The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
in
London
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took place on 9 August at the Empress Hall of the
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
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.
[Official Report, p. 476.] It was the first appearance of the bantamweight class, which was split off the featherweight (60 kg) class that had previously been the lightest. This was the first change in weight classes since their introduction in the
1920 Summer Olympics.
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).
[Official Report, p. 481.]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
New records
References
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Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics