Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg explained

Event:	Men's 75 kg
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Messuhalli
Date:	26 July 1952
Competitors:	21
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	400 kg
Gold:	Pete George
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Gerry Gratton
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Kim Seong-jip
Bronzenoc:	KOR
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

The men's 75 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 middleweight 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		127.5 kg		1948
	Snatch		129.5 kg		1952
	Clean & Jerk		164.5 kg		1950
	Total		405 kg	Philadelphia, United States	26–27 September 1947
Olympic record	Press		122.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Snatch		122.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk		155 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Total		390 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
			72.80	105	110	115	115	120	125	127.5	127.5	150	157.5	165	157.5	400
			74.80	115	122.5	127.5	122.5 =	112.5	120	120	112.5	142.5	150	155	155	390
			73.40	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5 =	105	110	112.5	112.5	140	145	147.5	147.5	382.5
4			73.85	110	115	117.5	115	110	115	117.5	117.5	145	145	150	150	382.5
5			73.00	107.5	112.5	115	115	112.5	117.5	120	112.5	142.5	142.5	150	142.5	370
6			72.70	95	100	102.5	102.5	105	110	110	105	135	145	150	150	357.5
7			73.85	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	105	110	112.5	110	135	140	145	140	357.5
8			74.95	105	105	110	110	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	135	140	145	140	357.5
9			74.85	95	100	102.5	102.5	105	110	110	110	135	140	145	140	352.5
10			74.50	95	100	102.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	135	140	142.5	140	350
11			74.75	92.5	97.5	100	100	100	105	107.5	107.5	130	140	142.5	142.5	350
12			73.70	90	95	100	95	110	115	120	115	135	135	145	135	345
13			74.15	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	97.5	102.5	105	105	132.5	137.5	140	137.5	340
14			73.15	95	100	102.5	100	102.5	110	110	102.5	130	135	140	135	337.5
15			75.00	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	95	100	100	100	122.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	335
16			74.85	95	100	102.5	100	95	100	102.5	100	120	125	130	125	325
17			75.00	95	100	—	95	95	100	102.5	100	130	130	135	130	325
18			74.30	97.5	97.5	102.5	97.5	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	322.5
19			74.40	85	92.5	92.5	85	95	100	102.5	100	122.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	312.5
20			74.50	80	85	—	85	95	100	100	100	117.5	125	130	125	310
21			74.35	102.5	110	110	102.5	95	100	100	95	122.5	122.5	122.5	—	197.5

New records

Press	122.5 kg		=
Snatch	127.5 kg
Clearn & Jerk	157.5 kg
Total	400 kg

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 390.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Middleweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WLT/mens-middleweight.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 December 2019.