Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Olympics

Weightlifting

at the Games of the XI Olympiad

Venue| Deutschlandhalle
Dates| 2–5 August 1936
Competitors| 80 from 15 nations

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

## Medal summary[edit]

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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
Anwar Mesbah
Egypt
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

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt (EGY)| 2| 1| 2| 5
2|  Germany (GER)| 1| 2| 2| 5
3|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 0| 0| 1
France (FRA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
United States (USA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Estonia (EST)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 6| 4| 5| 15

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

## Sources[edit]

* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.
* "Ron Walker - 1936 Olympian". YNEPF. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

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