Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg explained

Event:	Men's 82.5 kg
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Messuhalli
Date:	27 July 1952
Competitors:	22
Nations:	19
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	417.5 kg =
Gold:	Trofim Lomakin
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Stanley Stanczyk
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Arkady Vorobyov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 27 July at Messuhalli.^[1] It was the seventh appearance of the light heavyweight 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		143 kg		1949
	Snatch		153.5 kg		1951
	Clean & Jerk		169 kg		1945
	Total		425 kg	Paris, France	19 October 1946
Olympic record	Press		130 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Snatch		130 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk		157.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Total		417.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 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
			81.80	125	130	130	125	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	160	165	165	165	417.5 =
			82.40	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	155	160	165	160	415
			81.80	120	125	125	120	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	160	170	170	160	407.5
4			82.35	120	120	120	120	115	122.5	125	122.5	150	155	160	160	402.5
5			81.65	110	115	117.5	117.5	117.5	122.5	125	122.5	150	160	162.5	160	400
6			80.10	120	127.5	127.5	127.5	110	115	117.5	115	142.5	150	155	150	392.5
7			82.45	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	115	122.5	122.5	115	145	150	155	155	382.5
8			79.70	115	120	120	120	115	—	—	115	145	152.5	—	145	380
9			80.45	100	105	110	105	115	115	122.5	122.5	150	155	155	150	377.5
10			80.50	110	110	115	115	110	115	117.5	115	140	145	147.5	147.5	377.5
11			82.50	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	107.5	115	117.5	115	137.5	145	145	145	362.5
12			80.95	115	120	120	115	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	132.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	360
13			82.40	105	110	110	105	105	110	115	110	140	145	150	145	360
14			82.45	100	105	105	100	110	115	115	110	142.5	142.5	150	142.5	352.5
15			81.80	87.5	92.5	95	95	105	110	110	110	135	140	145	140	345
16			82.50	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	100	105	105	100	132.5	137.5	140	137.5	345
17			82.30	95	100	102.5	100	97.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	127.5	135	142.5	135	342.5
18			82.45	90	95	97.5	95	102.5	102.5	107.5	102.5	127.5	132.5	132.5	132.5	330
19			82.20	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	125	130	135	130	325
20			80.40	105	112.5	112.5	105	107.5	107.5	—	107.5	—	—	—	—	212.5
21			81.70	122.5	130	130	122.5	115	115	115	—	—	—	—	—	122.5
22			80.95	110	112.5	—	112.5	110	110	110	—	—	—	—	—	112.5
23			—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk	165 kg
Total	417.5 kg		=

Notes and References

1. Official Report, p. 391.
2. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WLT/mens-light-heavyweight.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 December 2019.