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


The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 27 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the light heavyweight 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 recordPress143 kg1949
World recordSnatch153.5 kg1951
World recordClean & Jerk169 kg1945
World recordTotal425 kgParis, France19 October 1946
Olympic recordPress130 kgLondon, United Kingdom11 August 1948
Olympic recordSnatch130 kgLondon, United Kingdom11 August 1948
Olympic recordClean & Jerk157.5 kgLondon, United Kingdom11 August 1948
Olympic recordTotal417.5 kgLondon, United Kingdom11 August 1948

Results

New records