These are the results of the men's 59 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 20 athletes competed in the event.[1]
| Men's 59 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 July 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 307.5 kg | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
editEach weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 307.5 kg.
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
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 Tang Lingsheng (CHN) |
A | 58.61 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 307.5 |
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 Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) |
A | 58.53 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 305.0 | ||
 |
 Nikolay Peshalov (BUL) |
A | 58.88 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 302.5 | |||
| 4 |  Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN) |
B | 58.66 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 297.5 |
| 5 |  William Vargas (CUB) |
A | 58.73 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 297.5 | |
| 6 | Xu Dong (CHN) |
A | 58.60 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 295.0 | ||||
| 7 |  Yurik Sarkisian (AUS) |
A | 58.60 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 280.0 | ||||
| 8 |  Zoltán Farkas (HUN) |
B | 58.90 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 280.0 | ||
| 9 |  Bryan Jacob (USA) |
B | 58.82 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 272.5 | ||
| 10 |  Petr Stanislav (CZE) |
B | 58.70 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 255.0 |
| 11 |  Raghavan Chanderasekaran (IND) |
B | 58.89 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 252.5 | ||
| 12 |  Viktor Sinyak (BLR) |
B | 58.70 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 250.0 | |||
| 13 |  César Rodríguez (PUR) |
B | 58.21 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 242.5 | |||
| 14 |  Nuno Alves (POR) |
B | 58.28 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 237.5 | |
| 15 |  Bonayan Al-Dosari (KSA) |
B | 58.89 | 95.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 115.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 227.5 | ||
| 16 |  Moustafa Buihamghet (MAR) |
B | 58.62 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 210.0 | ||
 Chun Byung-kwan (KOR) |
A | 58.95 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | – | – | |||||
 Asif Malikov (AZE) |
A | 58.74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
 Marcus Stephen (NRU) |
A | 58.88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
 Hafiz Suleymanoglu (TUR) |
A | 58.90 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | – | – | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
Sources
edit- "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 April 2008.