Weightlifting at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Featherweight Snatch

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: November 23, 1956
Date Finished: November 23, 1956

Gold:	Ike Berger
Silver:	Yevgeny Minayev
Bronze:	Marian Zieliński

Snatch

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K
1	Ike Berger	20	United States	USA	107.5	OR
2	Rodney Wilkes	31	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	105.0
3	Marian Zieliński	26	Poland	POL	102.5
4T	Yevgeny Minayev	23	Soviet Union	URS	100.0
4T	Hiroyoshi Shiratori	23	Japan	JPN	100.0
4T	Sebastiano Mannironi	26	Italy	ITA	100.0
7T	Georg Miske	28	Germany	GER	95.0
7T	Lee Gyeong-Seop		South Korea	KOR	95.0
7T	Jules Sylvain	30	Canada	CAN	95.0
7T	Julian Creus	39	Great Britain	GBR	95.0
11T	Tan Ser Cher	23	Singapore	SIN	92.5
11T	Takahiro Yamaguchi	20	Japan	JPN	92.5
11T	Maurice Megennis	27	Great Britain	GBR	92.5
11T	Hussain Zarrini	26	Iran	IRI	92.5
11T	Tun Maung Kywe	25	Myanmar	MYA	92.5
11T	Liem Kim Leng		Indonesia	INA	92.5
17	Keith Caple	33	Australia	AUS	90.0
18	Rodrigo del Rosario	39	Philippines	PHI	87.5
19	Koh Eng Tong		Malaya	MAL	82.5
20	Muhammad Bashir		Pakistan	PAK	77.5
AC	Lim Jose-Ning		Chinese Taipei	TPE		NVL

Snatch Lift #1

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Ike Berger	20	United States	USA	100.0	o
AC	Yevgeny Minayev	23	Soviet Union	URS	100.0	o
AC	Sebastiano Mannironi	26	Italy	ITA	100.0	o
AC	Marian Zieliński	26	Poland	POL	97.5	o
AC	Rodney Wilkes	31	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	95.0	o
AC	Hiroyoshi Shiratori	23	Japan	JPN	95.0	o
AC	Julian Creus	39	Great Britain	GBR	95.0	o
AC	Takahiro Yamaguchi	20	Japan	JPN	92.5	o
AC	Hussain Zarrini	26	Iran	IRI	92.5	o
AC	Liem Kim Leng		Indonesia	INA	92.5	o
AC	Georg Miske	28	Germany	GER	90.0	o
AC	Jules Sylvain	30	Canada	CAN	90.0	o
AC	Maurice Megennis	27	Great Britain	GBR	87.5	o
AC	Tan Ser Cher	23	Singapore	SIN	85.0	o
AC	Tun Maung Kywe	25	Myanmar	MYA	85.0	o
AC	Keith Caple	33	Australia	AUS	82.5	o
AC	Lee Gyeong-Seop		South Korea	KOR	95.0	x
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	39	Philippines	PHI	87.5	x
AC	Lim Jose-Ning		Chinese Taipei	TPE	87.5	x
AC	Koh Eng Tong		Malaya	MAL	82.5	x
AC	Muhammad Bashir		Pakistan	PAK	72.5	x

Snatch Lift #2

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Ike Berger	20	United States	USA	105.0	o
AC	Marian Zieliński	26	Poland	POL	102.5	o
AC	Rodney Wilkes	31	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100.0	o
AC	Hiroyoshi Shiratori	23	Japan	JPN	100.0	o
AC	Georg Miske	28	Germany	GER	95.0	o
AC	Lee Gyeong-Seop		South Korea	KOR	95.0	o
AC	Maurice Megennis	27	Great Britain	GBR	92.5	o
AC	Tan Ser Cher	23	Singapore	SIN	90.0	o
AC	Tun Maung Kywe	25	Myanmar	MYA	90.0	o
AC	Keith Caple	33	Australia	AUS	87.5	o
AC	Koh Eng Tong		Malaya	MAL	82.5	o
AC	Muhammad Bashir		Pakistan	PAK	72.5	o
AC	Yevgeny Minayev	23	Soviet Union	URS	105.0	x
AC	Sebastiano Mannironi	26	Italy	ITA	105.0	x
AC	Julian Creus	39	Great Britain	GBR	100.0	x
AC	Takahiro Yamaguchi	20	Japan	JPN	97.5	x
AC	Hussain Zarrini	26	Iran	IRI	97.5	x
AC	Liem Kim Leng		Indonesia	INA	97.5	x
AC	Jules Sylvain	30	Canada	CAN	95.0	x
AC	Lim Jose-Ning		Chinese Taipei	TPE	92.5	x
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	39	Philippines	PHI	87.5	x

Snatch Lift #3

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Ike Berger	20	United States	USA	107.5	o	OR
AC	Rodney Wilkes	31	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	105.0	o
AC	Jules Sylvain	30	Canada	CAN	95.0	o
AC	Tan Ser Cher	23	Singapore	SIN	92.5	o
AC	Tun Maung Kywe	25	Myanmar	MYA	92.5	o
AC	Keith Caple	33	Australia	AUS	90.0	o
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	39	Philippines	PHI	87.5	o
AC	Muhammad Bashir		Pakistan	PAK	77.5	o
AC	Yevgeny Minayev	23	Soviet Union	URS	105.0	x
AC	Marian Zieliński	26	Poland	POL	105.0	x
AC	Hiroyoshi Shiratori	23	Japan	JPN	102.5	x
AC	Lee Gyeong-Seop		South Korea	KOR	102.5	x
AC	Julian Creus	39	Great Britain	GBR	100.0	x
AC	Georg Miske	28	Germany	GER	97.5	x
AC	Takahiro Yamaguchi	20	Japan	JPN	97.5	x
AC	Hussain Zarrini	26	Iran	IRI	97.5	x
AC	Liem Kim Leng		Indonesia	INA	97.5	x
AC	Maurice Megennis	27	Great Britain	GBR	95.0	x
AC	Lim Jose-Ning		Chinese Taipei	TPE	92.5	x
AC	Koh Eng Tong		Malaya	MAL	87.5	x

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