Records

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

World Record	Press	92.5	Hans Wölpert	Mannheim (GER)	1924
	Snatch	92.5	Pierino Gabetti	Milan (ITA)	1927
	Clean & Jerk	120	Andreas Stadler	Vienna (AUT)	1926
	Total	282.5	Heinrich Graf	Tallinn (EST)	April 1922
Olympic Record	Press	80	Arthur Reinmann	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
	Snatch	82.5	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		82.5	Maurice Martin	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
	Clean & Jerk	105	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		105	Andreas Stadler	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		105	Wilhelm Rosinek	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
		105	Alfred Baxter	Paris (FRA)	21 July 1924
	Total	260(*)	Pierino Gabetti	Paris (FRA)	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 (total) while Franz Andrysek set a new world record with 287.5 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Rank	Weightlifter	Nation	Press				Snatch				Clean & jerk				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Franz Andrysek	Austria	70	75	77.5	77.5	85	90	-	90	115	120	122.5	120	287.5
	Pierino Gabetti	Italy	72.5	77.5	80	80	82.5	85	90	90	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	282.5
	Hans Wölpert	Germany	87.5	92.5	-	92.5	77.5	82.5	-	82.5	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	282.5
4	Giuseppe Conca	Italy	85	90	92.5	92.5	75	80	-	80	105	-	112.5	105	277.5
5	Arthur Reinmann	Switzerland	75	80	82.5	82.5	72.5	77.5	82.5	82.5	100	105	110	110	275
6	Andreas Stadler	Austria	67.5	72.5	75	72.5	80	-	-	80	115	115	115	115	267.5
7	Henri Baudrand	France	72.5	77.5	-	77.5	80	80	-	80	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	265
8	Josef Vacek	Czechoslovakia	75	80	80	80	75	80	82.5	82.5	-	100	-	100	262.5
	Cemal Erçman	Turkey	80	85	-	85	67.5	75	-	75	95	100	102.5	102.5	262.5
10	Henri Rivière	France	62.5	67.5	70	70	80	85	-	85	102.5	107.5	112.5	107.5	260
11	Ferdinand Renier	Belgium	65	70	72.5	72.5	77.5	77.5	77.5	77.5	97.5	102.5	105	105	255
	Eugen Mühlberger	Germany	70	-	-	70	80	-	-	80	105	105	110	105	255
	António Pereira	Portugal	65	70	72.5	70	75	80	80	80	100	105	105	105	255
14	Justin Tissot	Switzerland	65	70	72.5	72.5	77.5	77.5	-	77.5	95	100	-	100	250
	Aleksander Kask	Estonia	75	75	-	75	-	75	-	75	-	100	-	100	250
16	Hendrik de Wolf	Netherlands	67.5	72.5	75	72.5	75	-	-	75	100	100	-	100	247.5
	Albert Maes	Belgium	72.5	-	-	72.5	75	75	75	75	-	100	-	100	247.5
18	Alfred Baxter	Great Britain	67.5	72.5	75	75	67.5	67.5	-	67.5	92.5	97.5	-	97.5	240
19	Cornelis Compter	Netherlands	70	75	-	75	70	75	75	70	92.5	-	-	92.5	237.5
20	Alfred Hopkins	Great Britain	60	65	65	60	67.5	72.5	-	72.5	90	95	-	95	227.5
21	Casimiro Vega	Argentina	60	65	65	60	67.5	-	-	67.5	90	95	-	95	222.5

References

Sources

• Olympic Report Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 March 2008.