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


The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 25 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the featherweight class, and the second time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg.
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 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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World recordPress105 kg1939
World recordSnatch106 kg1951
World recordClean & Jerk138 kg1951
World recordTotal332.5 kgLondon, United Kingdom9 August 1948
Olympic recordPress100 kgLondon, United Kingdom9 August 1948
Olympic recordSnatch105 kgLondon, United Kingdom9 August 1948
Olympic recordClean & Jerk135 kgLondon, United Kingdom9 August 1948
Olympic recordTotal332.5 kgLondon, United Kingdom9 August 1948

Results

New records