U.S. Olympic Champions of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia, November 1956 – American gold medal winners of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (left to right):
Bantamweight Chuck Vinci, light heavyweight Tommy Kono, featherweight Isaac Berger.
All three won their gold medals with Olympic and world records in total.
Weight | Class | Name | Total (kg) | |
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56 | Bantamweight | Charles VINCI, United States | 105EOR+105OR+132.5 = 342.5WR | |
60 | Featherweight | Isaac BERGER, United States | 107.5+107.5OR+137.5OR = 352.5WR | |
67.5 | Lightweight | Igor RYBAK, Soviet Union | 110+120OR+150OR = 380OR | |
75 | Middleweight | Fedor BOGDANOVSKY, Soviet Union | 132.5OR+122.5+165OR = 420WR | |
82.5 | Light Heavyweight | Tommy Tamio KONO, United States | 140OR+132.5OR+175WR = 447.5WR | |
90 | Middle Heavyweight | Arkady VOROBYEV, Soviet Union | 147.5WR+137.5+177.5OR = 462.5WR | |
90+ | Super Heavyweight | Paul ANDERSON, United States | 167.5+145EOR+187.5OR = 500OR |
Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.