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

Men's 60 kg at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Date	23 November 1956
Competitors	21 from 19 nations
Winning total	352.5 kg WR
Medalists
Isaac Berger  United States Yevgeny Minayev  Soviet Union Marian Zieliński  Poland
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Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
	Men
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	+90 kg
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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]

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

World record	Press	Yevgeny Minayev (URS)	114 kg		1956
	Snatch	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)	110 kg	Munich, West Germany	12 October 1955
	Clean & Jerk	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)	143 kg	Vienna, Austria	7 October 1954
	Total	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)  Ivan Udodov (URS)	350 kg	Vienna, Austria	7 October 1954
Olympic record	Press	Rodrigo Del Rosario (PHI)	105 kg	Helsinki, Finland	25 July 1952
	Snatch	Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)  Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)  Nikolay Saksonov (URS)	105 kg	London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1948 25 July 1952 25 July 1952
	Clean & Jerk	Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)  Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)	135 kg	London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1948 25 July 1952
	Total	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)	337.5 kg	Helsinki, Finland	25 July 1952

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
	Isaac Berger	United States	59.30	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	100	105	107.5	107.5 OR	132.5	137.5	137.5	137.5 OR	352.5 WR
	Yevgeny Minayev	Soviet Union	59.80	107.5	112.5	115	115 WR	100	105	105	100	127.5	132.5	135	127.5	342.5
	Marian Zieliński	Poland	59.90	100	100	105	105	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	335
4	Rodney Wilkes	Trinidad and Tobago	60.00	95	100	102.5	100	95	100	105	105	125	132.5	135	125	330
5	Hiroyoshi Shiratori	Japan	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	Georg Miske	United Team of Germany	59.90	95	100	102.5	100	90	95	97.5	95	120	125	125	125	320
7	Tan Ser Cher	Singapore	59.10	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	85	90	92.5	92.5	125	130	130	130	315
8	Lee Gyeong-seop	South Korea	59.90	90	95	95	90	95	95	102.5	95	117.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	312.5
9	Jules Sylvain	Canada	59.70	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	90	95	95	95	115	122.5	122.5	122.5	310
10	Takahiro Yamaguchi	Japan	60.00	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	125	130	130	125	310
11	Julian Creus	Great Britain	60.00	85	90	92.5	90	95	100	100	95	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	307.5
11	Maurice Megennis	Great Britain	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	Hussain Zarrini	Iran	60.00	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	115	120	125	120	305
14	Tun Maung Kywe	Burma	58.20	85	90	92.5	90	85	90	92.5	92.5	115	115	115	115	297.5
15	Liem Kim Leng	Indonesia	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	Keith Caple	Australia	59.60	82.5	87.5	92.5	87.5	82.5	87.5	90	90	110	115	115	110	287.5
17	Koh Eng Tong	Malaya	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	Muhammad Bashir	Pakistan	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	Sebastiano Mannironi	Italy	59.30	95	100	100	100	100	105	–	100	Retired				200
20	Rodrigo del Rosario	Philippines	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	Lim Jose-ning	Republic of China	59.60	87.5	95	95	87.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	–	Retired				87.5

Press	115 kg	Yevgeny Minayev (URS)	WR
Snatch	107.5 kg	Isaac Berger (USA)	OR
Clean & Jerk	137.5 kg	Isaac Berger (USA)	OR
Total	352.5 kg	Isaac Berger (USA)	WR