Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

The men's light-heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 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 Saturday, 30 July 1932. Four weightlifters from three nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Louis Hostin  France	Svend Olsen  Denmark	Henry Duey  United States

Records

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

World Record	Press	>110.5	?
	Snatch	>117.5	?
	Clean & Jerk	>152.5	?
	Total	>372	?
Olympic Record	Press	100	Jakob Vogt	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
		100	Václav Pšenička	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
		100	Louis Hostin	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
		100	El Sayed Nosseir	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
	Snatch	112.5	El Sayed Nosseir	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
	Clean & Jerk	142.5	El Sayed Nosseir	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
		142.5	Louis Hostin	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928
	Total	355	El Sayed Nosseir	Amsterdam (NED)	29 July 1928

Louis Hostin and Svend Olsen both improved the standing Olympic record in press with 102.5 kilograms. Louis Hostin also equalized the Olympic record in snatch with 112.5 kilograms and bettered the record in clean and jerk with 150 kilograms and in total with 365 kilograms.

Results

All figures in kilograms.

Place	Weightlifter	Press			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
		1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.	1.	2.	3.
1	Louis Hostin (FRA)	97.5	X (102.5)	102.5	105	110	112.5	140	145	150	365
2	Svend Olsen (DEN)	95	100	102.5	102.5	107.5	X (132.5)	127.5	X (132.5)	132.5	340
3	Henry Duey (USA)	87.5	92.5	X (95)	95	100	105	127.5	X (132.5)	132.5	330
4	Bill Good (USA)	X (90)	X (95)	95	X (92.5)	92.5	97.5	X (130)	130	X (135)	322.5

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 October 2008.