Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 16th Olympiad, 1956
Weightlifting
Men
82,5 kg
3
GEORGE James
USA
417,5 (120 + 130 + 167,5)
90 kg
1
VOROBYOV Arkady
USSR
462,5 (147,5 + 137,5 + 177,5)
2
SHEPPARD David
USA
442,5 (140 + 137,5 + 165)
3
DEBUF Jean
France
425 (130 + 127,5 + 167,5)
over 90 kg
1
ANDERSON Paul
USA
500 (167,5 + 145 + 187,5)
2
SELVETTI Humberto
Argentina
500 (175 + 145 + 180)
3
PIGAIANI Alberto
Italy
452,5 (150 + 130 + 172,5)
Wrestling - Freestyle
Men
52 kg
1
TSALKALAMANIDZE Miran
USSR
2
KHOJASTEHPOUR Mohammad
Iran
3
AKBAS Huseyin
Turkey
57 kg
1
DAGISTANLI Mustafa
Turkey
2
YAGHOUBI Mehdi
Iran
3
SHAKHOV Mikhail
USSR
62 kg
1
SASAHARA Shozo
Japan
2
MEWIS Joseph
Belgium