Olympics · September 1960
Weightlifting at the 1960 Olympic Games
Weightlifting at the 1960 Olympic Games ran in Rome, Italy, from 7 to 10 September 1960. This page lists the medallists in its seven classes. Gold went to Charles Vinci (56 kg), Yevgeny Minayev (60 kg), Viktor Bushuev (67.5 kg), Aleksandr Kurynov (75 kg), Ireneusz Paliński (82.5 kg), Arkady Vorobyov (90 kg) and Yury Vlasov (+90 kg).
- Medallists
- 21
- Classes
- 7
- Start date
- 7 Sep 1960
Medallists
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the Games of 1920 and 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown.
Men's 56 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
 Charles Vinci United States
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| 2 |
 Yoshinobu Miyake Japan
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| 3 |
 Esmaeil Elmkhah Iran
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Men's 60 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Isaac Berger United States
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| 3 |
 Sebastiano Mannironi Italy
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Men's 67.5 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Bushuev Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Tan Howe Liang Singapore
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| 3 |
 Abdul-Wahid Aziz Iraq
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Men's 75 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Tommy Kono United States
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| 3 |
 Győző Veres Hungary
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Men's 82.5 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ireneusz Paliński Poland
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| 2 |
Jim George United States
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| 3 |
Jan Bochenek Poland
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Men's 90 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union |
| 2 | Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union |
| 3 |
 Louis Martin Great Britain
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Men's +90 kg, 1960 Olympic Games
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Vlasov Soviet Union |
| 2 |
James Bradford United States
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| 3 |
Norbert Schemansky United States
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