Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 9 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the ninth appearance of the light heavyweight class.[1]

Men's 82.5 kg
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Medal winners
VenuePalazzetto dello Sport
Date9 September 1960
Competitors24 from 22 nations
Winning total442.5 kg
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ireneusz Paliński  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jim George  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Bochenek  Poland
← 1956
1964 →

Results edit

Rank Name Country kg
1 Ireneusz Paliński   Poland 442.5
2 Jim George   United States 430.0
3 Jan Bochenek   Poland 420.0
4 Géza Tóth   Hungary 417.5
5 Jouni Kailajärvi   Finland 417.5
6 Petar Tachev   Bulgaria 415.0
7 Minoru Kubota   Japan 400.0
8 Willy Claes   Belgium 392.5
9 Shakir Salman   Iraq 390.0
10 Amiri Mangashti   Iran 390.0
11 Fernando Torres   Puerto Rico 390.0
12 Jean Debuf   France 390.0
13 Rolf Sennewald   United Team of Germany 390.0
14 Mike Lipari   Canada 387.5
15 Phil Caira   Great Britain 385.0
16 Sven Borrman   Sweden 385.0
17 Iakovos Psaltis   Greece 385.0
18 Kuan King Lam   Malaya 370.0
19 Roland Fidel   Switzerland 365.0
20 Abdel Kader Ben Kamel   Morocco 337.5
21 Jesús Rodríguez   Spain 325.0
AC Mohamed Ali Abdel Kerim   United Arab Republic 115.0
AC Sylvanus Blackman   Great Britain 250.0
AC Enrique Guittens   Venezuela DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.