The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms (132 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 2 August 1936. Twenty-one weightlifters from 13 nations competed.
Medalists
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World Record Press 95.5 Hans Wölpert Benneckenstein (GER) 1936 Snatch >97.5 Georgi Popov Clean & Jerk >125.5 ? Total >297 ? Olympic Record Press 92.5 Hans Wölpert Amsterdam (NED) 28 July 1928 92.5 Giuseppe Conca Amsterdam (NED) 28 July 1928 Snatch 90 Franz Andrysek Amsterdam (NED) 28 July 1928 90 Pierino Gabetti Amsterdam (NED) 28 July 1928 Clean & Jerk 120 Franz Andrysek Amsterdam (NED) 28 July 1928 Total 287.5 Franz Andrysek Amsterdam (NED) 28 July 1928 287.5 Raymond Suvigny Los Angeles (USA) 31 July 1932
Anthony Terlazzo and Georg Liebsch both equalized the standing Olympic record in press with 92.5 kilograms. Anthony Terlazzo and Anton Richter both improved the Olympic record in snatch with 97.5 kilograms. Saleh Soliman and Ibrahim Shams both bettered the Olympic record in clean and jerk with 125 kilograms, and Anthony Terlazzo set a new Olympic record in total with 312.5 kilograms.
Results
All figures in kilograms.
Place Weightlifter Body weight Press Snatch Clean & jerk Total 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1 60.0 87.5 92.5 X (95) 90 95 97.5 122.5 X (127.5) X (127.5) 312.5 2 59.5 77.5 82.5 85 87.5 X (92.5) 95 115 122.5 125 305 3 59.5 72.5 77.5 80 90 95 X (97.5) 120 125 X (127.5) 300 4 59.8 72.5 77.5 80 90 95 97.5 120 X (125) X (125) 297.5 5 59.4 87.5 92.5 X (95) 85 X (90) 90 107.5 X (112.5) X (112.5) 290 6 60.0 80 85 X (87.5) 85 90 X (92.5) X (110) 110 X (115) 287.5 7 60.0 75 X (80) X (80) 87.5 X (92.5) 92.5 115 X (120) 120 287.5 8 59.0 75 X (80) X (80) X (90) X (90) 90 115 X (122.5) X (122.5) 280 9 60.0 80 85 X (87.5) 75 80 82.5 X (110) 110 X (115) 277.5 10 60.0 70 75 X (77.5) 82.5 X (87.5) 87.5 110 112.5 X (115) 275 11 60.0 X (72.5) 77.5 X (80) 82.5 87.5 X (90) X (110) X (110) 110 275 12 59.7 75 80 X (82.5) 82.5 X (87.5) X (87.5) 105 X (110) 110 272.5 13 59.8 67.5 72.5 X (75) 80 X (85) 85 107.5 112.5 X (117.5) 270 14 59.9 75 85 X (87.5) X (75) 75 80 100 X (105) 105 270 15 58.8 67.5 72.5 X (75) 70 75 80 105 X (112.5) X (112.5) 262.5 16 58.6 65 70 X (72.5) 75 - - 105 X (115) X (115) 255 17 59.4 70 X (75) 75 70 75 77.5 90 95 100 252.5 18 60.0 65 70 X (72.5) X (75) 75 80 95 100 X (105) 250 19 59.4 67.5 X (72.5) X (72.5) 77.5 X (82.5) X (82.5) 102.5 X (107.5) X (110) 247.5 20 59.4 72.5 - - 70 75 X (80) X (90) 95 X (100) 247.5 21 58.4 65 X (70) X (72.5) 65 - - X (90) X (90) 90 220
References
Sources Olympic Report