Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 75 kilograms (165 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 31 July 1932. Seven weightlifters from six nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rudolf Ismayr  Germany	Carlo Galimberti  Italy	Karl Hipfinger  Austria

Records

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

World Record	Press	>105.5	?
	Snatch	>112	Rudolf Ismayr
	Clean & Jerk	145	Karl Hipfinger	Vienna (AUT)	1931
	Total	>352	?
Olympic Record	Press	105	Carlo Galimberti	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
	Snatch	105	Guus Scheffer	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
	Clean & Jerk	135	Franz Zinner	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
	Total	335	Roger François	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928

Karl Hipfinger set a new Olympic record in snatch with 107.5 kilograms and in clean and jerk with 140 kilograms. Rudolf Ismayr set a new Olympic record in total with 345 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Place	Weightlifter	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
		1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.
1	Rudolf Ismayr (GER)	95	102.5	X (107.5)	100	110	X (115)	132.5	X (140)	X (140)	345
2	Carlo Galimberti (ITA)	95	102.5	X (105)	95	102.5	105	127.5	X (132.5)	132.5	340
3	Karl Hipfinger (AUT)	85	90	X (92.5)	100	105	107.5	135	140	X (145)	337.5
4	Roger François (FRA)	95	102.5	X (105)	95	102.5	X (105)	X (125)	125	130	335
5	Stanley Kratkowski (USA)	82.5	X (87.5)	X (87.5)	X (102.5)	102.5	X (110)	120	X (125)	X (125)	335
6	Julio Juaneda (ARG)	70	75	X (80)	85	90	X (95)	115	120	X (125)	285
7	Sam Termine (USA)	82.5	87.5	X (90)	100	105	X (110)	X (132.5)	X (132.5)	X (132.5)	192.5

Sources

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