Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

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.[1]

Men's middleweight weightlifting
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date29 July
Competitors23 from 15 nations
Medalists
Roger François  France
Carlo Galimberti  Italy
Guus Scheffer  Netherlands

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record Press 103.5 Roger François Paris (FRA) 1928
Snatch 104.5 Hans Haas Vienna (AUT) 1927
Clean & Jerk 142.5 Karl Hipfinger Vienna (AUT) 1927
Total 330 Karl Hipfinger Vienna (AUT) 1927
Olympic Record Press 97.5 Carlo Galimberti Paris (FRA) 23 July 1924
97.5 Ahmed Samy Paris (FRA) 23 July 1924
Snatch 95 Carlo Galimberti Paris (FRA) 23 July 1924
Clean & Jerk 127.5 Carlo Galimberti Paris (FRA) 23 July 1924
127.5 Jaan Kikkas Paris (FRA) 23 July 1924
Total 320(*) Carlo Galimberti 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

RankWeightlifterNationPressSnatchClean & jerkTotal
#1#2#3#1#2#3#1#2#3
Roger François France92.5100102.595100102.5125130X (135)335
Carlo Galimberti Italy97.5102.510592.597.5X (100)130X (135)X (135)332.5
Guus Scheffer Netherlands92.5X (97.5)97.595100105X (125)125X (130)327.5
4Franz Zinner Germany82.5X (87.5)87.5100X (105)X (105)125130135322.5
5Gaston le Pût France859092.590X (95)95115120125312.5
6Willi Hoffmann Germany8590X (92.5)9095X (100)120X (127.5)X (130)305
7Hussein Moukhtar Egypt90X (95)X (95)92.5X (97.5)X (97.5)120X (125)X (125)302.5
8Jan Van Rompaey BelgiumX (77.5)92.5X (97.5)X (82.5)X (85)85X (115)115X (120)292.5
9Joop Zalm Netherlands87.592.5X (95)X (85)85X (90)X (107.5)X (107.5)107.5285
Alfredo Pianta Argentina70X (75)75808590110115120285
11M. Van der Goten BelgiumX (77.5)77.5X (82.5)82.587.5X (90)110115X (120)280
Jan Kostrba Czechoslovakia7580X (85)8085X (90)110115X (120)280
13Leonhard Kukk Estonia82.5X (87.5)X (87.5)X (85)X (85)85110X (125)X (125)277.5
Charles Attenborough Great Britain77.582.587.577.582.585102.5107.5110277.5
15Ernst Trinkler Switzerland80X (85)X (87.5)80X (85)X (85)110115X (120)275
Povilas Vitonis Lithuania85X (90)X (90)X (82.5)X (85)8597.5105X (107.5)275
17Bohumil Sýkora Czechoslovakia70X (75)X (75)80X (85)85110115X (120)270
18John Tooley Great Britain70X (75)X (75)77.582.5X (87.5)105110X (115)262.5
-Hermann Eichholzer Switzerland82.587.5X (90)9095X (100)X (117.5)X (117.5)X (117.5)-
-Karl Hipfinger Austria82.5X (87.5)X (87.5)95X (100)X (100)X (130)X (130)X (130)-
-Bertil Carlsson SwedenX (77.5)X (82.5)82.5-------
-François Bremer LuxembourgX (70)X (70)X (70)-------
-Franz Nitterl AustriaX (80)X (80)X (80)-------

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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