1936 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Heavyweight (Men)
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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 | ||||||||
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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 )
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132.5 kg |
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Tear |
Václav Pšenička ( Czechoslovakia )
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125.0 kg | |
Bump |
Josef Manger ( German Empire )
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155.0 kg | |
Václav Pšenička ( Czechoslovakia )
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155.0 kg | ||
Arnold Luhaäär ( Estonia )
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165.0 kg | ||
total |
Josef Manger ( German Empire )
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410.0 kg |
Results
rank | athlete | nation | Pressure (kg) | Tear (kg) | Push (kg) | Total (kg) | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Erg. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Erg. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Erg. | ||||
1 | Josef Manger |
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122.5 | 132.5 |
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132.5 OR | 115.0 | 122.5 |
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122.5 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 155.0 OR | 410.0 OR |
2 | Václav Pšenička |
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122.5 |
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122.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 125.0 OR | 150.0 |
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155.0 | 155.0 OR | 402.5 |
3 | Arnold Luhaäär |
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107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 112.5 |
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120.0 | 120.0 | 152.5 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 OR | 400.0 |
4th | Ronald Walker |
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110.0 |
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110.0 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 150.0 | 160.0 |
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160.0 | 397.5 |
5 | Hussein Moukhtar |
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105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 122.5 |
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122.5 | 150.0 | 160.0 |
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160.0 | 395.0 |
6th | Josef Zeman |
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105.0 | 110.0 |
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110.0 | 115.0 | 122.5 |
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122.5 | 150.0 | 155.0 |
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155.0 | 387.5 |
7th | Paul's choice |
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110.0 | 115.0 |
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115.0 | 110.0 |
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110.0 | 140.0 |
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150.0 | 150.0 | 375.0 |
8th | Rudolf Schilberg |
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115.0 | 125.0 |
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125.0 |
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107.5 | 107.5 |
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135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 372.5 |
9 | John Grimek |
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115.0 |
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115.0 |
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105.0 |
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105.0 | 137.5 |
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137.5 | 357.5 |
10 | Marcel Dumoulin |
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95.0 | 100.0 |
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100.0 |
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110.0 |
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110.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 355.0 |
11 | Václav Bečvář |
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95.0 |
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95.0 | 110.0 |
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110.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | - | 150.0 | 355.0 |
12 | Dave Mayor |
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95.0 |
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100.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 |
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107.5 | 107.5 | 137.5 |
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145.0 | 145.0 | 352.5 |
13 | Ernst Fischer |
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102.5 |
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102.5 | 90.0 |
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90.0 | 125.0 |
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125.0 | 317.5 |
Web links
- Results (English)