Weightlifting — Bantamweight, Men (discontinued)

Times held 18
Total participants 296
Total countries 82

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1948 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 19 14
1952 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 19 18
1956 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 16 13
1960 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 22 18
1964 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 24 18
1968 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 20 19
1972 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 24 19
1976 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 24 19
1980 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 21 17
1984 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 20 18
1988 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 23 17
1992 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 22 17
1996 Bantamweight (≤59 kg), Men Olympic 20 19
2000 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 22 19
2004 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 17 14
2008 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 19 16
2012 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 18 15
2016 Bantamweight (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 19 17

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1948 Joe DePietroUSA Julian CreusGBR Rich TomUSA
1952 Ivan UdodovURS Mahmoud NamdjouIRI Ali MirzaiIRI
1956 Chuck VinciUSA Vladimir StogovURS Mahmoud NamdjouIRI
1960 Chuck VinciUSA Yoshinobu MiyakeJPN Ismail Elm KhahIRI
1964 Aleksey VakhoninURS Imre FöldiHUN Shiro IchinosekiJPN
1968 Mohammad NassiriIRI Imre FöldiHUN Henryk TrębickiPOL
1972 Imre FöldiHUN Mohammad NassiriIRI Gennady ChetinURS
1976 Norayr NurikyanBUL Grzegorz CziuraPOL Kenkichi AndoJPN
1980 Daniel NúñezCUB Yurik SarkisyanURS Tadeusz DembończykPOL
1984 Wu ShudeCHN Lai RunmingCHN Masahiro KotakaJPN
1988 Oksen MirzoyanURS He YingqiangCHN Liu ShoubinCHN
1992 Jeon Byeong-GwanKOR Liu ShoubinCHN Luo JianmingCHN
1996 Tang LingshengCHN Leonidas SampanisGRE Nikolay PeshalovBUL
2000 Halil MutluTUR Wu WenxiongCHN Zhang XiangxiangCHN
2004 Halil MutluTUR Wu MeijinCHN Sedat ArtuçTUR
2008 Long QingquanCHN Hoàng Anh TuấnVIE Eko Yuli IrawanINA
2012 Om Yun-CholPRK Wu JingbiaoCHN Trần Lê Quốc ToànVIE
2016 Long QingquanCHN Om Yun-CholPRK Sinphet KruaithongTHA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 4 6 3 13
Soviet Union URS 3 2 1 6
United States USA 3 0 1 4
Türkiye TUR 2 0 1 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 2 3 6
Hungary HUN 1 2 0 3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1 1 0 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 1 2
Cuba CUB 1 0 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 0 1 3 4
Poland POL 0 1 2 3
Vietnam VIE 0 1 1 2
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
Indonesia INA 0 0 1 1
Thailand THA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Halil Mutlu TUR 2 0 0 2
Chuck Vinci USA 2 0 0 2
Long Qingquan CHN 2 0 0 2
Imre Földi HUN 1 2 0 3
Mohammad Nassiri IRI 1 1 0 2
Om Yun-Chol PRK 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1988 Summer Olympics Azzedine Basbas 10 See all
Australia AUS 1972 Summer Olympics George Vasiliades 6 See all
Austria AUT 1968 Summer Olympics Kurt Pittner 10 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 1996 Summer Olympics Asif Məlikov DNF See all
2012 Summer Olympics Valentin Xristov DQ
Barbados BAR 1968 Summer Olympics Anthony Phillips DNF See all
1972 Summer Olympics Anthony Phillips DNF
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Vitali Dzerbianiou 4 See all
Belgium BEL 2012 Summer Olympics Tom Goegebuer 10 See all
Brazil BRA 1976 Summer Olympics Paulo de Sene 16 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Norayr Nurikyan 1 Gold See all
Canada CAN 1948 Summer Olympics Rosaire Smith 7 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2000 Summer Olympics Wang Shin-Yuan 4 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Yang Chin-Yi 4
Colombia COL 2004 Summer Olympics Óscar Figueroa 5 See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics Daniel Núñez 1 Gold See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Petr Stanislav 10 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1952 Summer Olympics Karel Saitl 10 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2012 Summer Olympics Om Yun-Chol 1 Gold See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2016 Summer Olympics Luis García 8 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Andreas Letz 4 See all
Ecuador ECU 1988 Summer Olympics Edwin Mata 20 See all
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Kamal Mahgoub 5 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Alex Martínez 13 See all
Federated States of Micronesia FSM 2000 Summer Olympics Manuel Minginfel DNF See all
Fiji FIJ 2012 Summer Olympics Manueli Tulo 11 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Manueli Tulo 13
Finland FIN 1984 Summer Olympics Arvo Ojalehto 7 See all
France FRA 1992 Summer Olympics Laurent Fombertasse 4 See all
Germany GER 1952 Summer Olympics Josef Schuster 14 See all
Great Britain GBR 1948 Summer Olympics Julian Creus 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 1996 Summer Olympics Leonidas Sampanis 2 Silver See all
Guatemala GUA 2016 Summer Olympics Edgar Pineda 10 See all
Guyana GUY 1964 Summer Olympics Martin Dias 8 See all
Hungary HUN 1972 Summer Olympics Imre Földi 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 2000 Summer Olympics Martinho de Araujo 20 See all
India IND 1984 Summer Olympics Deven Govindasami 10 See all
Indonesia INA 2008 Summer Olympics Eko Yuli Irawan 3 Bronze See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Hussain Hassan 8 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1968 Summer Olympics Mohammad Nassiri 1 Gold See all
Israel ISR 1972 Summer Olympics Ze'ev Friedman 12 See all
Italy ITA 2016 Summer Olympics Mirco Scarantino 7 See all
Japan JPN 1960 Summer Olympics Yoshinobu Miyake 2 Silver See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Arli Chontey 4 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1996 Summer Olympics Bonayan Al-Dosari 15 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2012 Summer Olympics Bekzat Osmonaliyev DNF See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Ali Shalabi 17 See all
Malaysia MAS 2008 Summer Olympics Amirul Ibrahim 8 See all
Mauritius MRI 2000 Summer Olympics Gino Soupprayen Padiatty 19 See all
Mexico MEX 2012 Summer Olympics José Montes 5 See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Summer Olympics Zulyn Dalkhjav 15 See all
Morocco MAR 1996 Summer Olympics Moustafa Buihamghet 16 See all
Myanmar MYA 1956 Summer Olympics Chu Kee 11 See all
Nauru NRU 2016 Summer Olympics Elson Brechtefeld 15 See all
Nepal NEP 1984 Summer Olympics Jagadish Pradhan 14 See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1960 Summer Olympics Hector Curiel 11 See all
New Zealand NZL 1948 Summer Olympics Maurice Crow 8 See all
Nicaragua NCA 2000 Summer Olympics Orlando Vásquez 18 See all
Pakistan PAK 1976 Summer Olympics Muhammad Manzoor 11 See all
Panama PAN 1988 Summer Olympics José Díaz 19 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Wu Shude 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Tang Lingsheng 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Long Qingquan 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Long Qingquan 1 Gold
Philippines PHI 1952 Summer Olympics Pedro Landero 6 See all
Poland POL 1976 Summer Olympics Grzegorz Cziura 2 Silver See all
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Nuno Alves 14 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Fernando Báez 6 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1992 Summer Olympics Jeon Byeong-Gwan 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2008 Summer Olympics Igor Grabucea 15 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Adrian Ioan Jigău 6 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Adrian Ioan Jigău 6
Singapore SGP 1952 Summer Olympics Lon bin Mohamed Noor 8 See all
South Africa RSA 1956 Summer Olympics Reg Gaffley 7 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Ivan Udodov 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Aleksey Vakhonin 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Oksen Mirzoyan 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Dionisio Muñoz 6 See all
Sudan SUD 1972 Summer Olympics Samson Sabit Wanni 20 See all
Sweden SWE 1952 Summer Olympics Nils Jacobsson 11 See all
Switzerland SUI 1952 Summer Olympics Roland Magnenat 16 See all
Thailand THA 2016 Summer Olympics Sinphet Kruaithong 3 Bronze See all
Tunisia TUN 1992 Summer Olympics Arbi Trab 19 See all
Türkiye TUR 2000 Summer Olympics Halil Mutlu 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Halil Mutlu 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Likhvald 9 See all
United States USA 1948 Summer Olympics Joe DePietro 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Chuck Vinci 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Chuck Vinci 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 2012 Summer Olympics Ruslan Makarov DNF See all
Vietnam VIE 2008 Summer Olympics Hoàng Anh Tuấn 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Bernhard Bachfisch 6 See all
West Indies Federation WIF 1960 Summer Olympics Grantley Sobers 10 See all