Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg explained

Event:	Men's 60 kg
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Empress Hall (Earls Court Exhibition Centre)
Date:	9 August 1948
Competitors:	23
Nations:	18
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	332.5 kg WR
Gold:	Mahmoud Fayad
Goldnoc:	EGY
Silver:	Rodney Wilkes
Silvernoc:	TRI
Bronze:	Jafar Salmasi
Bronzenoc:	IRI
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place on 9 August at the Empress Hall of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.^[1] The featherweight class, which had been the lightest from their introduction in the 1920 Summer Olympics until the 1936 Summer Olympics, was now the second-lightest, with a bantamweight (56 kg) class split off into a separate competition.^[2]

Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Press		105 kg		1939
	Snatch		102.5 kg		1939
	Clean & Jerk		131 kg		1946
	Total		300 kg	Paris, France	18–19 October 1946
Olympic record	Press		92.5 kg	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28 July 1928
			92.5 kg	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28 July 1928
	Snatch		90 kg	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28 July 1928
			90 kg	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28 July 1928
	Clean & Jerk		120 kg	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28 July 1928
	Total		287.5 kg	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28 July 1928

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Body weight	Press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
			59.71	85	90	92.5	92.5	97.5	102.5	105	105	130	135	135	135
			60.00	90	97.5	100	97.5	90	95	97.5	97.5	115	122.5	127.5	122.5	317.5
			59.99	95	100	102.5	100	90	95	97.5	97.5	115	120	120	115	312.5
			59.80	90	90	92.5	92.5	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	117.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	307.5
			59.92	97.5	105	105	97.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	117.5	125	125	117.5	307.5
			60.00	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	90	95	97.5	95	120	127.5	127.5	120	307.5
			60.00	90	95	97.5	95	90	95	95	90	115	120	120	120	305
			59.68	80	85	87.5	85	90	95	95	95	115	120	125	120	300
			59.85	85	90	90	85	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	117.5	122.5	125	122.5	300
10			59.86	80	85	87.5	87.5	85	90	92.5	92.5	115	120	120	120	300
11			59.65	75	80	82.5	80	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	112.5	120	120	120	292.5
12			59.74	80	85	87.5	87.5	82.5	87.5	90	90	115	115	115	115	292.5
13			59.77	85	90	–	85	92.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	115	115	–	115	292.5
14			59.90	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	110	115	117.5	117.5	292.5
15			59.50	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	90	90	95	90	110	115	117.5	117.5	290
16			58.45	85	90	90	85	80	85	87.5	85	110	115	–	110	280
17			59.75	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	80	80	80	80	105	110	110	110	277.5
18			59.46	75	80	80	75	85	85	95	85	115	115	125	115	275
19			59.60	75	80	80	75	85	90	90	85	110	115	120	115	275
20			59.50	87.5	87.5	92.5	87.5	80	85	85	80	105	110	110	105	272.5
21			59.45	70	75	80	75	75	80	85	80	100	105	110	105	260
22			59.90	75	80	82.5	80	75	80	82.5	75	95	100	105	100	255
23			59.45	95	95	95	0	85	90	90	85	–	–	–	–	85

New records

Press	100 kg		,
Snatch	105 kg		,
Clean & Jerk	135 kg		,
Total	332.5 kg		,

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 476.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Featherweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WLT/mens-featherweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 22 December 2019.
3. Official Report, p. 481.