| Event: | Men's 90 kg |
| Games: | 1956 Summer |
| Venue: | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Date: | 26 November 1956 |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Label: | Winning total |
| Win Value: | 462.5 kg WR |
| Gold: | Arkady Vorobyov |
| Goldnoc: | URS |
| Silver: | Dave Sheppard |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Jean Debuf |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Prev: | 1952 |
| Next: | 1960 |
The men's 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 26 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.[1] It was the second appearance of the middle heavyweight class.[2]
Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Press | 146 kg | 1956 | ||
| Snatch | 143 kg | 1956 | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 181 kg | 1953 | |||
| Total | 460 kg | Vienna, Austria | 9 October 1954 | ||
| Olympic record | Press | 140 kg | Helsinki, Finland | 27 July 1952 | |
| Snatch | 140 kg | Helsinki, Finland | 27 July 1952 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 177.5 kg | Helsinki, Finland | 27 July 1952 | ||
| Total | 445 kg | Helsinki, Finland | 27 July 1952 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Body weight | Press (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||||
| 89.80 | 140 | 145 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 170 | 175 | 177.5 | 177.5 = | 462.5 | ||||||
| 88.80 | 140 | 140 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 165 | 165 | 442.5 | ||||||||||
| 87.60 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 130 | 130 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | – | 167.5 | 425 | |||||
| 4 | 89.50 | 127.5 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 425 | ||||||
| 5 | 88.60 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 120 | 120 | 155 | 155 | 407.5 | ||||||||
| 6 | 86.20 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 115 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 395 | ||||||
| 7 | 89.10 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 140 | 145 | 145 | 390 | ||||||
| 8 | 89.70 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 150 | 150 | 390 | ||||||||
| 9 | 88.20 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 145 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 385 | ||||||
| 9 | 88.20 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 110 | 110 | 150 | 150 | 385 | ||||||||
| 11 | 88.40 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 100 | 110 | 110 | 135 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 380 | |||||
| 12 | 89.70 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 145 | 145 | 367.5 | ||||||||
| 13 | 89.50 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125 | 125 | 112.5 | 112.5 | – | 237.5 | ||||||||
| 14 | 89.60 | 130 | 130 | – | Retired | 130 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 87.60 | 115 | 120 | 120 | – | Retired | 120 | ||||||||||
| Press | 147.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 177.5 kg | = | ||
| Total | 462.5 kg |