List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Helsinki details Norbert Schemansky United States Grigory Novak Soviet Union Lennox Kilgour Trinidad and Tobago
1956 Melbourne details Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union David Sheppard United States Jean Debuf France
1960 Rome details Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union Louis Martin Great Britain
1964 Tokyo details Vladimir Golovanov Soviet Union Louis Martin Great Britain Ireneusz Paliński Poland
1968 Mexico City details Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland Jaan Talts Soviet Union Marek Gołąb Poland
1972 Munich details Andon Nikolov Bulgaria Atanas Shopov Bulgaria Hans Bettembourg Sweden
1976 Montreal details David Rigert Soviet Union Lee James United States Atanas Shopov Bulgaria
1980 Moscow details Péter Baczakó Hungary Rumen Aleksandrov Bulgaria Frank Mantek East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details Nicu Vlad Romania Dumitru Petre Romania David Mercer Great Britain
1988 Seoul details Anatoly Khrapaty Soviet Union Nail Mukhamedyarov Soviet Union Slawomir Zawada Poland
1992 Barcelona details Kakhi Kakhiashvili Unified Team Sergey Syrtsov Unified Team Sergiusz Wolczaniecki Poland
1996 Atlanta details Aleksey Petrov Russia Leonidas Kokas Greece Oliver Caruso Germany
2000 Sydney details Akakios Kakiasvilis Greece Szymon Kołecki Poland Aleksey Petrov Russia
2004 Athens details Milen Dobrev Bulgaria Khadzhimurat Akkayev Russia Eduard Tyukin Russia
2008 Beijing details Szymon Kołecki Poland Arsen Kasabiev Georgia Yoandry Hernández Cuba
2012 London details Saeid Mohammadpour Iran Kim Min-jae South Korea Tomasz Zieliński Poland
2016 Rio details Sohrab Moradi Iran Vadzim Straltsou Belarus Aurimas Didžbalis Lithuania
Current Program -- Men
82.5 kg–90 kg ( 1952–1992 ) 83–91 kg ( 1996 ) 85–94 kg ( 2000–2016 ) 82–96 kg ( 2020– )
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting.