1924 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the VIII Summer Olympic Games
information
venue	Paris
Competition venue	Velodrome d'Hiver
Nations	16
Athletes	107 (107 men)
date	21-23 July 1924
decisions	5
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At the VIII Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , five weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Vélodrome d'Hiver in the 15th arrondissement .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Italy	3	-	-	3
2	France	2	-	-	2
3	Austria	-	3	1	4th
4th	Estonia	-	1	2	3
5	Switzerland	-	1	1	2
6th	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Featherweight	Pierino Gabetti	Andreas Stadler	Arthur Reinmann
lightweight	Edmond Decottignies	Anton Zwerina	Bohumil Durdis
medium weight	Carlo Galimberti	Alfred new territory	Jaan Kikas
Lightweight	Charles Rigoulot	Fritz Hünenberger	Leopold Friedrich
Heavyweight	Giuseppe Tonani	Franz Aigner	Harald Tammer

Results

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	ITA	Pierino Gabetti	402.5
2	AUT	Andreas Stadler	385.0
3	SUI	Arthur Reinmann	382.5
4th	FRA	Maurice Martin	380.0
5	AUT	Wilhelm Rosinek	375.0
6th	EST	Gustav Ernesaks	372.5
7th	GBR	Alfred Baxter	370.0
8th	SUI	Edgar Juillerat	367.5
9	TCH	Antonín Hrabě	365.0
	FRA	Raymond Suvigny
18th	AUT	Franz Andrysek	275.0

Date: July 21, 1924
21 participants from 11 countries

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	FRA	Edmond Decottignies	440.0
2	AUT	Anton Zwerina	427.5
3	TCH	Bohumil Durdis	425.0
4th	AUT	Leopold Treffny	425.0
5	SUI	Joseph Jaquenoud	417.5
6th	EST	Eduard Vanaaseme	415.0
7th	NED	Guus Scheffer	415.0
8th	SUI	Felix Bichsel	410.0
9	BEL	Gaston butter	405.0
	AUT	Wilhelm Etzenberger
14th	SUI	Jules von Gunten	390.0

Date: July 22, 1924
22 participants from 12 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	ITA	Carlo Galimberti	492.5
2	EST	Alfred new territory	455.0
3	EST	Jaan Kikas	450.0
4th	EGY	Ahmed Samy	447.5
5	SUI	Albert Aeschmann	442.5
6th	FRA	Roger François	442.5
7th	AUT	Rupert Eidler	437.5
8th	FRA	Pierre Vibert	427.5
9	AUT	Johann Gill	420.0
10	ITA	Dante Figoli	407.5
24	AUT	Rudolf Edinger	347.5

Date: July 23, 1924
25 participants from 13 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	FRA	Charles Rigoulot	502.5
2	SUI	Fritz Hünenberger	490.0
3	AUT	Leopold Friedrich	490.0
4th	AUT	Karl Freiberger	487.5
5	ARG	Carlos Bergara	482.5
6th	ITA	Mario Giambelli	480.0
7th	SUI	Anton Schärer	475.0
8th	TCH	Jaroslav Skobla	470.0
9	EST	Saul Hallap	465.0
10	FRA	Alfred Louncke	460.0
11	AUT	Hermann Glück	452.5

Date: July 23, 1924
20 participants from 12 countries

Although Hünenberger and Friedrich achieved the same result, only the Swiss received the silver medal because they weighed less than the Austrian (81.9 and 82.0 kg, respectively).

Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	ITA	Giuseppe Tonani	517.5
2	AUT	Franz Aigner	515.0
3	EST	Harald Tammer	497.5
4th	FRA	Louis Dannoux	497.5
5	LAT	Kārlis Leilands	497.5
6th	ITA	Filippo Bottino	495.0
7th	EST	Kaljo Raag	490.0
8th	FRA	Claudius Dutriève	467.5
9	BEL	Georges Bernaert	465.0
10	AUT	Gustav Becker	460.0
11	AUT	Josef Leppelt	455.0
	CHE	Eugène Peney	DNF

Date: July 23, 1924
19 participants from 12 countries

Because of a tie, a jump-off had to be carried out for places 3 to 5 .

Web links

• Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1924 Summer Olympics (PDF, 23.3 MB)