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Weightlifting at the 1958 Asian Games

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Weightlifting
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueNational Stadium Gymnasium
Dates25–28 May
Competitors60 from 11 nations
← 1954
1966 →

Weightlifting was contested from May 25 to May 28 at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo Main Stadium Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan. The competition included only men's events for eight different weight categories.

Iran finished first at the medal table by winning three gold medals.

Schedule

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A Group A
Event↓/Date → 25th
Sun
26th
Mon
27th
Tue
28th
Wed
Men's 52 kg A
Men's 56 kg A
Men's 60 kg A
Men's 67.5 kg A
Men's 75 kg A
Men's 82.5 kg A
Men's 90 kg A
Men's +90 kg A

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(52 kg) details
Lee Jang-woo
 South Korea
Esmaeil Elmkhah
 Iran
Keiji Hagio
 Japan
Bantamweight
(56 kg) details
Shigeo Kogure
 Japan
Mahmoud Namjoo
 Iran
Alberto Nogar
 Philippines
Featherweight
(60 kg) details
Lee Taik-yong
 South Korea
Ali Safa-Sonboli
 Iran
Fumio Takeda
 Japan
Lightweight
(67.5 kg) details
Tan Howe Liang
 Singapore
Kenji Onuma
 Japan
Henrik Tamraz
 Iran
Middleweight
(75 kg) details
Ko Bu-beng
 Republic of China
Ebrahim Peiravi
 Iran
Yoshio Hara
 Japan
Light heavyweight
(82.5 kg) details
Jalal Mansouri
 Iran
Minoru Kubota
 Japan
Park Dong-cheol
 South Korea
Middle heavyweight
(90 kg) details
Hassan Rahnavardi
 Iran
Hwang Ho-dong
 South Korea
Tan Kim Bee
 Malaya
Heavyweight
(+90 kg) details
Firouz Pojhan
 Iran
Lee Young-wan
 South Korea
Gisaburo Seyama
 Japan

Medal table

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Medal winners of 67.5 kg. From left to right, Kenji Onuma, Tan Howe Liang and Henrik Tamraz
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran (IRN)3418
2 South Korea (KOR)2215
3 Japan (JPN)1247
4 Republic of China (ROC)1001
 Singapore (SIN)1001
6 Malaya (MAL)0011
 Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Participating nations

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A total of 60 athletes from 11 nations competed in weightlifting at the 1958 Asian Games:

References

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