Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg


The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms. 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 prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World RecordPress95.5 Hans WölpertBenneckenstein 1936
World RecordSnatch>97.5 Georgi Popov
World RecordClean & Jerk>125.5?
World RecordTotal>297?
Olympic RecordPress92.5 Hans WölpertAmsterdam 28 July 1928
Olympic RecordPress92.5 Giuseppe ConcaAmsterdam 28 July 1928
Olympic RecordSnatch90 Franz AndrysekAmsterdam 28 July 1928
Olympic RecordSnatch90 Pierino GabettiAmsterdam 28 July 1928
Olympic RecordClean & Jerk120 Franz AndrysekAmsterdam 28 July 1928
Olympic RecordTotal287.5 Franz AndrysekAmsterdam 28 July 1928
Olympic RecordTotal287.5 Raymond SuvignyLos Angeles 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.