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

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Competitors
  
15 from 10 nations

Start date
  
1928

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, July 29, 1928.

Records

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

(*) 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.

References

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