Weightlifting at the Olympics
| Men's lightweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 11 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 lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 67.5 kilograms (148.8 pounds). The competition was held on Saturday, 28 July 1928.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | 100 |  Hans Wölpert
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Munich (GER) | 1926 |
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| Snatch | 105 | Kurt Helbig
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Koblenz (GER) | 1928 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 135 |  Hans Haas
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Vienna (AUT) | 1928 | |
| Total | 330 | Kurt Helbig
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Koblenz (GER) | 1928 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 85 |  Eduard Vanaaseme
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Paris (FRA) | 22 July 1924 |
| Snatch | 90 |  Bohumil Durdis
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Paris (FRA) | 22 July 1924 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 115 |  Edmond Decottignies
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Paris (FRA) | 22 July 1924 | |
| Total | 277.5(*) | Edmond Decottignies
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Paris (FRA) | 22 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Hans Haas and Kurt Helbig equalized the standing world record in clean and jerk.
Results
All figures in kilograms.
| 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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Hans Haas |  Austria |
77.5 | 82.5 | 85 | 97.5 | 102.5 | X (105) | 130 | 135 | X (137.5) | 322.5 |
| Kurt Helbig |  Germany |
85 | 90 | X (92.5) | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 322.5 | |
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Fernand Arnout |  France |
80 | X (85) | 85 | 90 | X (95) | 97.5 | 115 | 120 | X (125) | 302.5 |
| 4 | Albert Aeschmann |  Switzerland |
80 | 85 | 87.5 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 115 | 120 | X (125) | 297.5 |
| 5 | Willi Reinfrank | Germany |
X (85) | 85 | 90 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 120 | X (125) | X (125) | 295 |
| 6 | Jules Meese | France |
85 | 90 | X (92.5) | 82.5 | X (87.5) | 87.5 | 110 | X (115) | 115 | 292.5 |
| 7 | Anton Hangel | Austria |
X (77.5) | X (77.5) | 77.5 | X (90) | 90 | X (97.5) | 120 | X (130) | X (130) | 287.5 |
| 8 | Gastone Pierini |  Italy |
85 | 90 | X (92.5) | X (82.5) | X (82.5) | 82.5 | 105 | X (110) | 110 | 282.5 |
| 9 | Joseph Jaquenoud | Switzerland |
75 | 80 | X (82.5) | X (82.5) | 82.5 | X (87.5) | 100 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 262.5 |
| 10 | Cor Tabak |  Netherlands |
72.5 | X (77.5) | 77.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | X (85) | 110 | 115 | X (117.5) | 270 |
| 11 | Josef Matějček |  Czechoslovakia |
75 | 80 | 82.5 | 72.5 | 77.5 | X (80) | 100 | X (107.5) | 107.5 | 265 |
| 12 | V. Van Hamme |  Belgium |
77.5 | - | - | 75 | X (80) | 80 | 105 | X (107.5) | - | 262.5 |
| 13 | Menotti Pozzacchio |  Luxembourg |
70 | 75 | X (77.5) | 75 | 80 | X (82.5) | X (105) | 105 | X (110) | 260 |
| 14 | Gerrit Roos | Netherlands |
75 | X (80) | X (80) | X (75) | 75 | X (80) | 105 | X (110) | X (110) | 255 |
| 15 | Helge Sjögren |  Sweden |
65 | 70 | X (75) | 77.5 | X (82.5) | X (82.5) | X (105) | X (105) | 105 | 252.5 |
| 16 | Henry Nissen |  Denmark |
65 | 70 | X (75) | 70 | 75 | X (80) | 95 | X (100) | 105 | 245 |
| – | J. Adriaenssens | Belgium |
DNF | |||||||||
| – | César Garibaldi |  Argentina |
DNF | |||||||||
References
- "Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". 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 30 March 2008.
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