The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
in
Helsinki
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took place on 25 July at
Messuhalli.
[Official Report, p. 385.] 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).
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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 1952 Summer Olympics