Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. The middle-heavyweight division was a newly created weight class, moving the heavyweight class up from 82.5 kg to 90 kg. The events were held at Messuhalli.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
 Ivan Udodov (URS)  Mahmoud Namjoo (IRI)  Ali Mirzaei (IRI)
Featherweight
 Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)  Nikolai Saksonov (URS)  Rodney Wilkes (TRI)
Lightweight
 Tommy Kono (USA)  Yevgeni Lopatin (URS)  Vern Barberis (AUS)
Middleweight
 Pete George (USA)  Gérald Gratton (CAN)  Kim Sung-Jip (KOR)
Light-heavyweight
 Trofim Lomakin (URS)  Stanley Stanczyk (USA)  Arkady Vorobyev (URS)
Middle-heavyweight
 Norbert Schemansky (USA)  Grigory Novak (URS)  Lennox Kilgour (TRI)
Heavyweight
 John Davis (USA)  James Bradford (USA)  Humberto Selvetti (ARG)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 4 2 0 6
2  Soviet Union (URS) 3 3 1 7
3  Iran (IRI) 0 1 1 2
4  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
5  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 0 2 2
6  Argentina (ARG) 0 0 1 1
 Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
 South Korea (KOR) 0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21

References

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