Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Date	25 July 1952
Competitors	19 from 18 nations
Winning total	315.0 kg =WR
Medalists
Ivan Udodov  Soviet Union Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran Ali Mirzaei  Iran

The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 25 July at Messuhalli. It was the second appearance of the bantamweight 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 (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third 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 (lighter athlete wins).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Press	Joseph De Pietro (USA)	106.5 kg		1948
	Snatch	Ivan Udodov (URS)	98 kg		1952
	Clean & Jerk	Mahmoud Namdjou (IRI)	128 kg	Scheveningen, Netherlands	1949
	Total	Mahmoud Namdjou (IRI)	315 kg	Scheveningen, Netherlands	1949
Olympic record	Press	Joseph De Pietro (USA)	105 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Snatch	Julian Creus (GBR)	95 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk	Mahmoud Namdjou (IRI)	122.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Total	Joseph De Pietro (USA)	307.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Body weight	Press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Ivan Udodov	Soviet Union	55.85	85	90	90	90	92.5	97.5	97.5	97.5 OR	122.5	127.5	130	127.5 OR	315 =WR
	Mahmoud Namjoo	Iran	56.00	85	90	95	90	90	95	97.5	95	122.5	122.5	132.5	122.5	307.5
	Ali Mirzaei	Iran	56.00	87.5	92.5	95	95	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	112.5	117.5	117.5	112.5	300
4	Kim Hae-nam	South Korea	55.75	80	80	80	80	90	95	95	95	120	125	125	120	295
5	Kamal Mahgoub	Egypt	55.20	75	80	80	75	90	95	97.5	95	115	122.5	122.5	122.5	292.5
6	Pedro Landero	Philippines	55.70	90	95	95	90	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	115	120	120	115	292.5
7	Maurice Megennis	Great Britain	56.00	77.5	82.5	85	82.5	77.5	85	87.5	85	105	110	112.5	112.5	280
8	Lon bin Mohamed Noor	Singapore	54.55	77.5	82.5	82.5	77.5	80	85	85	85	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	275
9	Rosaire Smith	Canada	55.80	75	80	80	75	80	85	85	85	107.5	112.5	115	115	275
10	Karel Saitl	Czechoslovakia	55.75	75	80	82.5	80	80	85	85	80	105	110	112.5	112.5	272.5
11	Nils Jacobsson	Sweden	55.75	75	80	82.5	80	80	87.5	90	87.5	105	110	110	105	272.5
12	Marcel Thévenet	France	55.80	85	85	90	85	72.5	77.5	82.5	77.5	100	105	107.5	107.5	270
13	Aarne Vehkonen	Finland	55.45	67.5	72.5	—	72.5	85	90	90	85	105	110	112.5	110	267.5
14	Josef Schuster	Germany	55.55	85	90	92.5	90	70	75	77.5	75	95	95	102.5	102.5	267.5
15	Nicolas Vivas	Puerto Rico	55.70	75	82.5	82.5	75	80	87.5	87.5	87.5	102.5	110	110	102.5	265
16	Roland Magnenat	Switzerland	55.60	65	70	72.5	70	72.5	72.5	77.5	77.5	95	100	102.5	102.5	250
17	Augustyn Dziedzic	Poland	55.70	70	70	70	70	75	80	82.5	80	95	100	100	95	245
18	Alexandru Cosma	Romania	55.95	70	70	70	—	70	77.5	—	70	100	105	—	—	70
19	Isamu Shiraishi	Japan	56.00	—	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

New records

Snatch	97.5 kg	Ivan Udodov (URS)	OR
Clean & Jerk	127.5 kg	Ivan Udodov (URS)	OR
Total	315 kg	Ivan Udodov (URS)	OR, =WR