| Weightlifting at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Deutschlandhalle |
| Dates | 2–5 August 1936 |
| Competitors | 80 from 15 nations |
The weightlifting competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin consisted of five weight classes, all for men only. [1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherweight –60 kg | Anthony Terlazzo  United States | Saleh Soliman  Egypt | Ibrahim Shams Egypt |
| Lightweight 60–67.5 kg | Robert Fein  Austria | none awarded | Karl Jansen  Germany |
| Anwar Mesbah Egypt | |||
| Middleweight 67.5–75 kg | Khadr El Touni Egypt | Rudolf Ismayr Germany | Adolf Wagner Germany |
| Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg | Louis Hostin  France | Eugen Deutsch Germany | Ibrahim Wasif Egypt |
| Heavyweight +82.5 kg | Josef Manger Germany | Václav Pšenička  Czechoslovakia | Arnold Luhaäär  Estonia |
| 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 | |
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