Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg


The men's 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 26 November at the Royal Exhibition Building. It was the second appearance of the middle heavyweight class.

Competition format

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 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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World recordPress146 kg1956
World recordSnatch143 kg1956
World recordClean & Jerk181 kg1953
World recordTotal460 kgVienna, Austria9 October 1954
Olympic recordPress140 kgHelsinki, Finland27 July 1952
Olympic recordSnatch140 kgHelsinki, Finland27 July 1952
Olympic recordClean & Jerk177.5 kgHelsinki, Finland27 July 1952
Olympic recordTotal445 kgHelsinki, Finland27 July 1952

Results

New records