# Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 23 November at the Royal Exhibition Building. It was the eighth appearance of the featherweight class, and the third time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).
Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Press | Yevgeny Minayev (URS) | 114 kg | | 1956 |
| World record | Snatch | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | 110 kg | Munich, West Germany | 12 October 1955 |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | 143 kg | Vienna, Austria | 7 October 1954 |
| World record | Total | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) Ivan Udodov (URS) | 350 kg | Vienna, Austria | 7 October 1954 |
| Olympic record | Press | Rodrigo Del Rosario (PHI) | 105 kg | Helsinki, Finland | 25 July 1952 |
| Olympic record | Snatch | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) Nikolay Saksonov (URS) | 105 kg | London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland | 9 August 1948 25 July 1952 25 July 1952 |
| Olympic record | Clean & Jerk | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | 135 kg | London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland | 9 August 1948 25 July 1952 |
| Olympic record | Total | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | 337.5 kg | Helsinki, Finland | 25 July 1952 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Body weight | Press (kg) | Press (kg) | Press (kg) | Press (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Isaac Berger | United States | 59.30 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 100 | 105 | 107.5 | 107.5 OR | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 OR | 352.5 WR |
| | Yevgeny Minayev | Soviet Union | 59.80 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115 | 115 WR | 100 | 105 | 105 | 100 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135 | 127.5 | 342.5 |
| | Marian Zieliński | Poland | 59.90 | 100 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 102.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 127.5 | 335 |
| 4 | Rodney Wilkes | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.00 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 100 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 125 | 132.5 | 135 | 125 | 330 |
| 5 | Hiroyoshi Shiratori | Japan | 59.80 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 97.5 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 100 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 325 |
| 6 | Georg Miske | United Team of Germany | 59.90 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 100 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 95 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 320 |
| 7 | Tan Ser Cher | Singapore | 59.10 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 125 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 315 |
| 8 | Lee Gyeong-seop | South Korea | 59.90 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 102.5 | 95 | 117.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 127.5 | 312.5 |
| 9 | Jules Sylvain | Canada | 59.70 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 115 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 310 |
| 10 | Takahiro Yamaguchi | Japan | 60.00 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 125 | 130 | 130 | 125 | 310 |
| 11 | Julian Creus | Great Britain | 60.00 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 307.5 |
| 11 | Maurice Megennis | Great Britain | 60.00 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 122.5 | 307.5 |
| 13 | Hussain Zarrini | Iran | 60.00 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 120 | 305 |
| 14 | Tun Maung Kywe | Burma | 58.20 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 297.5 |
| 15 | Liem Kim Leng | Indonesia | 59.00 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 292.5 |
| 16 | Keith Caple | Australia | 59.60 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 110 | 287.5 |
| 17 | Koh Eng Tong | Malaya | 59.60 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90 | 90 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 112.5 | 285 |
| 18 | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 59.60 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 97.5 | 247.5 |
| 19 | Sebastiano Mannironi | Italy | 59.30 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 105 | – | 100 | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired | 200 |
| 20 | Rodrigo del Rosario | Philippines | 59.80 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 102.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | – | 190 |
| 21 | Lim Jose-ning | Republic of China | 59.60 | 87.5 | 95 | 95 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | – | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired | 87.5 |

## New records

| Press | 115 kg | Yevgeny Minayev (URS) | WR |
| Snatch | 107.5 kg | Isaac Berger (USA) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 137.5 kg | Isaac Berger (USA) | OR |
| Total | 352.5 kg | Isaac Berger (USA) | WR |