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1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia Weightlifting |
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| Event | Athlete | Country | Result | Medal |
| Bantamweight | Charles Vinci | USA | 342.5 | GOLD |
| Vladimir Stogov | URS | 337.5 | SILVER | |
| Mahmoud Namjou | IRI | 332.5 | BRONZE | |
| Featherweight | Isaac Berger | USA | 352.5 | GOLD |
| Yevgeny Minayev | URS | 342.5 | SILVER | |
| Marian Zieliwski | POL | 335 | BRONZE | |
| Lightweight | Igor Rybak | URS | 380 | GOLD |
| Ravel Khabutdinov | URS | 372.5 | SILVER | |
| Chang-Hi Kim | KOR | 370 | BRONZE | |
| Middleweight | Fyodor Bogdanovsky | URS | 420 | GOLD |
| Peter George | USA | 412.5 | SILVER | |
| Ermanno Pignatti | ITA | 382.5 | BRONZE | |
| Light Heavyweight | Tommy Kono | USA | 447.5 | GOLD |
| Vassili Stepanov | URS | 427.5 | SILVER | |
| James George | USA | 417.5 | BRONZE | |
| Middle Heavyweight | Arkady Vorobyev | URS | 462.5 | GOLD |
| David Sheppard | USA | 442.5 | SILVER | |
| Jean Debuf | FRA | 425 | BRONZE | |
| Heavyweight | Paul Anderson | USA | 500 | GOLD |
| Humberto Selvetti | ARG | 500 | SILVER | |
| Alberto Pigaiani | ITA | 452.5 | BRONZE |