Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg explained

Event:	Men's 67.5 kg
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Empress Hall (Earls Court Exhibition Centre)
Date:	10 August 1948
Competitors:	22
Nations:	17
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	360 kg OR
Gold:	Ibrahim Shams
Goldnoc:	EGY
Silver:	Attia Hamouda
Silvernoc:	EGY
Bronze:	James Halliday
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place on 10 August at the Empress Hall of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.^[1] It was the sixth time the lightweight class competition was held, all at 67.5 kg.^[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		109 kg		1948
	Snatch		116.5 kg		1939
	Clean & Jerk		153.5 kg		1939
	Total		367.5 kg	Paris, France	18–19 October 1946
Olympic record	Press		105 kg	Berlin, Germany	2 August 1936
	Snatch		105 kg	Berlin, Germany	2 August 1936
	Clean & Jerk		145 kg	Berlin, Germany	2 August 1936
	Total		342.5 kg	Berlin, Germany	2 August 1936
			342.5 kg	Berlin, Germany	2 August 1936

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
			65.74	92.5	97.5	97.5	97.5	107.5	112.5	115	115	140	145	147.5	147.5
			67.10	100	105	105	105	102.5	107.5	110	110	135	140	145	145
			67.13	90	95	95	90	105	110	110	110	130	135	140	140	340
			67.17	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	102.5	130	135	137.5	135	340
			67.46	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	100	105	105	100	125	130	130	125	332.5
			66.42	90	95	97.5	95	95	100	102.5	100	130	135	140	135	330
			66.47	90	95	95	90	95	100	100	100	130	135	140	140	330
			66.62	95	100	102.5	100	95	100	100	95	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	322.5
			66.91	95	95	100	100	95	100	100	95	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	322.5
10			66.94	85	90	92.5	90	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	120	125	127.5	127.5	315
11			67.22	90	95	97.5	95	90	95	97.5	97.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	315
12			66.88	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	90	95	100	95	120	125	127.5	125	312.5
13			65.52	90	95	95	95	90	95	95	95	115	120	–	120	310
14			67.38	85	90	90	85	95	100	102.5	102.5	120	120	125	120	307.5
15			67.45	82.5	82.5	87.5	82.5	100	105	107.5	105	120	120	130	120	307.5
16			66.95	90	95	95	90	90	95	97.5	95	115	120	125	120	305
17			66.90	85	90	90	85	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	115	120	122.5	122.5	300
18			67.16	85	90	90	90	85	90	95	90	115	120	125	120	300
19			66.21	85	90	90	85	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	117.5	122.5	125	117.5	295
20			67.5	80	85	90	85	85	90	92.5	90	110	115	120	120	295
21			63.79	80	85	87.5	85	70	75	80	80	102.5	107.5	112.5	107.5	275
22			66.58	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	92.5	97.5	–	92.5	117.5	117.5	–	0	185

New records

Press	107.5 kg
Snatch	115 kg
Clean & Jerk	147.5 kg
Total	360 kg

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 476.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WLT/mens-lightweight.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 23 December 2019.
3. Official Report, p. 481.