Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg explained

Event:	Men's 67.5 kg
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Messuhalli
Date:	26 July 1952
Competitors:	24
Nations:	22
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	362.5 kg OR
Gold:	Tommy Kono
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Yevgeny Lopatin
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Vern Barberis
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 26 July at Messuhalli.^[1] It was the seventh appearance of the lightweight class.^[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		112 kg		1951
	Snatch		116.5 kg		1939
	Clean & Jerk		153.5 kg		1939
	Total		367.5 kg	Paris, France	18–19 October 1946
Olympic record	Press		107.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Snatch		115 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk		147.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Total		360 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 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
			67.35	105	110	110	105	105	110	117.5	117.5	140	155	155	140	362.5
			66.95	100	105	105	100	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	135	140	142.5	142.5	350
			67.30	97.5	102.5	105	105	100	105	105	105	132.5	140	142.5	140	350
4			67.10	95	100	102.5	100	97.5	102.5	105	105	135	140	140	140	345
5			67.20	97.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	130	130	135	135	345
6			66.65	97.5	102.5	105	105	100	105	107.5	107.5	130	130	130	130	342.5
7			66.80	100	105	—	105	92.5	97.5	97.5	97.5	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	330
8			66.75	97.5	102.5	105	105	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	120	125	130	130	327.5
9			67.50	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	100	105	107.5	105	122.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	325
10			67.30	90	95	97.5	97.5	95	100	100	100	117.5	122.5	125	122.5	320
11			67.45	85	90	92.5	92.5	90	95	97.5	97.5	122.5	127.5	130	130	320
12			66.85	85	90	92.5	92.5	97.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	317.5
13			67.40	95	95	100	95	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	315
14			66.30	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	90	95	97.5	97.5	117.5	125	125	125	310
15			67.30	95	100	100	95	95	95	95	95	120	120	125	120	310
16			64.10	97.5	105	105	97.5	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	307.5
17			67.45	90	95	95	90	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	120	125	130	125	307.5
18			67.50	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	90	95	97.5	95	120	125	130	125	307.5
19			67.50	90	95	100	95	90	90	92.5	90	110	115	120	115	300
20			67.45	80	85	85	80	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	115	122.5	122.5	122.5	295
21			66.60	75	80	80	80	85	90	92.5	90	115	120	120	120	290
22			67.40	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	102.5	110	112.5	112.5	130	135	135	—	205
23			67.00	90	95	95	90	95	100	102.5	100	125	125	125	—	190
24			66.65	90	95	97.5	95	90	90	90	—	—	—	—	—	95

New records

Snatch	117.5 kg
Total	362.5 kg

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 389.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Lightweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234936/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WLT/mens-lightweight.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 December 2019.