1936 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Featherweight (Men)

sport	Weightlifting
discipline	Feather weight up to 60 kg
gender	Men
Attendees	21 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Germany Hall
Competition phase	August 2, 1936
Medalist  Anthony Terlazzo ( USA )  Saleh Soliman ( EGY )  Ibrahim Shams ( EGY )
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Weightlifting competitions at the 1936 Olympics
Featherweight	Men
lightweight	Men
medium weight	Men
Light heavyweight	Men
Heavyweight	Men

The featherweight weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin was held on August 2nd 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 seven times during the competition.

Olympic record	To press	Anthony Terlazzo ( United States )	92.5 kg
		Georg Liebsch ( German Empire )
	Tear	Anthony Terlazzo ( United States )	97.5 kg
		Anton Richter ( Austria )	97.5 kg
	Bump	Saleh Soliman ( Egypt )	125.0 kg
		Ibrahim Shams ( Egypt )
	total	Anthony Terlazzo ( United States )	312.5 kg

Results

rank	athlete	nation	Kgw.	Pressure (kg)				Tear (kg)				Push (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Erg.	1	2	3	Erg.	1	2	3	Erg.
1	Anthony Terlazzo	United States	60.0	87.5	92.5	95.0	92.5 OR	90.0	95.0	97.5	97.5 OR	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	312.5 OR
2	Saleh Soliman	Egypt	59.5	77.5	82.5	85.0	85.0	87.5	92.5	95.0	95.0	115.0	122.5	125.0	125 OR	305.0
3	Ibrahim Shams	Egypt	59.5	72.5	77.5	80.0	80.0	90.0	95.0	97.5	95.0	120.0	125.0	127.5	125 OR	300.0
4th	Anton Richter	Austria	59.8	72.5	77.5	80.0	80.0	90.0	95.0	97.5	97.5 OR	120.0	125.0	125.0	120.0	297.5
5	Georg Liebsch	German Empire	59.4	87.5	92.5	95.0	92.5 OR	85.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	290.0
6th	Attilio Bescapè	Italy	60.0	80.0	85.0	87.5	85.0	85.0	90.0	92.5	90.0	110.0	110.0	115.0	110.0	287.5
7th	John Terry	United States	60.0	75.0	80.0	80.0	75.0	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	115.0	120.0	120.0	120.0	287.5
8th	Max Walter	German Empire	59.0	75.0	80	80.0	75.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	115.0	122.5	122.5	115.0	280.0
9	Umberto Brizzi	Italy	60.0	80.0	85.0	87.5	85.0	75.0	80.0	82.5	82.5	110.0	110.0	115.0	110.0	277.5
10	Marcel Baril	France	60.0	70.0	75.0	77.5	75.0	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	110.0	112.5	115.0	112.5	275.0
11	Antoine Verdu	France	60.0	72.5	77.5	80.0	77.5	82.5	87.5	90.0	87.5	110.0	110.0	110.0	110.0	275.0
12	Mathias Zahradka	Austria	59.7	75.0	80.0	82.5	80.0	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	105.0	110.0	110.0	110.0	272.5
13	Erm Lund	Estonia	59.8	67.5	72.5	75.0	72.5	80.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	107.5	112.5	117.5	112.5	270.0
14th	Alois Rigert	Switzerland	59.9	75.0	85.0	87.5	85.0	75.0	75.0	80.0	80.0	100.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	270.0
15th	Norman Holroyd	Great Britain	58.8	67.5	72.5	75.0	72.5	70.0	75.0	80.0	80.0	105.0	112.5	112.5	105.0	262.5
16	Wong Seahkee	China	58.6	65.0	70.0	72.5	70.0	75.0	-	-	75.0	105.0	115.0	115.0	105.0	255.0
17th	Jenő Kuti	Hungary	59.4	70.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	70.0	75.0	77.5	77.5	90.0	95.0	100.0	100.0	252.5
18th	František Šimůnek	Czechoslovakia	60.0	65.0	70.0	72.5	70.0	75.0	75.0	80.0	80.0	95.0	100.0	105.0	100.0	250.0
19th	Fred Marsh	Great Britain	59.4	67.5	72.5	72.5	67.5	77.5	82.5	82.5	77.5	102.5	107.5	110.0	102.5	247.5
20th	Seng Liang	China	59.4	72.5	-	-	72.5	70.0	75.0	80.0	75.0	90.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	247.5
21st	Franz Conrad	Luxembourg	58.4	65.0	70.0	72.5	65.0	65.0	-	-	65.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	220.0

Web links

• Results (English)