The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 23 November at the Royal Exhibition Building.Official Report, p. 636. 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 114 kg 1956 Snatch 110 kg Munich, West Germany 12 October 1955 Clean & Jerk 143 kg Vienna, Austria 7 October 1954 Total 350 kg Vienna, Austria 7 October 1954Olympic record Press 105 kg Helsinki, Finland 25 July 1952 Snatch 105 kg London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland 9 August 1948 25 July 1952 25 July 1952 Clean & Jerk 135 kg London, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland 9 August 1948 25 July 1952 Total 337.5 kg Helsinki, Finland 25 July 1952
Results
Rank Athlete Nation Bodyweight Press (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result123Result 59.30 102.5 107.5 107.5 107.5 100 105 107.5 107.5 132.5 137.5 137.5 137.5 352.5 59.80 107.5 112.5 115 115 100 105 105 100 127.5 132.5 135 127.5 342.5 59.90 100 100 105 105 97.5 102.5 105 102.5 127.5 132.5 132.5 127.5 335 4 60.00 95 100 102.5 100 95 100 105 105 125 132.5 135 125 330 5 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 59.90 95 100 102.5 100 90 95 97.5 95 120 125 125 125 320 7 Tan Ser Cher 59.10 87.5 92.5 95 92.5 85 90 92.5 92.5 125 130 130 130 315 8 Lee Gyeong-seop 59.90 90 95 95 90 95 95 102.5 95 117.5 127.5 132.5 127.5 312.5 9 59.70 92.5 97.5 97.5 92.5 90 95 95 95 115 122.5 122.5 122.5 310 10 60.00 87.5 92.5 95 92.5 92.5 97.5 97.5 92.5 125 130 130 125 310 11 60.00 85 90 92.5 90 95 100 100 95 117.5 122.5 122.5 122.5 307.5 11 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 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 58.20 85 90 92.5 90 85 90 92.5 92.5 115 115 115 115 297.5 15 Liem Kim Leng 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 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 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 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 59.30 95 100 100 100 100 105 – 100 Retired 200 20 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 59.60 87.5 95 95 87.5 87.5 92.5 92.5 – Retired 87.5
New records Press 115 kg Snatch 107.5 kg Clean & Jerk 137.5 kg Total352.5 kg
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