Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

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

Medal summary

Event	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

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 nations)		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.