Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games
Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 29, 1996
Date Finished: July 29, 1996
Format: Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
| Gold: | Tymur Taimazov |
| Silver: | Sergey Syrtsov |
| Bronze: | Nicu Vlad |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tymur Taimazov | 25 | Ukraine | UKR | Gold | 430.0 | OR |
| 2 | Sergey Syrtsov | 29 | Russia | RUS | Silver | 420.0 | |
| 3 | Nicu Vlad | 32 | Romania | ROU | Bronze | 420.0 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Yemelyanov | 26 | Belarus | BLR | 407.5 | ||
| 5 | Cui Wenhua | 22 | China | CHN | 405.0 | ||
| 6 | Wes Barnett | 26 | United States | USA | 395.0 | ||
| 7 | Ara Vardanyan | 21 | Armenia | ARM | 395.0 | ||
| 8 | Dariusz Osuch | 27 | Poland | POL | 392.5 | ||
| 9 | Mario Kalinke | 22 | Germany | GER | 390.0 | ||
| 10 | Viktors Ščerbatihs | 21 | Latvia | LAT | 390.0 | ||
| 11 | Dimitri Prochorow | 27 | Germany | GER | 390.0 | ||
| 12 | Konstantine Starikovitch | 30 | United States | USA | 387.5 | ||
| 13 | Jeon Sang-Seok | 26 | South Korea | KOR | 380.0 | ||
| 14 | Janne Kanerva | 25 | Finland | FIN | 360.0 | ||
| 15 | Hisaya Yoshimoto | 23 | Japan | JPN | 360.0 | ||
| 16 | Valentin Manushev | 28 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 350.0 | ||
| 17 | Nopadol Wanwang | 18 | Thailand | THA | 317.5 | ||
| 18 | Shirish Rummun | 25 | Mauritius | MRI | 287.5 | ||
| 19 | Ali Kavuma | 29 | Uganda | UGA | 260.0 | ||
| AC | Sergey Flerko | 23 | Russia | RUS | [185.0] | DNF | |
| AC | Gennady Shchekalo | 28 | Belarus | BLR | [175.0] | DNF | |
| AC | Oleng Panatidis | 25 | Greece | GRE | DNF | ||
| AC | Ihor Razoronov | 26 | Ukraine | UKR | DNF |