Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 26 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.[1] It was the eighth appearance of the light heavyweight class.[2]

Men's 82.5 kg at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Date	26 November 1956
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Winning total	447.5 kg WR
Medalists
Tommy Kono  United States Vasilijs Stepanovs  Soviet Union Jim George  United States

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).[1]

Records

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

World record	Press	Tommy Kono (USA)	144 kg		1956
	Snatch	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	136 kg		1953
	Clean & Jerk	Trofim Lomakin (URS)	173 kg		1955
	Total	Tommy Kono (USA)	435 kg	Vienna, Austria	9 October 1954
Olympic record	Press	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	130 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Snatch	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	130 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk	Trofim Lomakin (URS)	165 kg	Helsinki, Finland	27 July 1952
	Total	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)  Trofim Lomakin (URS)	417.5 kg	London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland	11 August 1948 27 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
	Tommy Kono	United States	80.90	135	140	142.5	140 OR	125	130	132.5	132.5 OR	160	167.5	175	175 WR	447.5 WR
	Vasilijs Stepanovs	Soviet Union	82.20	130	135	137.5	135	130	135	135	130	157.5	162.5	162.5	162.5	427.5
	Jim George	United States	81.30	120	125	125	120	125	130	135	130	160	167.5	167.5	167.5	417.5
4	Jalal Mansouri	Iran	82.50	125	130	132.5	132.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	155	160	162.5	162.5	417.5
5	Phil Caira	Great Britain	81.50	122.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	112.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	145	150	155	155	405
6	Václav Pšenička, Jr.	Czechoslovakia	82.10	120	125	127.5	125	112.5	117.5	120	120	150	155	160	155	400
7	Marcel Paterni	France	81.70	125	130	132.5	132.5	110	115	117.5	115	140	145	147.5	147.5	395
8	John Powell	Australia	81.80	110	115	120	120	107.5	112.5	117.5	117.5	145	145	155	145	382.5
9	Willy Claes	Belgium	80.50	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	137.5	137.5	145	137.5	357.5
10	Muhammad Iqbal Butt	Pakistan	82.50	100	105	105	105	95	100	102.5	102.5	130	135	135	130	337.5

New records

Press	140 kg	Tommy Kono (USA)	OR
Snatch	132.5 kg	Tommy Kono (USA)	OR
Clean & Jerk	175 kg	Tommy Kono (USA)	WR
Total	447.5 kg	Tommy Kono (USA)	WR

References

1. Official Report, p. 642.
2. "Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.