Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

Men's light heavyweight weightlifting at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date	29 July
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Medalists
El Sayed Nosseir  Egypt Louis Hostin  France Jan Verheijen  Netherlands

Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics
−60 kg	men
−67.5 kg	men
−75 kg	men
−82.5 kg
+82.5 kg	men

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-heaviest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 82.5 kilograms (181.5 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.^[1]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	Press		?
	Snatch	110.5	Jakob Vogt	Munich (GER)	1927
	Clean & Jerk		?
	Total	337.5	Jakob Vogt	Koblenz (GER)	1928
Olympic Record	Press	95	Leopold Friedrich	Paris (FRA)	23 July 1924
	Snatch	102.5	Charles Rigoulot	Paris (FRA)	23 July 1924
	Clean & Jerk	135	Charles Rigoulot	Paris (FRA)	23 July 1924
	Total	322.5(*)	Charles Rigoulot	Paris (FRA)	23 July 1924

(*) Originally a five lift competition.

All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. El Sayed Nosseir set a new world record in snatch with 112.5 kilograms and in the total of the three lifts with 355 kilograms.

Rank	Weightlifter	Nation	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
			#1	#2	#3	#1	#2	#3	#1	#2	#3
	El Sayed Nosseir	Egypt	92.5	97.5	100	102.5	107.5	112.5	X (140)	140	142.5	355
	Louis Hostin	France	95	100	X (102.5)	102.5	107.5	110	132.5	137.5	142.5	352.5
	Jan Verheijen	Netherlands	X (90)	X (95)	95	105	X (110)	X (110)	132.5	137.5	X (142.5)	337.5
4	Jakob Vogt	Germany	100	X (102.5)	X (105)	100	X (105)	105	130	X (135)	X (135)	335
	Václav Pšenička	Czechoslovakia	100	X (105)	X (105)	100	105	X (110)	130	X (135)	X (135)	335
6	Karl Freiberger	Austria	85	90	95	90	95	X (100)	125	X (132.5)	132.5	322.5
7	Pierre Vibert	France	X (95)	95	X (100)	95	X (100)	X (100)	125	X (130)	X (130)	315
	Josef Zeman	Austria	75	X (80)	X (80)	95	102.5	105	130	135	X (140)	315
	Karl Bierwirth	Germany	90	95	X (100)	95	X (105)	X (110)	120	125	-	315
10	Otto Garnus	Switzerland	82.5	X (87.5)	X (87.5)	90	95	X (100)	125	130	X (132.5)	307.5
11	Olaf Luiga	Estonia	80	X (85)	X (85)	90	95	X (100)	130	X (135)	X (135)	305
12	Willem Tholen	Netherlands	X (80)	85	87.5	90	X (95)	X (95)	115	120	X (125)	297.5
13	Jules Van Der Goten	Belgium	72.5	77.5	80	85	90	92.5	110	120	X (125)	292.5
14	Nic Scheitler	Luxembourg	80	85	X (90)	80	85	X (92.5)	105	X (110)	-	275
15	Edmond Donzé	Switzerland	75	X (80)	X (80)	77.5	82.5	X (85)	X (100)	100	X (105)	257.5

• Olympic Report Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 31 March 2008.