# Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 25 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the featherweight class, and the second time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).
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 | Juitsu Nan (JPN) | 105 kg | | 1939 |
| World record | Snatch | Nikolai Saksonov (URS) | 106 kg | | 1951 |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Nikolai Saksonov (URS) | 138 kg | | 1951 |
| World record | Total | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | 332.5 kg | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 1948 |
| Olympic record | Press | Jafar Salmasi (IRI) | 100 kg | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 1948 |
| Olympic record | Snatch | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | 105 kg | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 1948 |
| Olympic record | Clean & Jerk | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | 135 kg | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 1948 |
| Olympic record | Total | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | 332.5 kg | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 1948 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Body weight | Press (kg) | Press (kg) | Press (kg) | Press (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Rafael Chimishkyan | Soviet Union | 59.65 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 105 =OR | 130 | 135 | 135 | 135 =OR | 337.5 WR |
| | Nikolay Saksonov | Soviet Union | 59.95 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 105 =OR | 132.5 | 140 | 140 | 132.5 | 332.5 |
| | Rodney Wilkes | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.30 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 97.5 | 100 | 100 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 132.5 | 122.5 | 322.5 |
| 4 | Rodrigo del Rosario | Philippines | 59.20 | 100 | 105 | 107.5 | 105 OR | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 120 | 317.5 |
| 5 | Khalifa Said Gouda | Egypt | 59.20 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 125 | 312.5 |
| 6 | Chay Weng Yew | Singapore | 59.80 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 100 | 97.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 127.5 | 312.5 |
| 7 | Bálint Nagy | Hungary | 59.60 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 120 | 125 | 127.5 | 125 | 307.5 |
| 8 | Mohssain Tabatabaie | Iran | 59.85 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 115 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 307.5 |
| 9 | Julian Creus | Great Britain | 59.65 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90 | 87.5 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 95 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 305 |
| 10 | Jules Sylvain | Canada | 59.85 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 302.5 |
| 11 | Nam Su-il | South Korea | 59.95 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 115 | 120 | 122.5 | 120 | 300 |
| 12 | Daniel Pon Mony | India | 60.00 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | 115 | 120 | — | 115 | 300 |
| 13 | Max Heral | France | 59.35 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 85 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 95 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 120 | 297.5 |
| 14 | Nil Tun Maung | Burma | 59.05 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90 | 87.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 295 |
| 15 | Mikko Hokka | Finland | 60.00 | 80 | 85 | 87.5 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 95 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 295 |
| 16 | Oswald Junkes | Germany | 59.85 | 75 | 80 | 82.5 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 290 |
| 17 | Einar Eriksson | Sweden | 59.95 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 110 | 290 |
| 18 | James van Rensburg | South Africa | 59.65 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 110 | 285 |
| 19 | Giovanni Cocco | Italy | 59.75 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 110 | 110 | 115 | 110 | 282.5 |
| 20 | Henri Colans | Belgium | 59.60 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 115 | 115 | 120 | 115 | 280 |
| 21 | Henryk Skowronek | Poland | 59.75 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 80 | 77.5 | 85 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 85 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 110 | 272.5 |
| 22 | Carlos Chávez | Panama | 58.20 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 92.5 | 92.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 |

## New records

| Press | 105 kg | Rodrigo Del Rosario (PHI) | OR |
| Snatch | 105 kg | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) Nikolay Saksonov (URS) | =OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 135 kg | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | =OR |
| Total | 337.5 kg | Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | WR |