1936 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Heavyweight (Men)

sport	Weightlifting
discipline	Heavy weight over 82.5 kg
gender	Men
Attendees	13 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Germany Hall
Competition phase	August 5, 1936
Medalist  Josef Manger ( GER )  Václav Pšenička ( TCH )  Arnold Luhaäär ( EST )
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Weightlifting competitions at the 1936 Olympics
Featherweight	Men
lightweight	Men
medium weight	Men
Light heavyweight	Men
Heavyweight	Men

The heavyweight weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin was held on August 5th in the Deutschlandhalle .

Competition format

The athletes competed against each other in the so-called three-way battle. This consisted of the disciplines pushing , tearing and pushing . Each athlete had three attempts for each of the three disciplines, the best attempt in each discipline was scored and added to the others. The winner was the athlete who could show the highest total weight from this.

New records

An Olympic record was set six times during the competition.

Olympic record	To press	Josef Manger ( German Empire )	132.5 kg
	Tear	Václav Pšenička ( Czechoslovakia )	125.0 kg
	Bump	Josef Manger ( German Empire )	155.0 kg
		Václav Pšenička ( Czechoslovakia )	155.0 kg
		Arnold Luhaäär ( Estonia )	165.0 kg
	total	Josef Manger ( German Empire )	410.0 kg

Results

rank	athlete	nation	Pressure (kg)				Tear (kg)				Push (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Erg.	1	2	3	Erg.	1	2	3	Erg.
1	Josef Manger	German Empire	122.5	132.5	135.0	132.5 OR	115.0	122.5	125.0	122.5	145.0	152.5	155.0	155.0 OR	410.0 OR
2	Václav Pšenička	Czechoslovakia	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	117.5	122.5	125.0	125.0 OR	150.0	155.0	155.0	155.0 OR	402.5
3	Arnold Luhaäär	Estonia	107.5	112.5	115.0	115.0	112.5	120.0	120.0	120.0	152.5	160.0	165.0	165.0 OR	400.0
4th	Ronald Walker	Great Britain	110.0	120.0	120.0	110.0	115.0	122.5	127.5	127.5	150.0	160.0	167.5	160.0	397.5
5	Hussein Moukhtar	Egypt	105.0	110.0	112.5	112.5	115.0	122.5	125.0	122.5	150.0	160.0	165.0	160.0	395.0
6th	Josef Zeman	Austria	105.0	110.0	112.5	110.0	115.0	122.5	125.0	122.5	150.0	155.0	157.5	155.0	387.5
7th	Paul's choice	German Empire	110.0	115.0	117.5	115.0	110.0	120.0	120.0	110.0	140.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	375.0
8th	Rudolf Schilberg	Austria	115.0	125.0	130.0	125.0	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	135.0	135.0	140.0	140.0	372.5
9	John Grimek	United States	115.0	120.0	120.0	115.0	105.0	105.0	110.0	105.0	137.5	145.0	145.0	137.5	357.5
10	Marcel Dumoulin	France	95.0	100.0	102.5	100.0	110.0	110.0	115.0	110.0	135.0	140.0	145.0	145.0	355.0
11	Václav Bečvář	Czechoslovakia	95.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	110.0	115.0	117.5	110.0	145.0	150.0	-	150.0	355.0
12	Dave Mayor	United States	95.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	137.5	145.0	145.0	145.0	352.5
13	Ernst Fischer	Switzerland	102.5	102.5	105.0	102.5	90.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	125.0	130.0	130.0	125.0	317.5

Web links

• Results (English)