| Event: | Men's light heavyweight weightlifting |
| Games: | 1928 Summer |
| Date: | 29 July |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | El Sayed Nosseir |
| Goldnoc: | EGY |
| Silver: | Louis Hostin |
| Silvernoc: | FRA |
| Bronze: | Jan Verheijen |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
| Prev: | 1924 |
| Next: | 1932 |
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-heaviest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 82.5 kilograms (181.5 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.[1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | ? | |||
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| Snatch | 110.5 | Jakob Vogt | Munich (GER) | 1927 | |
| Clean & Jerk | ? | ||||
| Total | 337.5 | Jakob Vogt | Koblenz (GER) | 1928 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 95 |  Leopold Friedrich | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
| Snatch | 102.5 |  Charles Rigoulot | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 135 | Charles Rigoulot | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Total | 322.5(*) | Charles Rigoulot | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. El Sayed Nosseir set a new world record in snatch with 112.5 kilograms and in the total of the three lifts with 355 kilograms.
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| 92.5 | 97.5 | 100 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 112.5 | X (140) | 140 | 142.5 | 355 | ||||
| 95 | 100 | X (102.5) | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 352.5 | ||||
| X (90) | X (95) | 95 | 105 | X (110) | X (110) | 132.5 | 137.5 | X (142.5) | 337.5 | ||||
| 4 | 100 | X (102.5) | X (105) | 100 | X (105) | 105 | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 335 | |||
| 5 | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 100 | 105 | X (110) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 335 | |||
| 6 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 125 | X (132.5) | 132.5 | 322.5 | |||
| 7 | X (95) | 95 | X (100) | 95 | X (100) | X (100) | 125 | X (130) | X (130) | 315 | |||
| 75 | X (80) | X (80) | 95 | 102.5 | 105 | 130 | 135 | X (140) | 315 | ||||
| 90 | 95 | X (100) | 95 | X (105) | X (110) | 120 | 125 | - | 315 | ||||
| 10 | 82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 125 | 130 | X (132.5) | 307.5 | |||
| 11 | 80 | X (85) | X (85) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 305 | |||
| 12 | X (80) | 85 | 87.5 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 115 | 120 | X (125) | 297.5 | |||
| 13 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 110 | 120 | X (125) | 292.5 | |||
| 14 | 80 | 85 | X (90) | 80 | 85 | X (92.5) | 105 | X (110) | - | 275 | |||
| 15 | 75 | X (80) | X (80) | 77.5 | 82.5 | X (85) | X (100) | 100 | X (105) | 257.5 | |||