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Lightweight (≤67½ kilograms), Men

Date29 July 1992 — 15:00 (B) (A)
StatusOlympic
LocationPabellón de la España Industrial, Barcelona
Participants18 from 16 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Armenian Israel Militosyan had won the silver medal in this class at Seoul in 1988 but had since struggled to beat Bulgarian Yoto Yotov. Yotov won the European Championships in 1990-92 and the World Championships in 1991 and came in as the favorite. However, Militosyan outlifted him in both the snatch and the clean & jerk to win the gold medal. Militosyan’s brother, Vardan, was his coach, and he had also won a silver medal in the 1976 middleweight class. They embraced tearfully after the gold medal, in memory of their sister, brother, and uncle, who had recently been killed in an earthquake that had destroyed their hometown of Gumari shortly after the 1988 Olympics. Israel Militosyan would return in 1996, placing sixth in this class at Atlanta. Yotov would compete in Atlanta as well, winning another silver medal in the middleweight division.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Israel MilitosyanEUN337.5Gold
2Yoto YotovBUL327.5Silver
3Andreas BehmGER320.0Bronze
4Abdel Manaane YahiaouiALG315.0
5Jouni GrönmanFIN305.0
6Eyne AcevedoCOL300.0
7Im Sang-HoPRK300.0
8Tim McRaeUSA297.5
9Noriaki HorikoshiJPN295.0
10Vernon PataoUSA290.0
11Fatmir BushiALB290.0
12Attila FeriROU290.0
13Sokol BishanakuALB282.5
14José Alexander MedinaVEN280.0
15Mohamed MezianeMAR265.0
ACWang YongCHN140.0
DNFFernando MariacaESP
DNFKazem PanjaviIRI