymazov	Ukraine	430.0 (195.0 + 235.0)
2	S. Syrtsov	Russia	420.0 (195.0 + 225.0)
3	N. Vlad	Romania	420.0 (197.5 + 222.5)
four	V. Emelyanov	Belarus	407.5 (187.5 + 220.0)
5	Tsui Wenhua	China	405.0 (190.0 + 215.0)
6	W. Barnett	USA	395.0 (175.0 + 220.0)
7	A. Vardanyan	Armenia	395.0 (180.0 + 215.0)
8	D. Osuh	Poland	392.5 (177.5 + 215.0)

St. 108 kg

one	A. Chemerkin	Russia	457.5 (197.5 + 260.0)
2	R. Weller	Germany	455.0 (200.0 + 255.0)
3	S. Botev	Australia	450.0 (200.0 + 250.0)
four	Kim Daehyun	South Korea	437.5 (190.0 + 247.5)
5	A. Kurlovich	Belarus	425.0 (195.0 + 230.0)
6	M. Nerlinger	Germany	422.5 (185.0 + 237.5)
7	P. Salcidis	Greece	420.0 (185.0 + 235.0)
8	T. Stark	Hungary	415.0 (187.5 + 227.5)

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