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Weightlifting

Class  
Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb)Charles Vinci, USA342.5
 Vladimir Stogov, URS337.5
 Mahmoud Namdjou, IRN332.5
Featherweight (-132 1/4 lb)Isaac Berger, USA352.5
 Yevgenyi Minayev, URS342.5
 Marian Zielinski, POL335.0
Lightweight (-148 3/4 lb)Igor Rybak, URS380.0
 Ravil Khabutdinov, URS372.5
 Chang-Hee Kim, KOR370.0
Middleweight (-154 1/2 lb)Fyodor Bogdanovski, URS420.0
 Peter George, USA412.5
 Ermanno Pignatti, ITA382.5
Light-Heavyweight (-182 lb)Thomas Kono, USA447.5
 Vassiliy Stepanov, URS427.5
 James George, USA417.5
Middle-Heavyweight (-198 1/2 lb)Arkadi Vorobyev, URS462.5
 David Sheppard, USA442.5
 Jean Debuf, FRA425.0
Heavyweight (+198 1/2 lb)Paul Anderson, USA500.0
 Humberto Selvetti, ARG500.0
 Alberto Pigaiani, ITA452.5

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