# Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms (132 pounds). The competition was held on Saturday, 28 July 1928.

## 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 |
| World Record | Snatch | 92.5 | Pierino Gabetti | Milan (ITA) | 1927 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | 120 | Andreas Stadler | Vienna (AUT) | 1926 |
| World Record | Total | 282.5 | Heinrich Graf | Tallinn (EST) | April 1922 |
| Olympic Record | Press | 80 | Arthur Reinmann | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | 82.5 | Pierino Gabetti | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | 82.5 | Maurice Martin | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | 105 | Pierino Gabetti | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | 105 | Andreas Stadler | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | 105 | Wilhelm Rosinek | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | 105 | Alfred Baxter | Paris (FRA) | 21 July 1924 |
| Olympic Record | 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 | Press | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total |
| Rank | Weightlifter | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | 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 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 11 | Eugen Mühlberger | Germany | 70 | - | - | 70 | 80 | - | - | 80 | 105 | 105 | 110 | 105 | 255 |
| 11 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 |