Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's +82.5 kg

Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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The men's heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the heaviest contested, and allowed weightlifters over 82.5 kilograms (181.5 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, July 31, 1932.

Six weightlifters from four nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jaroslav Skobla Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Václav Pšenička Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Josef Straßberger Germany (GER)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	Press	133	Rudolf Schilberg	Vienna (AUT)	1931
	Snatch	>126	?
	Clean & Jerk	167	El Sayed Nosseir	Luxembourg City (LUX)	1931
	Total	400	El Sayed Nosseir	Cairo (EGY)	1931
Olympic Record	Press	122.5	Josef Straßberger	Amsterdam (NED)	July 29, 1928
	Snatch	110	Arnold Luhaäär	Amsterdam (NED)	July 29, 1928
		110	Josef Leppelt	Amsterdam (NED)	July 29, 1928
		110	Hermann Volz	Amsterdam (NED)	July 29, 1928
	Clean & Jerk	150	Arnold Luhaäär	Amsterdam (NED)	July 29, 1928
	Total	372.5	Josef Straßberger	Amsterdam (NED)	July 29, 1928

Josef Strassberger improved the standing Olympic record in press with 125 kilograms. Václav Pšenička bettered the Olympic record in snatch with 117.5 kilograms and Jaroslav Skobla set new Olympic records in clean and jerk with 152.5 kilograms and in total with 380 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Place	Weightlifter	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
Place	Weightlifter	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	Total
1	Jaroslav Skobla (TCH)	107.5	112.5	X (115)	107.5	112.5	115	150	152.5	-	380
2	Václav Pšenička (TCH)	110	112.5	-	110	115	117.5	X (147.5)	147.5	X (152.5)	377.5
3	Josef Straßberger (GER)	115	120	125	102.5	107.5	110	137.5	X (142.5)	142.5	377.5
4	Marcel Dumoulin (FRA)	90	95	X (97.5)	102.5	107.5	X (110)	135	140	X (145)	342.5
5	Albert Manger (USA)	90	95	100	87.5	92.5	X (97.5)	117.5	122.5	X (127.5)	315
6	Howard Turbyfill (USA)	77.5	X (82.5)	X (82.5)	95	X (100)	X (100)	127.5	132.5	X (137.5)	305

References

Olympic Report
sports-reference
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 October 2008.

Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight

1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg

1920: Filippo Bottino 1924: Giuseppe Tonani 1928: Josef Straßberger 1932: Jaroslav Skobla 1936: Josef Manger 1948+1952: John Davis 1956: Paul Anderson 1960: Yury Vlasov 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky 1972: Jaan Talts 1976: Yury Zaitsev 1980: Leonid Taranenko 1984: Norberto Oberburger 1988: Yury Zakharevich 1992: Ronny Weller 1996: Tymur Taymazov 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli 2004: Dmitry Berestov 2008: Andrei Aramnau 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy

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