1952 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics |
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venue | Finland |
Competition venue | Messuhalli |
Nations | 41 |
Athletes | 142 (142 ) |
date | 25-27 July 1952 |
decisions | 7th |
← London 1948 |
At the XV. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , seven weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Messuhalli (exhibition hall) in the Töölö district . A weight class was on the program more than four years earlier.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | United States | 4th | 2 | - | 6th |
2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7th |
3 | Iran | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4th | Canada | - | 1 | - | 1 |
5 | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | 2 | 2 |
6th | Argentina | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Australia | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Bantamweight | Ivan Udodov | Mahmoud Namdjou | Ali Mirzaei |
Featherweight | Rafael Tschimischkjan | Nikolai Saksonov | Rodney Wilkes |
lightweight | Thomas Kono | Yevgeny Lopatin | Vern Barberis |
medium weight | Peter George | Gerard Gratton | Kim Seong-jip |
Lightweight | Trofim Lomakin | Stanley Stanczyk | Arkady Vorobyov |
Middle heavyweight | Norbert Schemansky | Grigory Nowak | Lennox Kilgour |
Heavyweight | John Davis | James Bradford | Humberto Selvetti |
Results
Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | URS | Ivan Udodov | 315.0 ( WR ) |
2 | IRN | Mahmoud Namdjou | 307.5 |
3 | IRN | Ali Mirzaei | 300.0 |
4th | COR | Kim Hae-nam | 295.0 |
5 | EGY | Kamal Mahmoud Mahgoub | 292.5 |
6th | PHI | Pedro Landero | 292.5 |
7th | GBR | Maurice Megennis | 280.0 |
8th | SIN | Lon bin Mohamed Noor | 275.0 |
9 | CAN | Rosaire Smith | 275.0 |
10 | TCH | Karel Saitl | 272.5 |
14th | GER | Josef Schuster | 267.5 |
16 | SUI | Roland Magnenat | 250.0 |
Date: July 25, 1952
19 participants from 17 countries
Feather weight (up to 60 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | URS | Rafael Tschimischkjan | 337.5 ( WR ) |
2 | URS | Nikolai Saksonov | 332.5 |
3 | TRI | Rodney Wilkes | 322.5 |
4th | PHI | Rodrigo del Rosario | 317.5 |
5 | EGY | Said Gouda | 312.5 |
6th | SIN | Chay Weng Yew | 312.5 |
7th | HUN | Bálint Nagy | 307.5 |
8th | IRN | Mohssain Tabatabaie | 307.5 |
9 | GBR | Julian Creus | 305.0 |
10 | CAN | Jules Sylvain | 302.5 |
16 | GER | Oswald Junkes | 290.0 |
Date: July 25, 1952
22 participants from 21 countries
Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | Thomas Kono | 362.5 ( OR ) |
2 | URS | Yevgeny Lopatin | 350.0 |
3 | OUT | Vern Barberis | 350.0 |
4th | COR | Kim Chang-hui | 345.0 |
5 | IRN | Hassan Ferdous | 345.0 |
6th | EGY | Abdel Khadr El-Sayed El-Touni | 342.5 |
7th | THE | Johan Runge | 330.0 |
8th | INA | Thio Went Hwie | 327.5 |
9 | ITA | Ermanno Pignatti | 325.0 |
10 | ITA | Alfonso Canti | 325.0 |
17th | AUT | Josef Tauchner | 307.5 |
20th | SUI | Roger Rubini | 295.0 |
GER | Anton Leuthe | DNF |
Date: July 26, 1952
24 participants from 22 countries
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | Peter George | 400.0 ( OR ) |
2 | CAN | Gerard Gratton | 390.0 |
3 | COR | Kim Seong-jip | 382.5 |
4th | EGY | Ismail Ragab | 382.5 |
5 | LIB | Moustafa Laham | 370.0 |
6th | SWE | Åke Hedberg | 357.5 |
7th | ARG | Ángel Sposato | 357.5 |
8th | IRN | Jalal Mansouri | 357.5 |
9 | FIN | Frank Teräskari | 352.5 |
10 | FRA | André Dochy | 350.0 |
14th | AUT | Emmerich Bauer | 337.5 |
19th | SUI | Walter Dossenbach | 312.5 |
20th | SUI | Jacques Flury | 310.0 |
Date: July 26, 1952
21 participants from 20 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | URS | Trofim Lomakin | 417.5 ( OR ) |
2 | United States | Stanley Stanczyk | 415.0 |
3 | URS | Arkady Vorobyov | 407.5 |
4th | IRN | Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi | 402.5 |
5 | FRA | Jean Debuf | 400.0 |
6th | RSA | Issy Bloomberg | 392.5 |
7th | ARG | Osvaldo Forte | 382.5 |
8th | United States | Clyde Emrich | 380.0 |
9 | EGY | Mohamed Ali Abdel Kerim | 377.5 |
10 | FRA | Georges Firmin | 377.5 |
11 | GER | Hans Claussen | 362.5 |
14th | AUT | Wilhelm Flenner | 352.5 |
Date: July 27, 1952
23 participants from 20 countries
Medium weight (up to 90 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | Norbert Schemansky | 445.0 ( WR ) |
2 | URS | Grigory Nowak | 410.0 |
3 | TRI | Lennox Kilgour | 402.5 |
4th | EGY | Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh | 397.5 |
5 | IRN | Firouz Pojhan | 387.5 |
6th | OUT | Ken McDonald | 385.0 |
7th | ARG | Francisco Rensonnet | 370.0 |
8th | RSA | Theunis Jonck | 367.5 |
9 | ITA | Luciano Zardi | 367.5 |
10 | FIN | Kai Outa | 365.0 |
Date: July 27, 1952
20 participants from 20 countries
Heavy weight (over 90 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | John Davis | 460.0 ( OR ) |
2 | United States | James Bradford | 437.5 |
3 | ARG | Humberto Selvetti | 432.5 |
4th | GER | Heinz Schattner | 422.5 |
5 | CAN | Dave Baillie | 420.0 |
6th | ARG | Norberto Ferreira | 410.0 |
7th | NZL | Harold Cleghorn | 400.0 |
8th | AUT | Franz Hölbl | 387.5 |
9 | SWE | Andersson location | 380.0 |
10 | ITA | Adelfino Mancinelli | 300.0 |
Date: July 27, 1952
13 participants from 11 countries
Web links
- Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1952 Summer Games (PDF, 29.7 MB)