Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of five weight classes, all for men only. The competitions were held on Saturday, July 28, 1928, and on Sunday, July 29, 1928.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg	Franz Andrysek  Austria	Pierino Gabetti  Italy	Hans Wölpert  Germany
Lightweight –67.5 kg	Hans Haas  Austria	none awarded	Fernand Arnout  France
	Kurt Helbig  Germany
Middleweight –75 kg	Roger François  France	Carlo Galimberti  Italy	Guus Scheffer  Netherlands
Light heavyweight –82.5 kg	El Sayed Nosseir  Egypt	Louis Hostin  France	Jan Verheijen  Netherlands
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	Josef Strassberger  Germany	Arnold Luhaäär  Estonia	Jaroslav Skobla  Czechoslovakia

Participating nations

Every nation was allowed to participate with a maximum of two weightlifters in every event. Five nations entered the maximum of ten competitors.

A total of 92 weightlifters from 19 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	0	1	3
2	Austria (AUT)	2	0	0	2
3	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
4	Egypt (EGY)	1	0	0	1
5	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
6	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Total		6	4	5	15

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20. 

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