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Weightlifting Gold Medalists Up to 119 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland 1976 Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union 1980 Kanybek Osmanoliev Soviet Union 1984 Zeng Guoqiang China 1988 Sevdalin Marinov Bulgaria 1992 Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria 1996 Halil Mutlu Turkey

Up to 130 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Imre Foldi Hungary 1976 Norair Nurikian Bulgaria 1980 Daniel Nunez Aguiar Cuba 1984 Wu Shude China 1988 Oksen Mirzoyan Soviet Union 1992 Chun Byun Kwan South Korea 1996 Tang Ningsheng China

Up to 141 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Norair Nurikian Bulgaria 1976 Nikolai Kolesnikov Soviet Union 1980 Viktor Mazin Soviet Union 1984 Chen Weiqiang China 1988 Naim Suleymanoglu Turkey 1992 Naim Suleymanoglu Turkey 1996 Naim Suleymanoglu Turkey

Up to 154 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union 1976 Pyotr Korol Soviet Union 1980 Yanko Roussev Bulgaria 1984 Yao Jingyuan China 1988 X-Joachim Kunz East Germany 1992 Israel Militossia Unified Team 1996 Zhan Xugang China

Up to 167.5 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Yordan Bikov Bulgaria 1976 Yordan Mitkov Bulgaria 1980 Assen Zlatev Bulgaria 1984 Karl-Heinz Radschinsky West Germany 1988 Borislav Gidikov Bulgaria 1992 Fedor Kassapu Unified Team 1996 Pablo Lara Cuba

Up to 183 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Leif Jennsen Norway 1976 Valery Shary Soviet Union 1980 Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union 1984 Pete Becheru Romania 1988 Israil Arsamakov Soviet Union 1992 Pyrros Dimas Greece 1996 Pyrros Dimas Greece

Up to 200.5 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Andon Nikolov Bulgaria 1976 David Rigert Soviet Union 1980 Peter Baczako Hungary 1984 Nicu Vlad Romania 1988 Anatoly Khrapaty Soviet Union 1992 Kakhi Kakhiachveili Unified Team 1996 Aleksei Petrov Russia

Up to 218 lbs Year Winner Country 1980 Ota Zaremba Czech Republic 1984 Rolf Milser West Germany 1988 Pavel Kuznetsov Soviet Union 1992 Victor Tregoubov Unified Team 1996 Akakide Kakhaiashvilis Greece

Up to 238 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Jaan Talts Soviet Union 1976 Yuri Zaitsev Soviet Union 1980 Leonoid Taranenko Soviet Union 1984 Norberto Oberburger Italy 1988 Yuri Zakharevich Soviet Union 1992 Ronny Weller East Germany 1996 Timur Taimazov Ukraine

Over 238 lbs Year Winner Country 1972 Vassily Alexeyev Soviet Union 1976 Vassily Alexeyev Soviet Union 1980 Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union 1984 Dean Lukin Australia 1988 Aleksandr Kurlovich Soviet Union 1992 Aleksandr Kurlovich Unified Team 1996 Andrey Chemerkin Russia Check out other Medalists