Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the Olympics
Weightlifting at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Georgia World Congress Center |
Dates | 20–30 July 1996 |
Competitors | 243 from 77 nations |
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The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes.[1]
Medal summary
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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54 kg details | Halil Mutlu Turkey | Zhang Xiangsen China | Sevdalin Minchev Bulgaria |
59 kg details | Tang Lingsheng China | Leonidas Sampanis Greece | Nikolay Peshalov Bulgaria |
64 kg details | Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey | Valerios Leonidis Greece | Xiao Jiangang China |
70 kg details | Zhan Xugang China | Kim Myong-nam North Korea | Attila Feri Hungary |
76 kg details | Pablo Lara Rodriguez Cuba | Yoto Yotov Bulgaria | Jon Chol-ho North Korea |
83 kg details | Pyrros Dimas Greece | Marc Huster Germany | Andrzej Cofalik Poland |
91 kg details | Aleksei Petrov Russia | Leonidas Kokas Greece | Oliver Caruso Germany |
99 kg details | Kakhi Kakhiashvili Greece | Anatoli Khrapaty Kazakhstan | Denys Gotfrid Ukraine |
108 kg details | Timour Taimazov Ukraine | Serguei Syrtsov Russia | Nicu Vlad Romania |
+108 kg details | Andrei Chemerkin Russia | Ronny Weller Germany | Stefan Botev Australia |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Participating nations
A total of 236 weightlifters from 77 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:
References
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
- "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 April 2008.