Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 83 kg

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Men's 83 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Date26 July 1996
Competitors20 from 18 nations
Winning total392.5 kg
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pyrros Dimas  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marc Huster  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrzej Cofalik  Poland
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These are the results of the men's 83 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 20 athletes entered this event. The weightlifter from Greece won the gold, with a combined lift of 392.5 kg.[1]

Results

Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners.

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Pyrros Dimas (GRE) A 82.06 172.5 175.0 180.0 180.0 202.5 207.5 213.0 213.0 392.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Marc Huster (GER) A 82.36 170.0 170.0 172.5 170.0 202.5 207.5 213.5 213.5 382.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Andrzej Cofalik (POL) A 82.44 167.5 167.5 170.0 170.0 202.5 202.5 205.0 202.5 372.5
4  Kiril Kounev (AUS) A 82.73 165.0 170.0 172.5 170.0 200.0 205.0 205.0 200.0 370.0
5  Vadim Vacarciuc (MDA) A 82.63 165.0 165.0 165.0 165.0 202.5 210.0 210.0 202.5 367.5
6  Sergo Chakhoyan (ARM) A 80.87 165.0 170.0 172.5 170.0 195.0 200.0 202.5 195.0 365.0
7  
Dursun Sevinc (TUR
)
A 82.80 155.0 165.0 165.0 165.0 197.5 210.0 210.0 197.5 362.5
8  Krastyu Milev (BUL) B 82.71 155.0 155.0 160.0 160.0 195.0 200.0 202.5 200.0 360.0
9  Bidzina Mikiashvili (GEO) A 82.97 160.0 165.0 165.0 160.0 200.0 205.0 205.0 200.0 360.0
10  Rishat Mansurov (KAZ) B 82.72 155.0 155.0 160.0 155.0 182.5 187.5 187.5 182.5 337.5
11  Tofig Heydarov (AZE) B 82.83 150.0 160.0 162.5 150.0 180.0 190.0 190.0 180.0 330.0
12  Anthony Arthur (GBR) B 81.99 140.0 147.5 152.5 147.5 170.0 180.0 187.5 180.0 327.5
13  Serge Tremblay (CAN) A 82.44 145.0 150.0 155.0 150.0 177.5 185.0 185.0 177.5 327.5
14  Wu Tsai-fu (TPE) B 77.89 137.5 137.5 142.5 137.5 170.0 175.0 175.0 175.0 312.5
15  Dainis Zīlītis (LAT) B 82.53 145.0 145.0 150.0 145.0 167.5 172.5 172.5 167.5 312.5
16  Kuo Tai-chih (TPE) B 81.86 125.0 125.0 132.5 125.0 165.0 165.0 170.0 165.0 290.0
17  Rupeni Varea (FIJ) B 81.01 115.0 115.0 122.5 115.0 150.0 160.0 160.0 150.0 265.0
18  Steven Baccus (SEY) B 81.11 105.0 110.0 115.0 115.0 145.0 150.0 150.0 145.0 260.0
 Oleksandr Blyshchyk (UKR) A 82.56 152.5 167.5 170.0 167.5 192.5 192.5 192.5
 Kuanysh Rymkulov (KAZ) B 82.82 155.0 155.0 155.0

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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