Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

Men's featherweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date	July 28
Competitors	21 from 13 nations
Medalists
Franz Andrysek   Austria   Pierino Gabetti   Italy   Hans Wölpert   Germany

Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics
−60 kg	men
−67.5 kg	men
−75 kg	men
−82.5 kg	men
+82.5 kg	men

The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms (132 pounds). The competition was held on Saturday, July 28, 1928.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	Press	92.5	Hans Wölpert	Mannheim (GER)	1924
	Snatch	92.5	Pierino Gabetti	Milano (ITA)	1927
	Clean & Jerk	120	Andreas Stadler	Vienna (AUT)	1926
	Total	282.5	Heinrich Graf	Tallinn (EST)	April 1922
Olympic Record	Press	80	Arthur Reinmann	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
	Snatch	82.5	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
		82.5	Maurice Martin	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
	Clean & Jerk	105	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
		105	Andreas Stadler	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
		105	Wilhelm Rosinek	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
		105	Alfred Baxter	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924
	Total	260(*)	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	July 21, 1924

(*) Originally a five lift competition.

All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Hans Wölpert and Giuseppe Conca in press and Franz Andrysek in clean and jerk equalized the standing world records. Pierino Gabetti and Hans Wölpert equalized the standing world record in the three lifts (total) while Franz Andrysek set a new world record with 287.5 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Place	Weightlifter	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
		1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.
1	Franz Andrysek (AUT)	70	X (75)	77.5	85	90	-	115	120	X (122.5)	287.5
2	Pierino Gabetti (ITA)	72.5	77.5	80	82.5	85	90	107.5	112.5	X (115)	282.5
3	Hans Wölpert (GER)	87.5	92.5	-	77.5	82.5	-	107.5	X (112.5)	X (112.5)	282.5
4	Giuseppe Conca (ITA)	85	90	92.5	75	80	-	105	-	X (112.5)	277.5
5	Arthur Reinmann (SUI)	75	80	82.5	72.5	77.5	82.5	100	105	110	275
6	Andreas Stadler (AUT)	67.5	72.5	X (75)	80	-	-	X (115)	X (115)	115	267.5
7	Henri Baudrand (FRA)	72.5	77.5	-	X (80)	80	-	102.5	X (107.5)	107.5	265
8	Josef Vacek (TCH)	75	X (80)	80	75	80	82.5	-	100	-	262.5
	Cemal Erçman (TUR)	80	85	-	67.5	75	-	95	100	102.5	262.5
10	Henri Rivière (FRA)	62.5	67.5	70	80	85	-	102.5	107.5	X (112.5)	260
11	Ferdinand Renier (BEL)	65	70	72.5	X (77.5)	X (77.5)	77.5	97.5	102.5	105	255
	Eugen Mühlberger (GER)	70	-	-	80	-	-	X (105)	105	X (110)	255
	António Pereira (POR)	65	70	X (72.5)	75	X (80)	80	100	X (105)	105	255
14	Justin Tissot (SUI)	65	70	72.5	X (77.5)	77.5	-	95	100	-	250
	Aleksander Kask (EST)	X (75)	75	-	-	75	-	-	100	-	250
16	Hendrik de Wolf (NED)	67.5	72.5	X (75)	75	-	-	X (100)	100	-	247.5
	Albert Maes (BEL)	72.5	-	-	X (75)	X (75)	75	-	100	-	247.5
18	Alfred Baxter (GBR)	67.5	72.5	75	X (67.5)	67.5	-	92.5	97.5	-	240
19	Cornelis Compter (NED)	70	75	-	70	X (75)	X (75)	92.5	-	-	237.5
20	Alfred Hopkins (GBR)	60	X (65)	X (65)	67.5	72.5	-	X (90)	95	-	227.5
21	Casimiro Vega (ARG)	60	X (65)	X (65)	67.5	-	-	90	95	-	222.5

References

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 March 2008.