Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueGersten Pavilion
Dates29 July - 8 August 1984
Competitors186 from 48 nations
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The weightlifting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of ten weight classes. The 1984 Summer Olympics boycott meant that the most dominant forces in weightlifting at the time, the USSR and Bulgaria, did not take part. This left the field wide open for others.[1]

Medal summary[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
–52 kg
details
Zeng Guoqiang
 China
Zhou Peishun
 China
Kazushito Manabe
 Japan
Bantamweight
52–56 kg
details
Wu Shude
 China
Lai Runming
 China
Masahiro Kotaka
 Japan
Featherweight
56–60 kg
details
Chen Weiqiang
 China
Gelu Radu
 Romania
Tsai Wen-yee
 Chinese Taipei
Lightweight
60–67.5 kg
details
Yao Jingyuan
 China
Andrei Socaci
 Romania
Jouni Grönman
 Finland
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
details
Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
 West Germany
Jacques Demers
 Canada
Dragomir Cioroslan
 Romania
Light-heavyweight
75–82.5 kg
details
Petre Becheru
 Romania
Robert Kabbas
 Australia
Ryoji Isaoka
 Japan
Middle-heavyweight
82.5–90 kg
details
Nicu Vlad
 Romania
Petre Dumitru
 Romania
Peter Geddes
 Great Britain
First-heavyweight
90–100 kg
details
Rolf Milser
 West Germany
Vasile Groapa
 Romania
Pekka Niemi
 Finland
Heavyweight
100–110 kg
details
Norberto Oberburger
 Italy
Stefan Tasnadi
 Romania
Guy Carlton
 United States
Super heavyweight
+110 kg
details
Dean Lukin
 Australia
Mario Martinez
 United States
Manfred Nerlinger
 West Germany

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)4206
2 Romania (ROU)2518
3 West Germany (FRG)2013
4 Australia (AUS)1102
5 Italy (ITA)1001
6 United States (USA)0112
7 Canada (CAN)0101
8 Japan (JPN)0033
9 Finland (FIN)0022
10 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (11 entries)10101030

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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