1932 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the X Summer Olympics
information
venue	los Angeles
Competition venue	Grand Olympic Auditorium
Nations	8th
Athletes	29 (29 men)
date	30.-31. July 1932
decisions	5
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At the X Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 , five weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles .

Balance sheet

Grand Olympic Auditorium

Medal table

space	country				total
1	France	3	-	-	3
2	German Empire	1	1	1	3
3	Czechoslovakia	1	1	-	2
4th	Italy	-	1	1	2
	Austria	-	1	1	2
6th	Denmark	-	1	-	1
7th	United States	-	-	2	2

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Featherweight	Raymond Suvigny	Hans Wölpert	Anthony Terlazzo
lightweight	René Duverger	Hans Haas	Gastone Pierini
medium weight	Rudolf Ismayr	Carlo Galimberti	Karl Hipfinger
Lightweight	Louis hostess	Svend Olsen	Henry Duey
Heavyweight	Jaroslav Skobla	Václav Pšenička	Josef Straßberger

Results

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	FRA	Raymond Suvigny	287.5
2	GER	Hans Wölpert	282.5
3	United States	Anthony Terlazzo	280.0
4th	GER	Helmut Schäfer	267.5
5	ITA	Attilio Bescapè	262.5
6th	United States	Richard Bachtell	252.5

Date: July 31, 1932
6 participants from 3 countries

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	FRA	René Duverger	325.0
2	AUT	Hans Haas	307.5
3	ITA	Gastone Pierini	302.5
4th	ITA	Pierino Gabetti	300.0
5	United States	Arnie Sundberg	285.0
6th	United States	Walter Zagurski	285.0

Date: July 30, 1932
6 participants from 4 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	GER	Rudolf Ismayr	345.0
2	ITA	Carlo Galimberti	340.0
3	AUT	Karl Hipfinger	337.5
4th	FRA	Roger François	335.0
5	United States	Stanley Kratkowski	335.0
6th	ARG	Julio Juaneda	285.0
7th	United States	Sam dates	192.5

Date: July 31, 1932
7 participants from 6 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	FRA	Louis hostess	365.0
2	THE	Svend Olsen	360.0
3	United States	Henry Duey	330.0
4th	United States	Bill Good	322.5

Date: July 30, 1932
4 participants from 3 countries

Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Weight (kg)
1	TCH	Jaroslav Skobla	380.0
2	TCH	Václav Pšenička	377.5
3	GER	Josef Straßberger	377.5
4th	FRA	Marcel Dumoulin	342.5
5	United States	Albert Manger	315.0
6th	United States	Howard Turbyfill	305.0

Date: July 31, 1932
6 participants from 4 countries

Web links

• Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1932 Summer Olympics (PDF, 73.4 MB)