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


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. The competition was held on Saturday, 28 July 1928.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World RecordPress92.5 Hans WölpertMannheim 1924
World RecordSnatch92.5 Pierino GabettiMilano 1927
World RecordClean & Jerk120 Andreas StadlerVienna 1926
World RecordTotal282.5 Heinrich GrafTallinn April 1922
Olympic RecordPress80 Arthur ReinmannParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordSnatch82.5 Pierino GabettiParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordSnatch82.5 Maurice MartinParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordClean & Jerk105 Pierino GabettiParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordClean & Jerk105 Andreas StadlerParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordClean & Jerk105 Wilhelm RosinekParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordClean & Jerk105 Alfred BaxterParis 21 July 1924
Olympic RecordTotal260' Pierino GabettiParis 21 July 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 while Franz Andrysek set a new world record with 287.5 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.