Date | 29 July 1996 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall E) | |
Participants | 23 from 18 countries | |
Format | Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight. |
Ukraine’s Tymur Taimazov had been the silver medalist in 1992 in heavyweight I but moved up in weight and won the World Championships in this class in 1993-94. Injured in 1995, that title was won by his teammate Ihor Razoronov. The expected competition between the two in Atlanta never occurred, however, as Razoronov injured his back in warm-ups and had to withdraw from the event. The leader after the snatch was Romanian Nicu Vlad, the 1984 Olympic middle-heavyweight champion, who lifted 197.5 kg. Taimazov lifted 195.0 kg, tied with Sergey Syrtsov, the 1992 middle-heavyweight silver medalist. Taimazov then lifted 227.5 kg in the clean & jerk on his first attempt, which won him the gold medal. He later lifted a world 235.0 kg to win by 10 kg with Syrtsov winning silver and Vlad the bronze.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | |||
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1 | Tymur Taimazov | ![]() | 430.0 | Gold | ||
2 | Sergey Syrtsov | ![]() | 420.0 | Silver | ||
3 | Nicu Vlad | ![]() | 420.0 | Bronze | ||
4 | Uladzimir Yemelianou | ![]() | 407.5 | |||
5 | Cui Wenhua | ![]() | 405.0 | |||
6 | Wes Barnett | ![]() | 395.0 | |||
7 | Ara Vardanyan | ![]() | 395.0 | |||
8 | Dariusz Osuch | ![]() | 392.5 | |||
9 | Mario Kalinke | ![]() | 390.0 | |||
10 | Viktors Ščerbatihs | ![]() | 390.0 | |||
11 | Dimitri Prochorow | ![]() | 390.0 | |||
12 | Konstantine Starikovitch | ![]() | 387.5 | |||
13 | Jeon Sang-Seok | ![]() | 380.0 | |||
14 | Janne Kanerva | ![]() | 360.0 | |||
15 | Hisaya Yoshimoto | ![]() | 360.0 | |||
16 | Valentin Manushev | ![]() | 350.0 | |||
17 | Nopadol Wanwang | ![]() | 317.5 | |||
18 | Shirish Rummun | ![]() | 287.5 | |||
19 | Ali Kavuma | ![]() | 260.0 | |||
Sergey Flerko | ![]() | 185.0 | ||||
Henadziy Shchekalo | ![]() | 175.0 | ||||
Oleng Panatidis | ![]() | – | ||||
Ihor Razoronov | ![]() | – |