1968 Heavyweight Lifting Mexico Olympics

[Eric31411]

@DanielSel the press was dropped starting in the 1972 olympics, leaving the clean and jerk. many wonder why the press was even a part of the sport.. there were numerous injuries from the press, due to the stress on the spine and the unnatural curvature of the spine when it's performed.

[felix73339]

@DanielSel I can't recall the exact numbers but Zhabo lifted so much in the press and snatch that he only had to make one clean and jerk to win the gold medal.

[tlast2O12dude]

@DanielSel because it was hard to judge a legit push.

[tw69hands2]

@DanielSel:

@DanielSel :

@DanielSel:

In 1972 the Press was finally abolished, due to controversies about how it should be judged, leaving the Snatch and Clean and Jerk as the sport’s two Olympic disciplines.

[bigislander72]

@DanielSel Because the clean and press(thats the first lift you see) was discontinued after 1972. The other two lifts are what you see in a modern competition.

[CheckAvai1abi1ity]

Awesome! I'm a '68 Olympian collecting photos and movies from the entire team to assemble on to DVDs for everyone. We would be incredibly honored to have permission from you to include your movie on our team DVD project! Please let me know if this is possible.

[MeesterChum]

i love these old vids! the clean and press . . .wow! i wish they'd bring back a strictly judged press back to competition

[skirts365]

@MeesterChum Make it a press without a clean---a "Savickas" press that eliminates all forces except shoulder and tricep, back movement cannot be applied nor can knee, hip or thigh.

[LesKernodle]

dont know was just the video , Zhabotinsky was last to snatch but there seems like some more there , probably to conserve 8mm film they had to limit shots , not sure where/who originated this film ?

[maci80104]

Baszki...

[nclarke11]

Great to see Ernie Picket and Joe Dube in action.

[yobolion]

Wow even before the invention of sound! All kind of pressed out too! no jerk with our clean!