The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 75 kilograms (165 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.[1]
| Men's middleweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 29 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 | 103.5 |  Roger François
|
Paris (FRA) | 1928 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | 104.5 |  Hans Haas
|
Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 142.5 | Karl Hipfinger
|
Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Total | 330 | Karl Hipfinger
|
Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 97.5 |  Carlo Galimberti
|
Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
| 97.5 |  Ahmed Samy
|
Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | ||
| Snatch | 95 | Carlo Galimberti
|
Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 127.5 | Carlo Galimberti
|
Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| 127.5 |  Jaan Kikkas
|
Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | ||
| Total | 320(*) | Carlo Galimberti
|
Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Carlo Galimberti set a new world record in press with 105 kilograms. Guus Scheffer set a new world record in snatch with 105 kilograms. In the total of the three lifts at first Carlo Galimberti set a new world record with 332.5 kilograms only to be improved by Roger François with 335 kilograms.
Results edit
| Rank | Weightlifter | Nation | Press | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #2 | #3 | ||||
 |
Roger François |  France |
92.5 | 100 | 102.5 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 125 | 130 | X (135) | 335 |
 |
Carlo Galimberti |  Italy |
97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 92.5 | 97.5 | X (100) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 332.5 |
 |
Guus Scheffer |  Netherlands |
92.5 | X (97.5) | 97.5 | 95 | 100 | 105 | X (125) | 125 | X (130) | 327.5 |
| 4 | Franz Zinner |  Germany |
82.5 | X (87.5) | 87.5 | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 125 | 130 | 135 | 322.5 |
| 5 | Gaston le Pût | France |
85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | X (95) | 95 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 312.5 |
| 6 | Willi Hoffmann | Germany |
85 | 90 | X (92.5) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 120 | X (127.5) | X (130) | 305 |
| 7 | Hussein Moukhtar |  Egypt |
90 | X (95) | X (95) | 92.5 | X (97.5) | X (97.5) | 120 | X (125) | X (125) | 302.5 |
| 8 | Jan Van Rompaey |  Belgium |
X (77.5) | 92.5 | X (97.5) | X (82.5) | X (85) | 85 | X (115) | 115 | X (120) | 292.5 |
| 9 | Joop Zalm | Netherlands |
87.5 | 92.5 | X (95) | X (85) | 85 | X (90) | X (107.5) | X (107.5) | 107.5 | 285 |
| Alfredo Pianta |  Argentina |
70 | X (75) | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 285 | |
| 11 | M. Van der Goten | Belgium |
X (77.5) | 77.5 | X (82.5) | 82.5 | 87.5 | X (90) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 |
| Jan Kostrba |  Czechoslovakia |
75 | 80 | X (85) | 80 | 85 | X (90) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 | |
| 13 | Leonhard Kukk |  Estonia |
82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | X (85) | X (85) | 85 | 110 | X (125) | X (125) | 277.5 |
| Charles Attenborough |  Great Britain |
77.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 85 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 277.5 | |
| 15 | Ernst Trinkler |  Switzerland |
80 | X (85) | X (87.5) | 80 | X (85) | X (85) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 275 |
| Povilas Vitonis |  Lithuania |
85 | X (90) | X (90) | X (82.5) | X (85) | 85 | 97.5 | 105 | X (107.5) | 275 | |
| 17 | Bohumil Sýkora | Czechoslovakia |
70 | X (75) | X (75) | 80 | X (85) | 85 | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 270 |
| 18 | John Tooley | Great Britain |
70 | X (75) | X (75) | 77.5 | 82.5 | X (87.5) | 105 | 110 | X (115) | 262.5 |
| - | Hermann Eichholzer | Switzerland |
82.5 | 87.5 | X (90) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | X (117.5) | X (117.5) | X (117.5) | - |
| - | Karl Hipfinger |  Austria |
82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | 95 | X (100) | X (100) | X (130) | X (130) | X (130) | - |
| - | Bertil Carlsson |  Sweden |
X (77.5) | X (82.5) | 82.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | François Bremer |  Luxembourg |
X (70) | X (70) | X (70) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Franz Nitterl | Austria |
X (80) | X (80) | X (80) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". 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 28 March 2008.