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Lightweight (≤67½ kilograms), Men

Date22 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationVélodrome d'Hiver, Paris
Participants22 from 12 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in one-hand snatch, one-hand clean & jerk, military press, two-hand snatch, and two-hand clean & jerk determined placement.

The reigning World Champion, Rudolf Edinger had switched to the middleweight class, as had the 1922 World Champion and defending Olympic Champion, Alfred Neuland (Estonia). This left the competition open. Home lifter Edmond Décottignies, who had already been active prior to World War I, grabbed the opportunity. He broke the World Record in the single-handed clean & jerk with 92.5 kg, only to see his mark being improved by Félix Bischel shortly afterwards. His mark did open up a big lead over his main competitor, Anton Zwerina, and the three-time French champion held on for victory. Newspaper reports inform us that third place was decided by a )lift-off), as demanded by the rules, but no results for this tie-breaker are known.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Edmond DécottigniesFRA440.0ORGold
2Anton ZwerinaAUT427.5Silver
3Bohumil DurdisTCH425.0Bronze
4Leopold TreffnyAUT425.0
5Joseph JaquenoudSUI417.5
6Eduard VanaasemeEST415.0
7Guus SchefferNED415.0
8Félix BichselSUI410.0
=9Willy EtzenbergerAUT405.0
=9Gaston ButterBEL405.0
11André DelloueFRA400.0
=12Gastone PieriniITA392.5
=12Cesare BonettiITA392.5
=14Jules von GuntenSUI390.0
=14Martin OlofssonSWE390.0
=14Silvio QuadrelliITA390.0
17William WyattGBR352.5
18Johny GrünLUX350.0
19James TooleyGBR345.0
20William RandallGBR332.5
21Ēriks RauskaLAT325.0
22Voldemar NoormägiEST295.0