Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Weightlifting; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Deutschlandhalle
Dates	2–5 August 1936
Competitors	80 from 15 nations
	← 1932 1948 →

Dates2–5 August 1936

Competitors80 from 15 nations

The weightlifting competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin consisted of five weight classes, all for men only.^[1]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg details	Anthony Terlazzo United States	Saleh Soliman Egypt	Ibrahim Shams Egypt
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg details	Robert Fein Austria	none awarded	Karl Jansen Germany
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg details	Anwar Mesbah Egypt	none awarded	Karl Jansen Germany
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg details	Khadr El Touni Egypt	Rudolf Ismayr Germany	Adolf Wagner Germany
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg details	Louis Hostin France	Eugen Deutsch Germany	Ibrahim Wasif Egypt
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details	Josef Manger Germany	Václav Pšenička Czechoslovakia	Arnold Luhaäär Estonia

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	2	1	2	5
2	Germany	1	2	2	5
3	Austria	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
6	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
7	Estonia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	4	5	15

Participating nations

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