These are the results of the men's 70 kg competition in
weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes.
Medal summary
Medal table
Participating nations
A total of 236 weightlifters from 77 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:
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. A total of 28 athletes entered this event. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 357.5 kg.
Results
Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the
snatch and
clean and jerk
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lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners.
See also
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1998 World Weightlifting Championships - Men's 69 kg
References
Sources
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