Weightlifting at the Olympics
| Men's middleweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| ← 19241932 → | |||||||||||||
| Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| −60 kg | men |
| −67.5 kg | men |
| −75 kg | men |
| −82.5 kg | men |
| +82.5 kg | men |
The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 75 kilograms (165 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | 103.5 |  Roger François
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Paris (FRA) | 1928 |
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| Snatch | 104.5 |  Hans Haas
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Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 142.5 | Karl Hipfinger
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Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Total | 330 | Karl Hipfinger
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Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 97.5 |  Carlo Galimberti
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
| 97.5 |  Ahmed Samy
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | ||
| Snatch | 95 | Carlo Galimberti
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 127.5 | Carlo Galimberti
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| 127.5 |  Jaan Kikkas
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | ||
| Total | 320(*) | Carlo Galimberti
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Carlo Galimberti set a new world record in press with 105 kilograms. Guus Scheffer set a new world record in snatch with 105 kilograms. In the total of the three lifts at first Carlo Galimberti set a new world record with 332.5 kilograms only to be improved by Roger François with 335 kilograms.
Results
| Rank | Weightlifter | Nation | Press | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | ||||||
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| #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | ||||
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Roger François |  France |
92.5 | 100 | 102.5 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 125 | 130 | X (135) | 335 |
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Carlo Galimberti |  Italy |
97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 92.5 | 97.5 | X (100) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 332.5 |
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Guus Scheffer |  Netherlands |
92.5 | X (97.5) | 97.5 | 95 | 100 | 105 | X (125) | 125 | X (130) | 327.5 |
| 4 | Franz Zinner |  Germany |
82.5 | X (87.5) | 87.5 | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 125 | 130 | 135 | 322.5 |
| 5 | Gaston le Pût | France |
85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | X (95) | 95 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 312.5 |
| 6 | Willi Hoffmann | Germany |
85 | 90 | X (92.5) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 120 | X (127.5) | X (130) | 305 |
| 7 | Hussein Moukhtar |  Egypt |
90 | X (95) | X (95) | 92.5 | X (97.5) | X (97.5) | 120 | X (125) | X (125) | 302.5 |
| 8 | Jan Van Rompaey |  Belgium |
X (77.5) | 92.5 | X (97.5) | X (82.5) | X (85) | 85 | X (115) | 115 | X (120) | 292.5 |
| 9 | Joop Zalm | Netherlands |
87.5 | 92.5 | X (95) | X (85) | 85 | X (90) | X (107.5) | X (107.5) | 107.5 | 285 |
| Alfredo Pianta |  Argentina |
70 | X (75) | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 285 | |
| 11 | M. Van der Goten | Belgium |
X (77.5) | 77.5 | X (82.5) | 82.5 | 87.5 | X (90) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 |
| Jan Kostrba |  Czechoslovakia |
75 | 80 | X (85) | 80 | 85 | X (90) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 | |
| 13 | Leonhard Kukk |  Estonia |
82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | X (85) | X (85) | 85 | 110 | X (125) | X (125) | 277.5 |
| Charles Attenborough |  Great Britain |
77.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 85 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 277.5 | |
| 15 | Ernst Trinkler |  Switzerland |
80 | X (85) | X (87.5) | 80 | X (85) | X (85) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 275 |
| Povilas Vitonis |  Lithuania |
85 | X (90) | X (90) | X (82.5) | X (85) | 85 | 97.5 | 105 | X (107.5) | 275 | |
| 17 | Bohumil Sýkora | Czechoslovakia |
70 | X (75) | X (75) | 80 | X (85) | 85 | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 270 |
| 18 | John Tooley | Great Britain |
70 | X (75) | X (75) | 77.5 | 82.5 | X (87.5) | 105 | 110 | X (115) | 262.5 |
| - | Hermann Eichholzer | Switzerland |
82.5 | 87.5 | X (90) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | X (117.5) | X (117.5) | X (117.5) | - |
| - | Karl Hipfinger |  Austria |
82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | 95 | X (100) | X (100) | X (130) | X (130) | X (130) | - |
| - | Bertil Carlsson |  Sweden |
X (77.5) | X (82.5) | 82.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | François Bremer |  Luxembourg |
X (70) | X (70) | X (70) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Franz Nitterl | Austria |
X (80) | X (80) | X (80) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
References
- "Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
Sources
- Olympic Report Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 March 2008.
| Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Middleweight | |
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