Olympics · July 1996

Weightlifting at the 1996 Olympic Games

Weightlifting at the 1996 Olympic Games ran in Atlanta, the United States, from 20 to 30 July 1996. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Halil Mutlu (54 kg, 287.5 kg), Tang Lingsheng (59 kg, 307.5 kg), Naim Süleymanoğlu (64 kg, 335 kg), Zhan Xugang (70 kg, 357.5 kg), Pablo Lara (76 kg, 367.5 kg), Pyrros Dimas (83 kg, 392.5 kg), Aleksey Petrov (91 kg, 402.5 kg), Kakhi Kakhiashvili (99 kg, 420 kg), Timour Taimazov (108 kg, 430 kg) and Andrei Chemerkin (+108 kg, 457.5 kg).

Medallists: 30
Classes: 10
Start date: 20 Jul 1996

Numbers

Weightlifting at the 1996 Olympic Games in numbers

How close each class finished.

Winning margin in each class

The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Men's 59 kg, Men's 64 kg and Men's +108 kg each came down to 2.5 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Men's 70 kg and Men's 91 kg by 12.5 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.

Men's 54 kg

7.5 kg

Men's 59 kg

2.5 kg

Men's 64 kg

2.5 kg

Men's 70 kg

12.5 kg

Men's 76 kg

7.5 kg

Men's 83 kg

10 kg

Men's 91 kg

12.5 kg

Men's 99 kg

10 kg

Men's 108 kg

10 kg

Men's +108 kg

2.5 kg

Medallists

Medallists by class

All competitions

Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for, with the best snatch, the best clean and jerk and the total.

Men's 54 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Halil Mutlu Turkey	Turkey	132.5	155	287.5
2	Zhang Xiangsen China	China	130	150	280
3	Sevdalin Minchev Bulgaria	Bulgaria	125	152.5	277.5

Men's 59 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Tang Lingsheng China	China	137.5	170	307.5
2	Leonidas Sabanis Greece	Greece	137.5	167.5	305
3	Nikolaj Pešalov Bulgaria	Bulgaria	137.5	165	302.5

Men's 64 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey	Turkey	147.5	187.5	335
2	Valerios Leonidis Greece	Greece	145	187.5	332.5
3	Xiao Jiangang China	China	145	177.5	322.5

Men's 70 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Zhan Xugang China	China	162.5	195	357.5
2	Kim Myong-nam North Korea	North Korea	160	185	345
3	Attila Feri Hungary	Hungary	152.5	187.5	340

Men's 76 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Pablo Lara Cuba	Cuba	162.5	205	367.5
2	Yoto Yotov Bulgaria	Bulgaria	160	200	360
3	Jon Chol-ho North Korea	North Korea	162.5	195	357.5

Men's 83 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Pyrros Dimas Greece	Greece	-	-	392.5
2	Marc Huster Germany	Germany	-	-	382.5
3	Andrzej Cofalik Poland	Poland	170	202.5	372.5

Men's 91 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Aleksey Petrov Russia	Russia	187.5	215	402.5
2	Leonidas Kokas Greece	Greece	175	215	390
3	Oliver Caruso Germany	Germany	175	215	390

Men's 99 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Kakhi Kakhiashvili Greece	Greece	185	235	420
2	Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	187.5	222.5	410
3	Denys Hotfrid Ukraine	Ukraine	187.5	215	402.5

Men's 108 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Timour Taimazov Ukraine	Ukraine	195	235	430
2	Sergey Syrtsov Russia	Russia	195	225	420
3	Nicu Vlad Romania	Romania	197.5	222.5	420

Men's +108 kg, 1996 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total
1	Andrei Chemerkin Russia	Russia	197.5	260	457.5
2	Ronny Weller Germany	Germany	200	255	455
3	Stefan Botev Australia	Australia	200	250	450

Sources

Olympic medallists before 1998: entered by FitnessVolt from the results published on Wikipedia and Olympedia.

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