The men's heavyweight or unlimited event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the heaviest contested, and allowed weightlifters over 82.5 kilograms (181.5 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.[1]
| Men's heavyweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
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Records edit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | ? |  Rudolf Schilberg
|
Vienna (AUT) | 1928 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | 126.5 |  Charles Rigoulot
|
Paris (FRA) | 1926 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 161.5 | Charles Rigoulot
|
Paris (FRA) | 1925 | |
| Total | 380 |  Karl Morke
|
Stuttgart (GER) | 1920 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 112.5 |  Giuseppe Tonani
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 |
| 112.5 | Franz Aigner
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | ||
| Snatch | 100 | Giuseppe Tonani
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | |
| 100 | Louis Dannoux
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | ||
| 100 | Claudius Dutriève
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 140 |  Harald Tammer
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | |
| Total | 342.5(*) | Giuseppe Tonani
|
Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Josef Straßberger set a new world record in press with 122.5 kilograms.
Results edit
All figures in kilograms.
| Place | Weightlifter | Press | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | |||
| 1 |  Josef Straßberger (GER) |
115 | 120 | 122.5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | X (110) | 137.5 | X (142.5) | 142.5 | 372.5 |
| 2 |  Arnold Luhaäär (EST) |
92.5 | 97.5 | 100 | X (110) | 110 | X (115) | 140 | 145 | 150 | 360 |
| 3 |  Jaroslav Skobla (TCH) |
90 | 100 | X (105) | 97.5 | X (107.5) | 107.5 | 140 | 147.5 | X (150) | 357.5 |
| 4 |  Kārlis Leilands (LAT) |
105 | 110 | X (115) | 105 | X (110) | X (110) | X (140) | X (140) | 140 | 355 |
| 5 |  Rudolf Schilberg (AUT) |
X (115) | 115 | X (120) | 97.5 | 105 | X (107.5) | X (132.5) | 135 | X (137.5) | 355 |
| Josef Leppelt (AUT) |
95 | 100 | 105 | 100 | 110 | X (115) | 130 | X (140) | 140 | 355 | |
| 7 |  Giuseppe Tonani (ITA) |
112.5 | 117.5 | X (120) | 97.5 | X (102.5) | X (102.5) | 127.5 | 135 | 137.5 | 352.5 |
| 8 | Hermann Volz (GER) |
92.5 | 97.5 | X (102.5) | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 127.5 | 132.5 | X (137.5) | 340 |
| 9 |  Claudius Dutriève (FRA) |
90 | 97.5 | X (100) | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 127.5 | 132.5 | X (137.5) | 330 |
| 10 | Marcel Dumoulin (FRA) |
87.5 | 92.5 | X (95) | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 130 | 135 | X (140) | 327.5 |
| Francesco Mercoli (ITA) |
102.5 | X (107.5) | X (107.5) | X (100) | 100 | X (105) | 125 | X (130) | - | 327.5 | |
| 12 |  Minus Verheijen (NED) |
90 | 95 | 100 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | X (120) | 130 | - | 325 |
| 13 |  Harold Wood (GBR) |
90 | 95 | X (100) | X (95) | 95 | X (100) | 120 | 125 | X (130) | 315 |
| 14 |  Franz Riederer (SUI) |
X (85) | 85 | 90 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 115 | 120 | X (125) | 300 |
| 15 |  Marcel Panen (BEL) |
X (80) | 80 | 85 | X (77.5) | 80 | 85 | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 |
| 16 | Walter Gasser (SUI) |
80 | 85 | X (87.5) | 77.5 | X (82.5) | X (82.5) | 105 | X (110) | - | 267.5 |
| - | Hendrik Verheijen (NED) |
95 | 102.5 | X (105) | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | X (137.5) | - | - | - |
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
Sources edit
- Olympic Report Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 31 March 2008.