Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg explained

Games:1984 Summer
Event:Men's 60 kg
Date:31 July
Nations:17
Competitors:21
Venue:Albert Gersten Pavilion
Gold:Chen Weiqiang
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Gelu Radu
Silvernoc:ROU
Bronze:Tsai Wen-Yee
Bronzenoc:TPE
Prev:Moscow 1980
Next:Seoul 1988

The Men's Featherweight Weightlifting Event ( - 60 kg) was the third lightest event at the weightlifting competition. Each 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. Competition took place on 31 July in the 4,500 capacity Albert Gersten Pavilion. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 282.5 kg.[1]

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total (kg)
123Result123Result
A59.40120.0125.0125.0125.0157.5165.0165.0157.5282.5
A59.85120.0125.0127.5125.0155.0165.0165.0155.0280.0
A59.20120.0125.0127.5125.0147.5152.5152.5147.5272.5
4 A59.40115.0120.0122.5120.0150.0150.0155.0150.0270.0
5 A59.50120.0125.0125.0120.0147.5152.5155.0147.5267.5
6 B59.70117.5117.5122.5117.5150.0155.0155.0150.0267.5
7 B59.90115.0120.0120.0115.0145.0152.5155.0152.5267.5
8 A59.90112.5117.5117.5112.5142.5150.0155.0155.0267.5
9 A59.75115.0120.0120.0115.0150.0150.0160.0150.0265.0
10 B59.85105.0110.0110.0105.0140.0145.0147.5147.5252.5
11 B59.60110.0115.0117.5115.0130.0135.0140.0135.0250.0
12 B59.60107.5112.5115.0112.5137.5142.5142.5137.5250.0
13 B59.80105.0110.0112.5110.0135.0140.0140.0135.0245.0
14 B59.30100.0107.5107.5107.5122.5130.0137.5130.0237.5
15 B58.9095.0100.0100.095.0125.0130.0130.0130.0225.0
16B59.8090.095.095.095.0120.0125.0125.0125.0220.0
17B58.2090.095.095.090.0120.0120.0125.0120.0210.0
-A59.35110.0115.0115.0110.0140.0140.0140.0
- B59.25105.0105.0105.0132.5137.5142.5137.5
-A59.35117.5117.5122.5117.5147.5147.5147.5
-B59.90110.0110.0110.0

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Featherweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/WLT/mens-featherweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 18 January 2020.