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 | |||||||||||||
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Date | 29 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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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
Rank | Weightlifter | Nation | Press | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | ||||||
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#1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | ||||
Roger François | France | 92.5 | 100 | 102.5 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 125 | 130 | X (135) | 335 | |
Carlo Galimberti | Italy | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 92.5 | 97.5 | X (100) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 332.5 | |
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
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 March 2008.