Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of five weight classes, all for men only. The competitions were held on July 28, 1928 and on July 29, 1928.

Weightlifting

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
–60 kg details
Austria Franz Andrysek
Austria (AUT)
Italy Pierino Gabetti
Italy (ITA)
Germany Hans Wölpert
Germany (GER)
Lightweight
–67.5 kg
details
Austria Hans Haas
Austria (AUT)
none France Fernand Arnout
France (FRA)
Germany Kurt Helbig
Germany (GER)
Middleweight
–75 kg details
France Roger François
France (FRA)
Italy Carlo Galimberti
Italy (ITA)
Netherlands Guus Scheffer
Netherlands (NED)
Light heavyweight
–82.5 kg details
Egypt El Sayed Nosseir
Egypt (EGY)
France Louis Hostin
France (FRA)
Netherlands Jan Verheijen
Netherlands (NED)
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg details
Germany Josef Strassberger
Germany (GER)
Estonia Arnold Luhaäär
Estonia (EST)
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Skobla
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

[edit] Participating nations

Every nation was allowed to participate with a maximum of two weightlifters in every event. Five nations entered the maximum of ten competitors.

A total of 92 weightlifters from 19 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany Germany (GER) 2 0 1 3
2 Austria Austria (AUT) 2 0 0 2
3 France France (FRA) 1 1 1 3
4 Egypt Egypt (EGY) 1 0 0 1
5 Italy Italy (ITA) 0 2 0 2
6 Estonia Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1
7 Netherlands Netherlands (NED) 0 0 2 2
8 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 0 1 1

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