Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Weightlifting
Games:	1936 Summer
Venue:	Deutschlandhalle
Dates:	2–5 August 1936
Competitors:	80
Nations:	15
Prev:	1932
Next:	1948

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

Medal summary

Featherweight –60 kg
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg		none awarded
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg

Sources

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 20 December 2006 .
• Web site: Ron Walker - 1936 Olympian . . 23 June 2011 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/WLT/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 20 December 2019.