Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg

The men's 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 18 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the fifth appearance of the middle heavyweight class.[1]

Men's 90 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueTeatro de los Insurgentes
Date18 October 1968
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning total517.5 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaan Talts  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marek Gołąb  Poland
← 1964
1972 →

Results edit

Rank Name Country kg
1 Kaarlo Kangasniemi   Finland 517.5
2 Jaan Talts   Soviet Union 507.5
3 Marek Gołąb   Poland 495.0
4 Bo Johansson   Sweden 492.5
5 Jaakko Kailajärvi   Finland 485.0
6 Árpád Nemessányi   Hungary 482.5
7 Phil Grippaldi   United States 477.5
8 Vítězslav Országh   Czechoslovakia 462.5
9 Bart Bartholomew   United States 457.5
10 Pierre Gourrier   France 455.0
11 Bakr Bassam   Egypt 455.0
12 Yun Seog-won   South Korea 455.0
13 Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe   Belgium 447.5
14 Stergios Tsoukas   Greece 435.0
15 Efrain Gusquiza   Peru 430.0
16 Andrés Martínez   Cuba 427.5
17 Gaber Hafez   Egypt 425.0
18 Cheng Sheng-teh   Chinese Taipei 425.0
19 Leong Chim Seong   Malaysia 422.5
20 Sylvanus Blackman   Great Britain 420.0
21 Paul Bjarnason   Canada 407.5
22 Fernando Torres   Puerto Rico 405.0
23 Fernando Esquivel   Costa Rica 370.0
AC Oscar Nobua   Argentina 125.0
AC Óskar Sigurpálsson   Iceland 145.0
AC Louis Martin   Great Britain 305.0
AC Juan Benavides   Cuba DNF
AC Géza Tóth   Hungary DNF
AC Alfred Steiner   France DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Middle-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.