Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 59 kg explained

Event:Men's 59 kg
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia World Congress Center
Date:21 July 1996
Competitors:20
Nations:19
Win Label:Winning total
Win Value:307.5 kg
Gold:Tang Lingsheng
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Leonidas Sabanis
Silvernoc:GRE
Bronze:Nikolaj Pešalov
Bronzenoc:BUL
Prev:1992
Next:2000

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]

Results

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. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 307.5 kg.

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
width=401width=402width=403width=55Resultwidth=401width=402width=403width=55Result
A58.61130.0135.0137.5137.5162.5167.5170.0170.0307.5
A58.53135.0137.5140.0137.5162.5167.5167.5167.5305.0
A58.88132.5132.5137.5137.5162.5162.5165.0165.0302.5
4 B58.66125.0130.0132.5132.5157.5162.5165.0165.0297.5
5 A58.73130.0130.0135.0135.0155.0160.0162.5162.5297.5
6 A58.60132.5137.5137.5132.5162.5170.0170.0162.5295.0
7 A58.60125.0130.0130.0125.0155.0160.0160.0155.0280.0
8 B58.90130.0132.5132.5130.0140.0145.0150.0150.0280.0
9 B58.82117.5122.5125.0122.5145.0150.0152.5150.0272.5
10 B58.70105.0110.0112.5112.5135.0140.0142.5142.5255.0
11 B58.89110.0110.0112.5112.5135.0140.0145.0140.0252.5
12 B58.70112.5120.0120.0112.5132.5137.5137.5137.5250.0
13 B58.21105.0110.0110.0110.0132.5137.5137.5132.5242.5
14 B58.2897.5100.0102.5102.5130.0135.0137.5135.0237.5
15 B58.8995.0102.5102.5102.5115.0125.0125.0125.0227.5
16 B58.6290.095.095.090.0110.0115.0120.0120.0210.0
A58.95130.0135.0137.5135.0165.0167.5167.5––
A58.74125.0125.0125.0––––––
A58.88120.0120.0120.0––––––
A58.90130.0135.0137.5135.0157.5157.5160.0––

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/WLT/mens-bantamweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 February 2020.

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