Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg explained

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 23 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.^[1] It was the eighth appearance of the featherweight class, and the third time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).^[2]

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		114 kg		1956
	Snatch		110 kg	Munich, West Germany	12 October 1955
	Clean & Jerk		143 kg	Vienna, Austria	7 October 1954
	Total		350 kg	Vienna, Austria	7 October 1954
Olympic record	Press		105 kg	Helsinki, Finland	25 July 1952
	Snatch		105 kg	London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1948 25 July 1952 25 July 1952
	Clean & Jerk		135 kg	London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1948 25 July 1952
	Total		337.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	25 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
			59.30	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	100	105	107.5	107.5	132.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	352.5
			59.80	107.5	112.5	115	115	100	105	105	100	127.5	132.5	135	127.5	342.5
			59.90	100	100	105	105	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	335
4			60.00	95	100	102.5	100	95	100	105	105	125	132.5	135	125	330
5			59.80	97.5	102.5	102.5	97.5	95	100	102.5	100	122.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	325
6			59.90	95	100	102.5	100	90	95	97.5	95	120	125	125	125	320
7	Tan Ser Cher		59.10	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	85	90	92.5	92.5	125	130	130	130	315
8			59.90	90	95	95	90	95	95	102.5	95	117.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	312.5
9			59.70	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	90	95	95	95	115	122.5	122.5	122.5	310
10			60.00	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	125	130	130	125	310
11			60.00	85	90	92.5	90	95	100	100	95	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	307.5
11			60.00	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	117.5	122.5	127.5	122.5	307.5
13			60.00	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	115	120	125	120	305
14			58.20	85	90	92.5	90	85	90	92.5	92.5	115	115	115	115	297.5
15	Liem Kim Leng		59.00	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	112.5	112.5	112.5	112.5	292.5
16			59.60	82.5	87.5	92.5	87.5	82.5	87.5	90	90	110	115	115	110	287.5
17			59.60	82.5	87.5	90	90	82.5	82.5	87.5	82.5	107.5	112.5	117.5	112.5	285
18			59.60	72.5	77.5	77.5	72.5	72.5	72.5	77.5	77.5	97.5	102.5	102.5	97.5	247.5
19			59.30	95	100	100	100	100	105	–	100	Retired				200
20			59.80	102.5	107.5	107.5	102.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	117.5	117.5	117.5	–	190
21			59.60	87.5	95	95	87.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	–	Retired				87.5

New records

Press	115 kg
Snatch	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	137.5 kg
Total	352.5 kg

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 636.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Featherweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WLT/mens-featherweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 December 2019.