The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 17 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the eleventh appearance of the light heavyweight class.[1]
| Men's 82.5 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Teatro de los Insurgentes | ||||||||||||
| Date | 17 October 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 485.0 kg WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
| Rank | Name | Country | kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Selitsky |  Soviet Union |
485.0 |
| 2 | Vladimir Belyaev | Soviet Union |
485.0 |
| 3 | Norbert Ozimek |  Poland |
472.5 |
| 4 | Győző Veres |  Hungary |
472.5 |
| 5 | Karl Arnold |  East Germany |
467.5 |
| 6 | Hans Zdražila |  Czechoslovakia |
462.5 |
| 7 | Jouni Kailajärvi |  Finland |
445.0 |
| 8 | Lee Jong-seop |  South Korea |
440.0 |
| 9 | Víctor Ángel Pagán |  Puerto Rico |
435.0 |
| 10 | Pierre St.-Jean |  Canada |
435.0 |
| 11 | Rainer Dörrzapf | West Germany |
435.0 |
| 12 | Gino Corradini |  Italy |
427.5 |
| 13 | Juan Curbelo |  Cuba |
425.0 |
| 14 | Mike Pearman |  Great Britain |
425.0 |
| 15 | Aldo Roy | Canada |
420.0 |
| 16 | John Bolton |  New Zealand |
420.0 |
| 17 | Fortunato Rijna |  Netherlands Antilles |
420.0 |
| 18 | Peter Arthur | Great Britain |
415.0 |
| 19 | Rudolph James |  Guyana |
412.5 |
| 20 | José Manuel Figueroa | Puerto Rico |
410.0 |
| 21 | Rodolfo Castillo |  Costa Rica |
357.5 |
| 22 | José Pérez |  Dominican Republic |
350.0 |
| AC | Neville Pery |  Australia |
DNF |
| AC | Cedric Demetris |  Jamaica |
DNF |
| AC | Joe Puleo |  United States |
DNF |
| AC | Irsan Husen |  Indonesia |
DNF |
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.