1928 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting in the IX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Nations	19th
Athletes	94 (94 men)
date	28-29 July 1928
decisions	5
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With the IX. At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam , five weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Krachtsportgebouw , a temporary hall built by Jan Wills next to the Olympic Stadium .

Balance sheet

Krachtsportgebouw

Medal table

space	country				total
1	German Empire	2	-	1	3
2	Austria	2	-	-	2
3	France	1	1	1	3
4th	Egypt	1	-	-	1
5	Italy	-	2	-	2
6th	Estonia	-	1	-	1
7th	Netherlands	-	-	2	2
8th	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Featherweight	Franz Andrysek	Pierino Gabetti	Hans Wölpert
lightweight	Hans Haas Kurt Helbig	-	Fernand Arnout
medium weight	Roger François	Carlo Galimberti	August Scheffer
Lightweight	Sayed Nosseir	Louis hostess	Jan Verheijen
Heavyweight	Josef Straßberger	Arnold Luhaäär	Jaroslav Skobla

Results

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	AUT	Franz Andrysek	287.5
2	ITA	Pierino Gabetti	282.5
3	GER	Hans Wölpert	282.5
4th	ITA	Giuseppe Conca	277.5
5	SUI	Arthur Reinmann	275.0
6th	AUT	Andreas Stadler	267.5
7th	FRA	Henri Baudrand	265.0
8th	DOOR	Cemal Erçman	262.5
	TCH	osef Vacek
10	FRA	Henri Rivère	260.0
14th	SUI	Justin Tissot	250.0

Date: July 28, 1928
21 participants from 13 countries

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	GER	Kurt Helbig	322.5
1	AUT	Hans Haas
3	FRA	Fernand Arnout	302.5
4th	SUI	Albert Aeschmann	297.5
5	GER	Willi Reinfrank	295.0
6th	FRA	Jules Meese	292.5
7th	AUT	Anton Hangel	287.5
8th	ITA	Gastone Pierini	282.5
9	SUI	Joseph Jaquenoud	275.0
10	NED	Cor tobacco	270.0

Date: July 28, 1928
16 participants from 11 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	FRA	Roger François	335.0
2	ITA	Carlo Galimberti	332.5
3	NED	August Scheffer	327.5
4th	GER	Franz Zinner	322.5
5	FRA	Gaston le Pût	312.5
6th	GER	Willy Hofmann	305.0
7th	EGY	Hussein Moukhtar	302.5
8th	BEL	Jan Van Rompey	292.5
9	ARG	Alfredo Pianta	285.0
	NED	Joop Zalm
15th	SUI	Ernst Trinkler	275.0
	SUI	Hermann Eichholzer	DNF
	AUT	Karl Hipfinger	DNF
	AUT	Franz Nitterl	DNF

Date: July 29, 1928
23 participants from 15 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	EGY	Sayed Nosseir	355.0
2	FRA	Louis hostess	352.5
3	NED	Jan Verheijen	337.5
4th	TCH	Václav Pšenicka	335.0
	GER	Jakob Vogt
6th	AUT	Karl Freiberger	322.5
7th	GER	Karl Bierwirth	315.0
	FRA	Pierre Vibert
	AUT	Josef Zemann
10	SUI	Otto Garnus	307.5
15th	SUI	Edmond Donzé	257.5

Date: July 29, 1928
15 participants from 10 countries

Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	GER	Josef Straßberger	372.5
2	EST	Arnold Luhaäär	360.0
3	TCH	Jaroslav Skobla	357.5
4th	LAT	Karlis Leilands	355.0
5	AUT	Josef Leppelt	355.0
	AUT	Rudolf Schilberg
7th	ITA	Giuseppe Tonani	352.5
8th	GER	Hermann Volz	340.0
9	FRA	Claudius Dutriève	330.0
10	FRA	Marcel Dumoulin	327.5
14th	SUI	Franz Riederer	300.0
16	SUI	Walter Gasser	267.5

Date: July 29, 1928
17 participants from 11 countries

Web links

• Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics (PDF, 77.8 MB)