Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg explained

Event:	Men's 60 kg
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Messuhalli
Date:	25 July 1952
Competitors:	22
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	337.5 kg WR
Gold:	Rafael Chimishkyan
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Nikolai Saksonov
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Rodney Wilkes
Bronzenoc:	TRI
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 25 July at Messuhalli.^[1] It was the seventh appearance of the featherweight class, and the second time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).^[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).^[1]

Records

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

World record	Press		105 kg		1939
	Snatch		106 kg		1951
	Clean & Jerk		138 kg		1951
	Total		332.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
Olympic record	Press		100 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Snatch		105 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk		135 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Total		332.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948

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
			59.65	90	95	97.5	97.5	97.5	102.5	105	105 =	130	135	135	135 =	337.5 WR
			59.95	90	95	95	95	100	105	105	105 =	132.5	140	140	132.5	332.5
			59.30	90	95	100	100	90	97.5	100	100	122.5	122.5	132.5	122.5	322.5
4			59.20	100	105	107.5	105	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	120	125	125	120	317.5
5			59.20	85	90	90	85	95	100	102.5	102.5	120	125	130	125	312.5
6			59.80	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	127.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	312.5
7			59.60	85	90	90	85	90	90	97.5	97.5	120	125	127.5	125	307.5
8			59.85	90	95	95	90	90	95	97.5	97.5	115	115	120	120	307.5
9			59.65	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	90	95	97.5	95	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	305
10			59.85	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	112.5	117.5	122.5	117.5	302.5
11			59.95	90	90	90	90	85	85	90	90	115	120	122.5	120	300
12			60.00	85	90	95	95	85	90	92.5	90	115	120	—	115	300
13			59.35	77.5	82.5	85	82.5	87.5	92.5	95	95	115	120	125	120	297.5
14			59.05	90	90	95	90	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	295
15			60.00	80	85	87.5	85	90	95	97.5	95	105	110	115	115	295
16			59.85	75	80	82.5	80	85	90	92.5	90	110	115	120	120	290
17			59.95	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	110	115	115	110	290
18			59.65	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	110	115	115	110	285
19			59.75	85	90	90	90	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	110	110	115	110	282.5
20			59.60	80	85	85	80	85	90	90	85	115	115	120	115	280
21			59.75	72.5	77.5	80	77.5	85	92.5	92.5	85	107.5	107.5	110	110	272.5
22			58.20	90	95	95	90	92.5	92.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	90

New records

Press	105 kg
Snatch	105 kg		=
Clean & Jerk	135 kg		=
Total	337.5 kg

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 387.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Featherweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015801/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WLT/mens-featherweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 December 2019.