Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg explained

Event:	Men's 75 kg
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Empress Hall (Earls Court Exhibition Centre)
Date:	10 August 1948
Competitors:	24
Nations:	18
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	390 kg OR
Gold:	Frank Spellman
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Pete George
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Kim Sung-Jip
Bronzenoc:	KOR
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

The men's 75 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 middleweight class competition was held, all at 75 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		127.5 kg		1948
	Snatch		116.5 kg		1947
	Clean & Jerk		153.5 kg		1947
	Total		405 kg	Philadelphia, United States	26–27 September 1947
Olympic record	Press		117.5 kg	Berlin, Germany	5 August 1936
	Snatch		120 kg	Berlin, Germany	5 August 1936
	Clean & Jerk		150 kg	Berlin, Germany	5 August 1936
	Total		387.5 kg	Berlin, Germany	5 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
			73.08	110	115	117.5	117.5	112.5	117.5	120	120	142.5	150	152.5	152.5
			73.25	100	105	105	105	112.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	150	155	165	155	382.5
			72.92	115	120	122.5	122.5	105	110	112.5	112.5	140	145	147.5	145	380
			74.90	115	120	122.5	120	112.5	117.5	120	117.5	140	142.5	147.5	142.5	380
			74.95	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	107.5	107.5	110	107.5	132.5	137.5	140	140	360
			74.27	95	100	102.5	102.5	105	110	115	110	135	140	142.5	142.5	355
			75.00	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	100	100	107.5	107.5	125	135	135	135	355
			74.13	95	100	100	100	105	110	112.5	110	135	140	140	140	350
			75.00	92.5	97.5	100	100	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	135	135	140	140	347.5
10			73.90	100	105	107.5	105	100	105	107.5	107.5	132.5	140	140	132.5	345
11			74.88	95	100	100	95	105	110	112.5	105	125	125	135	135	335
12			74.95	95	100	100	95	102.5	107.5	107.5	102.5	125	132.5	132.5	132.5	330
13			74.31	102.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	90	95	100	95	120	125	130	130	327.5
14			74.80	100	105	107.5	105	97.5	102.5	102.5	97.5	120	125	130	125	327.5
15			74.85	100	105	105	100	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	125	130	130	125	327.5
16			73.20	95	100	100	100	95	100	100	95	125	125	130	125	320
17			73.84	95	100	102.5	100	90	95	100	95	120	125	125	120	315
18			72.00	85	90	92.5	90	95	100	105	100	115	122.5	122.5	122.5	312.5
19			74.65	90	90	95	90	95	100	105	100	120	120	125	120	310
20			74.80	85	90	92.5	90	90	95	100	95	115	120	125	125	310
21			70.25	82.5	82.5	87.5	82.5	92.5	97.5	100	100	120	125	127.5	125	307.5
22			74.83	82.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	85	85	90	90	117.5	122.5	127.5	122.5	305
23			68.60	75	80	82.5	82.5	85	90	95	90	115	120	127.5	120	292.5
24			72.85	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	95	100	–	95	–	–	–	0	182.5

New records

Press	122.5 kg
Snatch	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	155 kg
Total	390 kg

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 476.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WLT/mens-middleweight.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 23 December 2019.
3. Official Report, p. 481.