Olympic Weightlifting - Past Olympic Weightlifting Male Medalists

Past Medalists: Weightlifting: 56kg Men

London 1948
Gold - DE PIETRO, Joseph Nicholas, USA
Silver - CREUS, Julian, GBR
Bronze - TOM, Richard Watt Sung, USA

Helsinki 1952
Gold - UDODOV, Ivan, URS
Silver - NAMDJOU, Mahmoud, IRI
Bronze - MIRZAI, Ali, IRI

Melbourne 1956
Gold - VINCI, Charles Thomas Jr., USA
Silver - STOGOV, Vladimir, URS
Bronze - NAMDJOU, Mahmoud, IRI

Rome 1960
Gold - VINCI, Charles Thomas Jr., USA
Silver - MIYAKE, Yoshinobu, JPN Bronze - ELM-KHAH, Esmail, IRI

Tokyo 1964
Gold - VAKHONIN, Aleksei, URS
Silver - FÖLDI, Imre, HUN
Bronze - ISHINOSEKI, Shiro, JPN

Mexico 1968
Gold - NASSIRI-SERESHT, Mohammad, IRI
Silver - FÖLDI, Imre, HUN
Bronze - TREBICKI, Henryk, POL

Montreal 1976
Gold - NURIKIAN, Norair, BUL
Silver - CZIURA, Grzegorz, POL Bronze - ANDO, Kenkichi, JPN

Moscow 1980
Gold - NUNEZ AGUIAR, Daniel, CUB
Silver - SARKISIAN, Yurik, URS
Bronze - DEMBONCZYK, Tadeusz, POL

Los Angeles 1984
Gold - WU, Shu-De, CHN
Silver - LAI, Run-Ming, CHN
Bronze – KOTAKA, Masahiro, JPN

Seoul 1988
Gold - MIRZOYAN, Oksen, URS
Silver - HE, Ying-Qiang, CHN
Bronze - LIU, Shoubin, CHN

Barcelona 1992
Gold - CHUN, Byung-Kwan, KOR
Silver - LIU, Shoubin, CHN
Bronze - LUO, Jianming, CHN

Athens 2004
Gold - MUTLU, Halil, TUR
Silver - WU, Meijin, CHN
Bronze - ARTUC, Sedat, TUR