Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg

Men's 90 kg at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Date	26 November 1956
Competitors	15 from 14 nations
Winning total	462.5 kg WR
Medalists
Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union Dave Sheppard  United States Jean Debuf  France

The men's 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 26 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.^[1] It was the second appearance of the middle heavyweight class.^[2]

Competition format

Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Press	Tommy Kono (USA)	146 kg		1956
	Snatch	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	143 kg		1956
	Clean & Jerk	Norbert Schemansky (USA)	181 kg		1953
	Total	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	460 kg	Vienna, Austria	9 October 1954
Olympic record	Press	Grigory Novak (URS)	140 kg	Helsinki, Finland	27 July 1952
	Snatch	Norbert Schemansky (USA)	140 kg	Helsinki, Finland	27 July 1952
	Clean & Jerk	Norbert Schemansky (USA)	177.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	27 July 1952
	Total	Norbert Schemansky (USA)	445 kg	Helsinki, Finland	27 July 1952

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Body weight	Press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Arkady Vorobyov	Soviet Union	89.80	140	145	147.5	147.5 WR	137.5	142.5	142.5	137.5	170	175	177.5	177.5 =OR	462.5 WR
	Dave Sheppard	United States	88.80	140	140	145	140	137.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	165	165	185	165	442.5
	Jean Debuf	France	87.60	122.5	127.5	130	130	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	162.5	167.5	–	167.5	425
4	Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi	Iran	89.50	127.5	135	140	140	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	157.5	162.5	162.5	157.5	425
5	Ivan Veselinov	Bulgaria	88.60	127.5	132.5	135	132.5	120	125	125	120	155	155	160	155	407.5
6	Tan Kim Bee	Malaya	86.20	112.5	117.5	117.5	117.5	115	122.5	127.5	122.5	150	155	160	155	395
7	Lennox Kilgour	Trinidad and Tobago	89.10	122.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	112.5	117.5	122.5	117.5	140	145	150	145	390
8	Leonard Treganowan	Australia	89.70	117.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	150	150	155	150	390
9	Sydney Harrington	Great Britain	88.20	110	115	115	115	112.5	117.5	120	117.5	145	152.5	157.5	152.5	385
9	Manny Santos	Australia	88.20	120	125	130	125	110	115	115	110	150	150	160	150	385
11	Kamineni Eswara Rao	India	88.40	117.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	100	110	115	110	135	142.5	147.5	147.5	380
12	Bruno Barabani	Brazil	89.70	105	110	115	110	112.5	117.5	120	112.5	145	145	155	145	367.5
13	Carlos Seigelshifer	Argentina	89.50	117.5	122.5	125	125	112.5	117.5	117.5	112.5	150	150	150	–	237.5
14	Czesław Białas	Poland	89.60	130	135	135	130	120	125	125	–	Retired				130
15	Park Dong-cheol	South Korea	87.60	115	120	122.5	120	120	125	125	–	Retired				120

New records

Press	147.5 kg	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	WR
Clean & Jerk	177.5 kg	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	=OR
Total	462.5 kg	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	WR

References

1. Official Report, p. 644.
2. "Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Middle-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.