Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

In the XVI. Seven contests 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne were held in weightlifting.

Bantamweight (up to 56 kg )

Featherweight (up to 60 kg)

Lightweight ( to 67.5 kg)

Middleweight (up to 75 kg)

Light Heavyweight ( up to 82.5 kg )

Medium weight ( 90 kg )

Heavyweight ( over 90 kg)

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Olympic champion in weightlifting

1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

2010 • 2014

Not been discharged

Between 1906 Games

  • Competition at the Summer Olympics in 1956
  • Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifting Charles Vinci Mahmoud Namjoo Isaac Berger Yevgeny Minayev Ihor Rybak Pete George Italy Ermanno Pignatti Tommy Kono Arkady Vorobyov Dave Sheppard France Paul Anderson (weightlifter) Argentina Humberto Selvetti Alberto Pigaiani 1956 Summer Olympics medal table Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Weightlifting at the 1906 Intercalated Games
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