Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Palazzetto dello Sport
Date	7 September 1960
Competitors	22 from 18 nations
Winning total	345.0 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Vinci File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yoshinobu Miyake File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esmaeil Elmkhah File:State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg Iran

The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place on 7 September at the Palazzetto dello Sport. It was the fourth appearance of the bantamweight class.

Results

Rank	Name	Country	kg
1	Charles Vinci	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	345.0
2	Yoshinobu Miyake	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	337.5
3	Esmaeil Elmkhah	File:State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg Iran	330.0
4	Shigeo Kogure	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	322.5
5	Marian Jankowski	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland	322.5
6	Imre Földi	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	320.0
7	Yu In-ho	File:Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg South Korea	315.0
8	Ali Hassain Hussain	File:Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg Iraq	312.5
9	Renzo Grandi	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	307.5
10	Grantley Sobers	File:Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg British West Indies	307.5
11	Hector Curiel	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles	305.0
12	Balaş Fitzi	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	300.0
13	Rocco Spinola	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	300.0
14	Árpád Borsányi	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	295.0
15	Fernando Báez	File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico	290.0
16	Zuhair Elia Mansour	File:Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg Iraq	290.0
17	Tan Tjoe Gwat	File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia	285.0
18	Eduard Meron	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	270.0
19	Luís Paquete	File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal	245.0
AC	Alberto Canlas	File:Flag of the Philippines (1936–1985, 1986–1998).svg Philippines	167.5
AC	Hans Reck	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	170.0
AC	Muhammad Azam	File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	182.5