Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

The men's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 67.5 kilograms (148.8 pounds). The competition was held on Saturday, 30 July 1932. Six weightlifters from four nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
René Duverger  France	Hans Haas  Austria	Gastone Pierini  Italy

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	Press	101	Khalil Yussef	Cairo (EGY)	1931
	Snatch	105.5	Robert Fein	Vienna (AUT)	1931
	Clean & Jerk		?
	Total	330	Kurt Helbig	Koblenz (GER)	1928
Olympic Record	Press	90	Kurt Helbig	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
		90	Jules Meese	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
		90	Gastone Pierini	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
		90	Willi Reinfrank	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
	Snatch	102.5	Hans Haas	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
	Clean & Jerk	135	Hans Haas	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
		135	Kurt Helbig	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
	Total	322.5	Hans Haas	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928
		322.5	Kurt Helbig	Amsterdam (NED)	28 July 1928

René Duverger set a new Olympic record in press with 97.5 kilograms and in total with 325 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Place	Weightlifter	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
		1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.
1	René Duverger (FRA)	90	95	97.5	95	100	102.5	120	125	X (130)	325
2	Hans Haas (AUT)	77.5	82.5	X (85)	95	100	X (102.5)	125	X (130)	X (130)	307.5
3	Gastone Pierini (ITA)	87.5	92.5	X (95)	85	90	X (92.5)	115	120	X (122.5)	302.5
4	Pierino Gabetti (ITA)	77.5	82.5	85	90	X (95)	95	X (120)	X (120)	120	300
5	Arnie Sundberg (USA)	72.5	X (77.5)	77.5	85	90	X (92.5)	112.5	117.5	X (122.5)	285
6	Walter Zagurski (USA)	77.5	X (82.5)	82.5	X (85)	85	90	112.5	X (117.5)	X (117.5)	285

Sources

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 October 2008.