Weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Weightlifting pictogram
Venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Date	28 July - 29 July 1928
No. of events	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors	92 from 19 nations
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Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The weightlifting competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of five weight classes, all for men only. The competitions were held on Saturday, 28 July 1928, and on Sunday, 29 July 1928. ^[1]

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg details	Franz Andrysek   Austria	Pierino Gabetti   Italy	Hans Wölpert   Germany
Lightweight –67.5 kg details	Hans Haas   Austria	none awarded	Fernand Arnout   France
	Kurt Helbig   Germany
Middleweight –75 kg details	Roger François   France	Carlo Galimberti   Italy	Guus Scheffer   Netherlands
Light heavyweight –82.5 kg details	El Sayed Nosseir   Egypt	Louis Hostin   France	Jan Verheijen   Netherlands
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details	Josef Strassberger   Germany	Arnold Luhaäär   Estonia	Jaroslav Skobla   Czechoslovakia

Participating nations

Every nation was allowed to participate with a maximum of two weightlifters in every event. Five nations entered the maximum of ten competitors.

A total of 92 weightlifters from 19 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	0	1	3
2	Austria (AUT)	2	0	0	2
3	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
4	Egypt (EGY)	1	0	0	1
5	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
6	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	4	5	15

References

Sources

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.

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