# Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place on 9 August at the Empress Hall of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The featherweight class, which had been the lightest from their introduction in the 1920 Summer Olympics until the 1936 Summer Olympics, was now the second-lightest, with a bantamweight (56 kg) class split off into a separate competition.
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 | Juitsu Nan (JPN) | 102.5 kg | | 1939 |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | 131 kg | | 1946 |
| World record | Total | Arvid Andersson (SWE) | 300 kg | Paris, France | 18–19 October 1946 |
| Olympic record | Press | Hans Wölpert (GER) | 92.5 kg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 July 1928 |
| Olympic record | Press | Giuseppe Conca (ITA) | 92.5 kg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 July 1928 |
| Olympic record | Snatch | Franz Andrysek (AUT) | 90 kg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 July 1928 |
| Olympic record | Snatch | Pierino Gabetti (ITA) | 90 kg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 July 1928 |
| Olympic record | Clean & Jerk | Franz Andrysek (AUT) | 120 kg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 July 1928 |
| Olympic record | Total | Franz Andrysek (AUT) | 287.5 kg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 July 1928 |

## 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 |
| | Mahmoud Fayad | Egypt | 59.71 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 105 WR | 130 | 135 | 135 | 135 WR | 332.5 WR |
| | Rodney Wilkes | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.00 | 90 | 97.5 | 100 | 97.5 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 115 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 122.5 | 317.5 |
| | Jafar Salmasi | Iran | 59.99 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 100 WR | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 115 | 312.5 |
| 4 | Nam Su-il | South Korea | 59.80 | 90 | 90 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 307.5 |
| 5 | Rodrigo del Rosario | Philippines | 59.92 | 97.5 | 105 | 105 | 97.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 117.5 | 125 | 125 | 117.5 | 307.5 |
| 6 | Emerick Ishikawa | United States | 60.00 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 95 | 120 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 120 | 307.5 |
| 7 | Johan Runge | Denmark | 60.00 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 305 |
| 8 | Max Heral | France | 59.68 | 80 | 85 | 87.5 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 120 | 300 |
| 9 | Richard Tomita | United States | 59.85 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125 | 122.5 | 300 |
| 10 | André Le Guillerm | France | 59.86 | 80 | 85 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 300 |
| 11 | Anton Richter | Austria | 59.65 | 75 | 80 | 82.5 | 80 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95 | 92.5 | 112.5 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 292.5 |
| 12 | Ibrahim El-Dessouki | Egypt | 59.74 | 80 | 85 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90 | 90 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 292.5 |
| 13 | Arvid Andersson | Sweden | 59.77 | 85 | 90 | – | 85 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 115 | 115 | – | 115 | 292.5 |
| 14 | Denis Hallett | Great Britain | 59.90 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 110 | 115 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 292.5 |
| 15 | Bálint Nagy | Hungary | 59.50 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 290 |
| 16 | Daniel Pon Mony | India | 58.45 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 87.5 | 85 | 110 | 115 | – | 110 | 280 |
| 17 | Simon Williams | Jamaica | 59.75 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90 | 87.5 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 277.5 |
| 18 | Alphonso Correia | Guyana | 59.46 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 85 | 85 | 95 | 85 | 115 | 115 | 125 | 115 | 275 |
| 19 | Henri Colans | Belgium | 59.60 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 115 | 275 |
| 20 | Sidney Kemble | Great Britain | 59.50 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 105 | 272.5 |
| 21 | Alfonso Fiorentino | Argentina | 59.45 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 105 | 260 |
| 22 | Richard Rieder | Switzerland | 59.90 | 75 | 80 | 82.5 | 80 | 75 | 80 | 82.5 | 75 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 100 | 255 |
| 23 | Choi Hang-gi | South Korea | 59.45 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 0 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 | – | – | – | – | 85 |

## New records

| Press | 100 kg | Jafar Salmasi (IRI) | OR, WR |
| Snatch | 105 kg | Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | OR, WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 135 kg | Mahmoud Namdjou (EGY) | OR, WR |
| Total | 332.5 kg | Mahmoud Namdjou (EGY) | OR, WR |