The men's light-heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 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 Saturday, 30 July 1932. Four weightlifters from three nations competed.[1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | >110.5 | ? | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | >117.5 | ? | |||
| Clean & Jerk | >152.5 | ? | |||
| Total | >372 | ? | |||
| Olympic Record | Press | 100 | Jakob Vogt | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 |
| 100 | Václav Pšenička | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 | ||
| 100 |  Louis Hostin | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 | ||
| 100 |  El Sayed Nosseir | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 | ||
| Snatch | 112.5 | El Sayed Nosseir | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 142.5 | El Sayed Nosseir | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 | |
| 142.5 | Louis Hostin | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 | ||
| Total | 355 | El Sayed Nosseir | Amsterdam (NED) | 29 July 1928 |
Louis Hostin and Svend Olsen both improved the standing Olympic record in press with 102.5 kilograms. Louis Hostin also equalized the Olympic record in snatch with 112.5 kilograms and bettered the record in clean and jerk with 150 kilograms and in total with 365 kilograms.
All figures in kilograms.
| Place | Weightlifter | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center width=50 | 1. | align=center width=50 | 2. | align=center width=50 | 3. | align=center width=50 | 1. | align=center width=50 | 2. | align=center width=50 | 3. | align=center width=60 | 1. | align=center width=60 | 2. | align=center width=60 | 3. |
| 1 | 97.5 | X (102.5) | 102.5 | 105 | 110 | 112.5 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 365 | |||||||
| 2 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | X (132.5) | 127.5 | X (132.5) | 132.5 | 340 | |||||||
| 3 | 87.5 | 92.5 | X (95) | 95 | 100 | 105 | 127.5 | X (132.5) | 132.5 | 330 | |||||||
| 4 | X (90) | X (95) | 95 | X (92.5) | 92.5 | 97.5 | X (130) | 130 | X (135) | 322.5 | |||||||