Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

Men's 75 kg at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Date	24 November 1956
Competitors	16 from 15 nations
Winning total	420 kg WR
Medalists
Fyodor Bogdanovsky  Soviet Union Pete George  United States Ermanno Pignatti  Italy

The men's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 24 November at the Royal Exhibition Building. It was the eighth appearance of the middleweight class.

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).

Records

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

World record	Press	Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)	134 kg		1956
	Snatch	Yury Duganov (URS)	133 kg		1955
	Clean & Jerk	Tommy Kono (USA)	168.5 kg		1953
	Total	Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)	415 kg		1956
Olympic record	Press	Kim Seong-jip (KOR) Kim Seong-jip (KOR) Gerry Gratton (CAN)	122.5 kg	London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland	10 August 1948 26 July 1952 26 July 1952
	Snatch	Pete George (USA)	127.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	26 July 1952
	Clean & Jerk	Pete George (USA)	157.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	26 July 1952
	Total	Pete George (USA)	400 kg	Helsinki, Finland	26 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
	Fyodor Bogdanovsky	Soviet Union	74.80	125	130	132.5	132.5 OR	117.5	122.5	125	122.5	157.5	162.5	165	165 OR	420 WR
	Pete George	United States	74.40	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	127.5	130	127.5 =OR	157.5	162.5	170	162.5	412.5
	Ermanno Pignatti	Italy	74.10	112.5	117.5	117.5	117.5	112.5	117.5	117.5	117.5	140	145	147.5	147.5	382.5
4	Jan Bochenek	Poland	74.20	115	115	120	120	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	142.5	147.5	150	150	382.5
5	Kim Seong-jip	South Korea	74.30	120	125	125	125	105	110	112.5	110	140	145	150	145	380
6	Krzysztof Beck	Poland	74.50	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	107.5	107.5	112.5	112.5	140	145	147.5	145	380
7	Ibrahim Payrovi	Iran	74.80	102.5	107.5	100	107.5	112.5	117.5	120	117.5	142.5	147.5	150	147.5	372.5
8	Adrien Gilbert	Canada	74.70	105	110	112.5	112.5	105	112.5	115	115	132.5	137.5	142.5	142.5	370
9	Wong Kay Poh	Singapore	71.60	100	105	107.5	107.5	112.5	117.5	117.5	112.5	140	145	150	145	365
10	Jannie Greeff	South Africa	74.70	115	115	120	115	102.5	107.5	112.5	107.5	137.5	137.5	142.5	142.5	365
11	Winston McArthur	Guyana	75.00	95	100	105	100	102.5	107.5	112.5	112.5	130	140	142.5	140	352.5
12	Ko Bu-beng	Republic of China	72.20	90	90	95	90	92.5	100	100	100	135	145	145	135	325
13	Fred Baugh	Australia	74.30	100	107.5	107.5	107.5	95	102.5	102.5	95	122.5	122.5	--	122.5	325
14	Chan Pak Lum	Malaya	72.20	100	100	100	100	100	100	102.5	102.5	Retired				202.5
15	Carlos Caballero	Colombia	69.80	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	100	105	–	100	132.5	132.5	132.5	–	197.5
16	Ingemar Franzén	Sweden	74.00	110	115	115	–	Retired								–

New records

Press	132.5 kg	Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)	OR
Snatch	127.5 kg	Pete George (USA)	=OR
Clean & Jerk	165 kg	Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)	OR
Total	420 kg	Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)	WR