| Date | 2 August 1936 — 20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin | |
| Participants | 21 from 13 countries | |
| Format | Total of best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk determined placement. | |
American Tony Terlazzo, the 1932 bronze medalist, took the lead in the military press, tied with German Georg Liebsch, and then increased the lead in the snatch, giving him a comfortable lead. While he did not have the best clean & jerk, he easily won the gold medal with a world record total of 312.5 kg. Egyptians won the other medals, as Saleh Mohamed and Ibrahim Shams had the best marks in the clean & jerk, and won silver and bronze, respectively.
Terlazzo would go up in weight and win the World Championships in 1937 and 1938 as a lightweight. Liebsch, who finished fifth in Berlin, won the World Championship in this class in both 1937-38.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Terlazzo |  USA | 312.5 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Saleh Mohamed |  EGY | 305.0 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Ibrahim Shams | EGY | 300.0 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Anton Richter |  AUT | 297.5 | |||
| 5 | Georg Liebsch |  GER | 290.0 | |||
| 6 | Attilio Bescapè |  ITA | 287.5 | |||
| 7 | John Terry | USA | 287.5 | |||
| 8 | Max Walter | GER | 280.0 | |||
| 9 | Umberto Brizzi | ITA | 277.5 | |||
| 10 | Marcel Baril |  FRA | 275.0 | |||
| 11 | Antoine Verdu | FRA | 275.0 | |||
| 12 | Mathias Zahradka | AUT | 272.5 | |||
| 13 | Erm Lund |  EST | 270.0 | |||
| 14 | Alois Rigert |  SUI | 270.0 | |||
| 15 | Norman Holroyd |  GBR | 262.5 | |||
| 16 | Huang Sheji |  CHN | 255.0 | |||
| 17 | Jenő Kuti |  HUN | 252.5 | |||
| 18 | František Šimůnek |  TCH | 250.0 | |||
| 19 | Fred Marsh | GBR | 247.5 | |||
| 20 | Shen Liang | CHN | 242.5 | |||
| 21 | Franz Conrad |  LUX | 220.0 |
