Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The men's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 67.5 kilograms (148.8 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 2 August 1936. Sixteen weightlifters from twelve nations competed.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Robert Fein Austria Anwar Mesbah Egypt		Karl Jansen Germany

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record	Press	106	Robert Fein	Vienna (AUT)	1936
	Snatch	110	Robert Fein	Budapest (HUN)	1936
	Clean & Jerk	141.5	Mohammed Attia	Cairo (EGY)	1935
	Total	335	Robert Fein	Warsaw (POL)	1936
Olympic Record	Press	97.5	René Duverger	Los Angeles (USA)	30 July 1932
	Snatch	102.5	Hans Haas	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
	Snatch	102.5	René Duverger	Los Angeles (USA)	30 July 1932
	Clean & Jerk	135	Hans Haas	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
	Clean & Jerk	135	Kurt Helbig	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
	Total	325	René Duverger	Los Angeles (USA)	30 July 1932

Robert Fein set a new Olympic record in press with 105 kilograms. Anwar Mesbah set a new Olympic record in snatch with 105 kilograms. Anwar Mesbah also set a new world record in clean and jerk with 145 kilograms. Robert Fein and Anwar Mesbah both set a new world record in total with 342.5 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Place	Weightlifter	Body weight	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
Place	Weightlifter	Body weight	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	Total
1	Anwar Mesbah (EGY)	66.1	87.5	92.5	-	92.5	100	105	132.5	142.5	145	342.5 WR
1	Robert Fein (AUT)	66.7	97.5	102.5	105	X (100)	100	X (105)	130	135	137.5	342.5 WR
3	Karl Jansen (GER)	66.6	87.5	95	X (97.5)	95	X (100)	100	125	132.5	X (137.5)	327.5
4	Karl Schwitalle (GER)	66.5	90	95	X (97.5)	95	X (100)	100	120	127.5	X (130)	322.5
5	John Terpak (USA)	67.0	92.5	97.5	X (100)	95	100	-	X (125)	125	X (132.5)	322.5
6	El-Sayed Ibrahim Masoud (EGY)	67.4	85	90	X (92.5)	100	X (105)	X (105)	125	130	132.5	322.5
7	René Duverger (FRA)	66.6	90	95	97.5	X (95)	95	X (100)	X (120)	120	125	317.5
8	Robert Mitchell (USA)	59.0	85	X (90)	X (90)	97.5	X (105)	X (105)	120	X (130)	130	312.5
9	Rudolf Troppert (AUT)	67.3	77.5	82.5	X (85)	X (95)	95	X (100)	125	X (130)	X (130)	302.5
10	Gastone Pierini (ITA)	66.8	87.5	92.5	95	X (87.5)	87.5	90	115	X (120)	X (120)	300
11	Peeter Mürk (EST)	66.8	70	75	X (77.5)	90	X (95)	95	115	X (120)	X (120)	285
12	Jens Björklund (SWE)	67.0	82.5	X (87.5)	X (87.5)	X (85)	X (85)	85	110	115	X (120)	282.5
13	Antonín Balda (TCH)	67.0	80	X (85)	X (85)	X (90)	90	X (95)	X (110)	X (110)	110	280
14	Henri Blanc (SUI)	67.4	75	X (82.5)	82.5	80	X (90)	X (90)	110	115	X (120)	277.5
15	Alfred Griffin (GBR)	64.0	X (82.5)	82.5	87.5	X (80)	80	82.5	X (105)	X (105)	105	275
16	Own Kongding (ROC)	66.7	72.5	77.5	X (80)	75	X (85)	X (85)	X (100)	X (100)	X (100)	152.5

The bodyweight for all weightlifters is given as before the competition. An Austrian protest was upheld to reweigh the medalists after the event, when both Fein and Mesbah had the same bodyweight, both were awarded gold medals.

References

↑ "Weightlifting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

Sources

Olympic Report Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 January 2009.

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