Weightlifting at the Olympics
| Men's light heavyweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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| 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 light heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-heaviest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 82.5 kilograms (181.5 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 | ? | |||
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| Snatch | 110.5 |  Jakob Vogt
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Munich (GER) | 1927 | |
| Clean & Jerk | ? | ||||
| Total | 337.5 | Jakob Vogt
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Koblenz (GER) | 1928 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 95 |  Leopold Friedrich
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
| Snatch | 102.5 |  Charles Rigoulot
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 135 | Charles Rigoulot
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Total | 322.5(*) | Charles Rigoulot
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Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. El Sayed Nosseir set a new world record in snatch with 112.5 kilograms and in the total of the three lifts with 355 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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El Sayed Nosseir |  Egypt |
92.5 | 97.5 | 100 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 112.5 | X (140) | 140 | 142.5 | 355 |
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Louis Hostin |  France |
95 | 100 | X (102.5) | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 352.5 |
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Jan Verheijen |  Netherlands |
X (90) | X (95) | 95 | 105 | X (110) | X (110) | 132.5 | 137.5 | X (142.5) | 337.5 |
| 4 | Jakob Vogt |  Germany |
100 | X (102.5) | X (105) | 100 | X (105) | 105 | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 335 |
| 5 | Václav Pšenička |  Czechoslovakia |
100 | X (105) | X (105) | 100 | 105 | X (110) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 335 |
| 6 | Karl Freiberger |  Austria |
85 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 125 | X (132.5) | 132.5 | 322.5 |
| 7 | Pierre Vibert | France |
X (95) | 95 | X (100) | 95 | X (100) | X (100) | 125 | X (130) | X (130) | 315 |
| Josef Zeman | Austria |
75 | X (80) | X (80) | 95 | 102.5 | 105 | 130 | 135 | X (140) | 315 | |
| Karl Bierwirth | Germany |
90 | 95 | X (100) | 95 | X (105) | X (110) | 120 | 125 | - | 315 | |
| 10 | Otto Garnus |  Switzerland |
82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 125 | 130 | X (132.5) | 307.5 |
| 11 | Olaf Luiga |  Estonia |
80 | X (85) | X (85) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 305 |
| 12 | Willem Tholen | Netherlands |
X (80) | 85 | 87.5 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 115 | 120 | X (125) | 297.5 |
| 13 | Jules Van Der Goten |  Belgium |
72.5 | 77.5 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 110 | 120 | X (125) | 292.5 |
| 14 | Nic Scheitler |  Luxembourg |
80 | 85 | X (90) | 80 | 85 | X (92.5) | 105 | X (110) | - | 275 |
| 15 | Edmond Donzé | Switzerland |
75 | X (80) | X (80) | 77.5 | 82.5 | X (85) | X (100) | 100 | X (105) | 257.5 |
References
- "Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". 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 31 March 2008.
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