Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 59 kg
Weightlifting at the Olympics
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These are the results of the men's 59 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 20 athletes competed in the event.[1]
Date21 July 1996
Competitors20 from 19 nations
Winning total307.5 kg
| Men's 59 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 July 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 307.5 kg | ||||||||||||
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Results
Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 307.5 kg.
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
 |  Tang Lingsheng (CHN) | A | 58.61 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 307.5 |
 |  Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | A | 58.53 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 305.0 | ||
 |  Nikolay Peshalov (BUL) | A | 58.88 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 302.5 | |||
| 4 |  Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN) | B | 58.66 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 297.5 |
| 5 |  William Vargas (CUB) | A | 58.73 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 297.5 | |
| 6 | Xu Dong (CHN) | A | 58.60 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 295.0 | ||||
| 7 |  Yurik Sarkisian (AUS) | A | 58.60 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 280.0 | ||||
| 8 |  Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | B | 58.90 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 280.0 | ||
| 9 |  Bryan Jacob (USA) | B | 58.82 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 272.5 | ||
| 10 |  Petr Stanislav (CZE) | B | 58.70 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 255.0 |
| 11 |  Raghavan Chanderasekaran (IND) | B | 58.89 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 252.5 | ||
| 12 |  Viktor Sinyak (BLR) | B | 58.70 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 250.0 | |||
| 13 |  César Rodríguez (PUR) | B | 58.21 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 242.5 | |||
| 14 |  Nuno Alves (POR) | B | 58.28 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 237.5 | |
| 15 |  Bonayan Al-Dosari (KSA) | B | 58.89 | 95.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 115.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 227.5 | ||
| 16 |  Moustafa Buihamghet (MAR) | B | 58.62 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 210.0 | ||
 Chun Byung-kwan (KOR) | A | 58.95 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | – | – | |||||
 Asif Malikov (AZE) | A | 58.74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
 Marcus Stephen (NRU) | A | 58.88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
 Hafiz Suleymanoglu (TUR) | A | 58.90 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | – | – | |||||