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Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 26 July to 4 August 1992 at Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Unified Team Unified Team 5 4 0 9
2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 2 1 4
3 Germany Germany 1 0 2 3
4 Greece Greece 1 0 0 1
South Korea South Korea 1 0 0 1
Turkey Turkey 1 0 0 1
7 China China 0 2 2 4
8 Poland Poland 0 1 2 3
9 Cuba Cuba 0 1 0 1
10 North Korea North Korea 0 0 1 1
Romania Romania 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg Ivan Ivanov Ivanov
Bulgaria
Lin Qisheng
China
Traian Ciharean
Romania
56 kg Chun Byung-kwan
South Korea
Liu Shoubin
China
Luo Jianming
China
60 kg Naim Suleymanoglu
Turkey
Nikolai Peshalov
Bulgaria
He Yingqiang
China
67.5 kg Israel Militossian
Unified Team
Yoto Vassilev Yotov
Bulgaria
Andreas Behm
Germany
75 kg Fedor Kassapu
Unified Team
Pablo Lara Rodriguez
Cuba
Kim Myong Nam
North Korea
82.5 kg Pyrros Dimas
Greece
Krzysztof Siemion
Poland
90 kg Kakhi Kakhiachvili
Unified Team
Serguei Syrtsov
Unified Team
Sergiusz Wolczaniecki
Poland
100 kg Victor Tregoubov
Unified Team
Timour Taimazov
Unified Team
Waldemar Malak
Poland
110 kg Ronny Weller
Germany
Artour Akoev
Unified Team
Stefan Botev
Bulgaria
110+ kg Aleksandr Kourlovitch
Unified Team
Leonid Taranenko
Unified Team
Manfred Nerlinger
Germany

Statistics[]

  • There were 244 total athletes from 69 countries.
  • Sevdalin Minchev was the youngest participant with 18 years and 1 day.
  • Leonid Taranenko was the oldest participant with 36 years and 52 days.
  • 5 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Bulgaria won 4 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Poland won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Greece won its first medal in the sport since St. Louis 1904.
  • South Korea won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
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