Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg explained

Event:	Men's featherweight weightlifting
Games:	1928 Summer
Date:	28 July
Competitors:	21
Nations:	13
Gold:	Franz Andrysek
Goldnoc:	AUT
Silver:	Pierino Gabetti
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Hans Wölpert
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms (132 pounds). The competition was held on Saturday, 28 July 1928.^[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	Press	92.5	Hans Wölpert	Mannheim (GER)	1924
	Snatch	92.5	Pierino Gabetti	Milan (ITA)	1927
	Clean & Jerk	120	Andreas Stadler	Vienna (AUT)	1926
	Total	282.5	Heinrich Graf	Tallinn (EST)	April 1922
Olympic Record	Press	80	Arthur Reinmann	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
	Snatch	82.5	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		82.5	Maurice Martin	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
	Clean & Jerk	105	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		105	Andreas Stadler	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		105	Wilhelm Rosinek	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		105	Alfred Baxter	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
	Total	260(*)	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924

(*) Originally a five lift competition.

All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Hans Wölpert and Giuseppe Conca in press and Franz Andrysek in clean and jerk equalized the standing world records. Pierino Gabetti and Hans Wölpert equalized the standing world record in the three lifts (total) while Franz Andrysek set a new world record with 287.5 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Rank	Weightlifter	Nation													Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
			70	75	77.5	77.5	85	90	-	90	115	120	122.5	120	287.5
			72.5	77.5	80	80	82.5	85	90	90	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	282.5
			87.5	92.5	-	92.5	77.5	82.5	-	82.5	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	282.5
4			85	90	92.5	92.5	75	80	-	80	105	-	112.5	105	277.5
5			75	80	82.5	82.5	72.5	77.5	82.5	82.5	100	105	110	110	275
6			67.5	72.5	75	72.5	80	-	-	80	115	115	115	115	267.5
7			72.5	77.5	-	77.5	80	80	-	80	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	265
8			75	80	80	80	75	80	82.5	82.5	-	100	-	100	262.5
			80	85	-	85	67.5	75	-	75	95	100	102.5	102.5	262.5
10			62.5	67.5	70	70	80	85	-	85	102.5	107.5	112.5	107.5	260
11			65	70	72.5	72.5	77.5	77.5	77.5	77.5	97.5	102.5	105	105	255
			70	-	-	70	80	-	-	80	105	105	110	105	255
			65	70	72.5	70	75	80	80	80	100	105	105	105	255
14			65	70	72.5	72.5	77.5	77.5	-	77.5	95	100	-	100	250
			75	75	-	75	-	75	-	75	-	100	-	100	250
16			67.5	72.5	75	72.5	75	-	-	75	100	100	-	100	247.5
			72.5	-	-	72.5	75	75	75	75	-	100	-	100	247.5
18			67.5	72.5	75	75	67.5	67.5	-	67.5	92.5	97.5	-	97.5	240
19			70	75	-	75	70	75	75	70	92.5	-	-	92.5	237.5
20			60	65	65	60	67.5	72.5	-	72.5	90	95	-	95	227.5
21			60	65	65	60	67.5	-	-	67.5	90	95	-	95	222.5

Sources

• Olympic Report
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 28 March 2008. pl.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Featherweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132446/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WLT/mens-featherweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 19 December 2019.