XIX Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City

Mexico. Mexico City. October 1968. Soviet weightlifter Jan Augustovich Talts during the weightlifting competition at the XIX Summer Olympics. The athlete set a world record in the light heavyweight clean and jerk, lifting a barbell weighing 197.5 kg. In the sum of the three exercises, he took second place with a result of 507.5 kg. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Viktor Shandrin/TASS