| Event: | Men's heavyweight weightlifting |
| Games: | 1928 Summer |
| Date: | 29 July |
| Competitors: | 17 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Gold: | Josef Straßberger |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Arnold Luhaäär |
| Silvernoc: | EST |
| Bronze: | Jaroslav Skobla |
| Bronzenoc: | TCH |
| Prev: | 1924 |
| Next: | 1932 |
The men's heavyweight or unlimited event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the heaviest contested, and allowed weightlifters over 82.5 kilograms (181.5 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.[1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | ? |  Rudolf Schilberg | Vienna (AUT) | 1928 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | 126.5 |  Charles Rigoulot | Paris (FRA) | 1926 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 161.5 | Charles Rigoulot | Paris (FRA) | 1925 | |
| Total | 380 | Karl Morke | Stuttgart (GER) | 1920 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 112.5 |  Giuseppe Tonani | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 |
| 112.5 | Franz Aigner | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | ||
| Snatch | 100 | Giuseppe Tonani | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | |
| 100 | Louis Dannoux | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | ||
| 100 | Claudius Dutriève | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 140 |  Harald Tammer | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 | |
| Total | 342.5(*) | Giuseppe Tonani | Paris (FRA) | 24 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Josef Straßberger set a new world record in press with 122.5 kilograms.
All figures in kilograms.
| Place | Weightlifter | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center width=50 | 1. | align=center width=50 | 2. | align=center width=50 | 3. | align=center width=50 | 1. | align=center width=50 | 2. | align=center width=50 | 3. | align=center width=60 | 1. | align=center width=60 | 2. | align=center width=60 | 3. |
| 1 | 115 | 120 | 122.5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | X (110) | 137.5 | X (142.5) | 142.5 | 372.5 | |||||||
| 2 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 100 | X (110) | 110 | X (115) | 140 | 145 | 150 | 360 | |||||||
| 3 | 90 | 100 | X (105) | 97.5 | X (107.5) | 107.5 | 140 | 147.5 | X (150) | 357.5 | |||||||
| 4 | 105 | 110 | X (115) | 105 | X (110) | X (110) | X (140) | X (140) | 140 | 355 | |||||||
| 5 | X (115) | 115 | X (120) | 97.5 | 105 | X (107.5) | X (132.5) | 135 | X (137.5) | 355 | |||||||
| 95 | 100 | 105 | 100 | 110 | X (115) | 130 | X (140) | 140 | 355 | ||||||||
| 7 | 112.5 | 117.5 | X (120) | 97.5 | X (102.5) | X (102.5) | 127.5 | 135 | 137.5 | 352.5 | |||||||
| 8 | 92.5 | 97.5 | X (102.5) | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 127.5 | 132.5 | X (137.5) | 340 | |||||||
| 9 | 90 | 97.5 | X (100) | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 127.5 | 132.5 | X (137.5) | 330 | |||||||
| 10 | 87.5 | 92.5 | X (95) | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 130 | 135 | X (140) | 327.5 | |||||||
| 102.5 | X (107.5) | X (107.5) | X (100) | 100 | X (105) | 125 | X (130) | - | 327.5 | ||||||||
| 12 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | X (120) | 130 | - | 325 | |||||||
| 13 | 90 | 95 | X (100) | X (95) | 95 | X (100) | 120 | 125 | X (130) | 315 | |||||||
| 14 | X (85) | 85 | 90 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 115 | 120 | X (125) | 300 | |||||||
| 15 | X (80) | 80 | 85 | X (77.5) | 80 | 85 | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 | |||||||
| 16 | 80 | 85 | X (87.5) | 77.5 | X (82.5) | X (82.5) | 105 | X (110) | - | 267.5 | |||||||
| - | 95 | 102.5 | X (105) | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | X (137.5) | - | - | - | |||||||