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Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

{{short description|Weightlifting at the Olympics}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Weightlifting

| games = 1936 Summer

| image = Weightlifting pictogram.svg

| image_size = 100px

| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/WLT/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/WLT/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Weightlifting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=20 December 2019}}

Medal summary

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Featherweight
–60 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Anthony Terlazzo|USA|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Saleh Soliman|EGY|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Ibrahim Shams|EGY|1936 Summer}}

rowspan=2|Lightweight
60–67.5 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Robert Fein|AUT|1936 Summer}}

|rowspan=2|none awarded

|rowspan=2|{{flagIOCmedalist|Karl Jansen|GER|1936 Summer}}

{{flagIOCmedalist|Anwar Mesbah|EGY|1936 Summer}}
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Khadr El Touni|EGY|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Rudolf Ismayr|GER|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Adolf Wagner|GER|1936 Summer}}

Light-heavyweight
75–82.5 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Louis Hostin|FRA|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Eugen Deutsch|GER|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Ibrahim Wasif|EGY|1936 Summer}}

Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Josef Manger|GER|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Václav Pšenička|TCH|1936 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Arnold Luhaäär|EST|1936 Summer}}

Participating nations

A total of 81 weightlifters from 16 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

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  • {{flagIOC|AUT|1932 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROC|1932 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|TCH|1932 Summer|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|EGY|1932 Summer|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|EST|1932 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|1932 Summer|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|GER|1932 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|1932 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|HAI|1932 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|HUN|1932 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|IND|1932 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1932 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|LUX|1932 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1932 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|1932 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|1932 Summer|10}}

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Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1936 Summer

| team =

| gold_EGY = 2 | silver_EGY = 1 | bronze_EGY = 2

| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 2

| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 0

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0

| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0

| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 1

}}

References

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Sources

  • {{cite web | title=Olympic Medal Winners | publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp | access-date=20 December 2006 }}
  • {{cite web | title=Ron Walker - 1936 Olympian | publisher=YNEPF |url=http://www.ynepf.org.uk/ronw.htm| access-date=23 June 2011 }}

{{Events at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

{{Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics}}

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Category:Events at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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