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Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg

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Men's +90 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Left-right: Reding, Zhabotinsky, Dube
VenueTeatro de los Insurgentes
Date19 October 1968
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning total572.5 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serge Reding  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joseph Dube  United States
← 1964
1972 →

The men's +90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 19 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the eleventh appearance of the heavyweight class.[1]

Results

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Rank Name Country kg
1 Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union 572.5
2 Serge Reding  Belgium 555.0
3 Joseph Dube  United States 555.0
4 Manfred Rieger  East Germany 532.5
5 Rudolf Mang  West Germany 525.0
6 Mauno Lindroos  Finland 495.0
7 Kalevi Lahdenranta  Finland 492.5
8 Don Oliver  New Zealand 490.0
9 Pieter van der Kruk  Netherlands 487.5
10 Terry Perdue  Great Britain 487.5
11 Roger Levecq  France 477.5
12 Liston Sprauve  Virgin Islands 467.5
AC Jean-Paul Fouletier  France 320.0
AC Hwang Ho-dong  South Korea DNF
AC Ove Johansson  Sweden DNF
AC Ray Rigby  Australia DNF
AC Ernie Pickett  United States DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.