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Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates25–27 July 1952
Competitors142 from 41 nations
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The weightlifting competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. The middle-heavyweight division was a newly created weight class, moving the heavyweight class up from 82.5 kg to 90 kg. The events were held at Messuhalli.[1]

Medal summary

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
details
Ivan Udodov
 Soviet Union
Mahmoud Namjoo
 Iran
Ali Mirzaei
 Iran
Featherweight
details
Rafael Chimishkyan
 Soviet Union
Nikolai Saksonov
 Soviet Union
Rodney Wilkes
 Trinidad and Tobago
Lightweight
details
Tommy Kono
 United States
Yevgeni Lopatin
 Soviet Union
Vern Barberis
 Australia
Middleweight
details
Pete George
 United States
Gérald Gratton
 Canada
Kim Sung-Jip
 South Korea
Light-heavyweight
details
Trofim Lomakin
 Soviet Union
Stanley Stanczyk
 United States
Arkady Vorobyev
 Soviet Union
Middle-heavyweight
details
Norbert Schemansky
 United States
Grigory Novak
 Soviet Union
Lennox Kilgour
 Trinidad and Tobago
Heavyweight
details
John Davis
 United States
James Bradford
 United States
Humberto Selvetti
 Argentina

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)4206
2 Soviet Union (URS)3317
3 Iran (IRI)0112
4 Canada (CAN)0101
5 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0022
6 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Australia (AUS)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

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