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

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]

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
Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union
Serge Reding  Belgium
Joseph Dube  United States

Results

RankNameCountrykg
1Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union572.5
2Serge Reding Belgium555.0
3Joseph Dube United States555.0
4Manfred Rieger East Germany532.5
5Rudolf Mang West Germany525.0
6Mauno Lindroos Finland495.0
7Kalevi Lahdenranta Finland492.5
8Don Oliver New Zealand490.0
9Pieter van der Kruk Netherlands487.5
10Terry Perdue Great Britain487.5
11Roger Levecq France477.5
12Leston Sprauve Virgin Islands467.5
ACJean-Paul Fouletier France320.0
ACHwang Ho-dong South KoreaDNF
ACOve Johansson SwedenDNF
ACRay Rigby AustraliaDNF
ACErnie Pickett United StatesDNF

References

  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.
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