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


The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 26 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the lightweight class.
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 recordPress112 kg1951
World recordSnatch116.5 kg1939
World recordClean & Jerk153.5 kg1939
World recordTotal367.5 kgParis, France18–19 October 1946
Olympic recordPress107.5 kgLondon, United Kingdom10 August 1948
Olympic recordSnatch115 kgLondon, United Kingdom10 August 1948
Olympic recordClean & Jerk147.5 kgLondon, United Kingdom10 August 1948
Olympic recordTotal360 kgLondon, United Kingdom10 August 1948

Results

New records