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.Official Report, p. 476. 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).Official Report, p. 481.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record Press 105 kg 1939 Snatch 102.5 kg 1939 Clean & Jerk 131 kg 1946 Total 300 kg Paris, France 18–19 October 1946Olympic record Press 92.5 kg Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July 1928 92.5 kg Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July 1928 Snatch 90 kg Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July 1928 90 kg Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July 1928 Clean & Jerk 120 kg Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July 1928 Total 287.5 kg Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July 1928
Results Rank Athlete Nation Bodyweight Press (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result123Result 59.71 85 90 92.5 92.5 97.5 102.5 105 105 130 135 135 135 60.00 90 97.5 100 97.5 90 95 97.5 97.5 115 122.5 127.5 122.5 317.5 59.99 95 100 102.5 100 90 95 97.5 97.5 115 120 120 115 312.5 Nam Su-il 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 59.92 97.5 105 105 97.5 87.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 117.5 125 125 117.5 307.5 60.00 87.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 90 95 97.5 95 120 127.5 127.5 120 307.5 60.00 90 95 97.5 95 90 95 95 90 115 120 120 120 305 59.68 80 85 87.5 85 90 95 95 95 115 120 125 120 300 59.85 85 90 90 85 87.5 92.5 95 92.5 117.5 122.5 125 122.5 300 10 59.86 80 85 87.5 87.5 85 90 92.5 92.5 115 120 120 120 300 11 59.65 75 80 82.5 80 87.5 92.5 95 92.5 112.5 120 120 120 292.5 12 59.74 80 85 87.5 87.5 82.5 87.5 90 90 115 115 115 115 292.5 13 59.77 85 90 – 85 92.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 115 115 – 115 292.5 14 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 59.50 82.5 87.5 87.5 82.5 90 90 95 90 110 115 117.5 117.5 290 16 58.45 85 90 90 85 80 85 87.5 85 110 115 – 110 280 17 59.75 82.5 87.5 90 87.5 80 80 80 80 105 110 110 110 277.5 18 59.46 75 80 80 75 85 85 95 85 115 115 125 115 275 19 59.60 75 80 80 75 85 90 90 85 110 115 120 115 275 20 59.50 87.5 87.5 92.5 87.5 80 85 85 80 105 110 110 105 272.5 21 59.45 70 75 80 75 75 80 85 80 100 105 110 105 260 22 59.90 75 80 82.5 80 75 80 82.5 75 95 100 105 100 255 23 Choi Hang-gi 59.45 95 95 95 0 85 90 90 85 – – – – 85
New records Press100 kg, Snatch105 kg, Clean & Jerk135 kg, Total332.5 kg,
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