Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Weightlifting
Games:	1956 Summer
Venue:	Royal Exhibition Building
Dates:	23–26 November 1956
Competitors:	105
Nations:	34
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

The weightlifting competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.^[1]

Medal summary

Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light-heavyweight
Middle-heavyweight
Heavyweight

Sources

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 21 December 2006 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053748/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WLT/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 December 2019.