Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.

It also counted as 1968 World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight (56 kg)	Mohammad Nassiri Iran	367.5 kg	Imre Földi Hungary	367.5 kg	Henryk Trębicki Poland	357.5 kg
Featherweight (60 kg)	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan	392.5 kg	Dito Shanidze Soviet Union	387.5 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan	385.0 kg
Lightweight (67.5 kg)	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	437.5 kg	Parviz Jalayer Iran	422.5 kg	Marian Zieliński Poland	420.0 kg
Middleweight (75 kg)	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	475.0 kg	Masushi Ouchi Japan	455.0 kg	Károly Bakos Hungary	440.0 kg
Light heavyweight (82.5 kg)	Boris Selitsky Soviet Union	485.0 kg	Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union	485.0 kg	Norbert Ozimek Poland	472.5 kg
Middle heavyweight (90 kg)	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland	517.5 kg	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	507.5 kg	Marek Gołąb Poland	495.0 kg
Heavyweight (+90 kg)	Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union	572.5 kg	Serge Reding Belgium	555.0 kg	Joseph Dube United States	555.0 kg

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	0	6
2	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
3	Iran (IRI)	1	1	0	2
4	Poland (POL)	1	0	4	5
5	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
8	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)

Athletics Basketball Basque pelota (demonstration) Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis (demonstration) Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

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List of medalists List of Olympic records List of Olympic venues

World Weightlifting Championships

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List of medalists men women

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