Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg
Weightlifting at the Olympics
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The men's heavyweight or unlimited event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. 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]
Date29 July
Competitors17 from 11 nations
| 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
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
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) | - | - | - |