Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Deutschlandhalle
Dates	2–5 August 1936
Competitors	80 from 15 nations
←  1932 1948  →

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

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight –60 kg details	Anthony Terlazzo   United States	Saleh Soliman   Egypt	Ibrahim Shams   Egypt
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg details	Robert Fein   Austria	none awarded	Karl Jansen   Germany
	Anwar Mesbah   Egypt
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg details	Khadr El Touni   Egypt	Rudolf Ismayr   Germany	Adolf Wagner   Germany
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg details	Louis Hostin   France	Eugen Deutsch   Germany	Ibrahim Wasif   Egypt
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details	Josef Manger   Germany	Václav Pšenička   Czechoslovakia	Arnold Luhaäär   Estonia

Participating nations

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

•   Austria  (10)
•   Republic of China  (3)
•   Czechoslovakia  (6)
•   Egypt  (8)
•   Estonia  (4)
•   France  (8)
•   Germany  (10)
•   Great Britain  (5)
•   Haiti  (1)
•   Hungary  (2)
•   India  (1)
•   Italy  (4)
•   Luxembourg  (2)
•   Sweden  (2)
•   Switzerland  (5)
•   United States  (10)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt  (EGY)	2	1	2	5
2	Germany  (GER)	1	2	2	5
3	Austria  (AUT)	1	0	0	1
	France  (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	United States  (USA)	1	0	0	1
6	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	1	0	1
7	Estonia  (EST)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	4	5	15

References

1. "Weightlifting at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

Sources

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 20 December 2006.
• "Ron Walker - 1936 Olympian". YNEPF . Retrieved 23 June 2011.