Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of five weight classes, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
–60 kg
France Raymond Suvigny
France (FRA)
Germany Hans Wölpert
Germany (GER)
United States Anthony Terlazzo
United States (USA)
Lightweight
60–67.5 kg
France René Duverger
France (FRA)
Austria Hans Haas
Austria (AUT)
Italy Gastone Pierini
Italy (ITA)
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
Germany Rudolf Ismayr
Germany (GER)
Italy Carlo Galimberti
Italy (ITA)
Austria Karl Hipfinger
Austria (AUT)
Light-heavyweight
75–82.5 kg
France Louis Hostin
France (FRA)
Denmark Svend Olsen
Denmark (DEN)
United States Henry Duey
United States (USA)
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Skobla
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Czechoslovakia Václav Pšenička
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Germany Josef Strassberger
Germany (GER)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 France France (FRA) 3 0 0 3
2 Germany Germany (GER) 1 1 1 3
3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 0 2
4 Austria Austria (AUT) 0 1 1 2
Italy Italy (ITA) 0 1 1 2
6 Denmark Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
7 United States United States (USA) 0 0 2 2

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