The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki 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).
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record Press 106.5 kg 1948 Snatch 98 kg 1952 Clean & Jerk 128 kg Scheveningen, Netherlands 1949 Total 315 kg Scheveningen, Netherlands 1949Olympic record Press 105 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948 Snatch 95 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948 Clean & Jerk 122.5 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948 Total 307.5 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948
Results Rank Athlete Nation Bodyweight Press (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result123Result 55.85 85 90 90 90 92.5 97.5 97.5 97.5 122.5 127.5 130 127.5 315 =WR 56.00 85 90 95 90 90 95 97.5 95 122.5 122.5 132.5 122.5 307.5 56.00 87.5 92.5 95 95 87.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 112.5 117.5 117.5 112.5 300 4 Kim Hae-nam 55.75 80 80 80 80 90 95 95 95 120 125 125 120 295 5 55.20 75 80 80 75 90 95 97.5 95 115 122.5 122.5 122.5 292.5 6 55.70 90 95 95 90 87.5 92.5 92.5 87.5 115 120 120 115 292.5 7 56.00 77.5 82.5 85 82.5 77.5 85 87.5 85 105 110 112.5 112.5 280 8 54.55 77.5 82.5 82.5 77.5 80 85 85 85 107.5 112.5 115 112.5 275 9 55.80 75 80 80 75 80 85 85 85 107.5 112.5 115 115 275 10 55.75 75 80 82.5 80 80 85 85 80 105 110 112.5 112.5 272.5 11 55.75 75 80 82.5 80 80 87.5 90 87.5 105 110 110 105 272.5 12 55.80 85 85 90 85 72.5 77.5 82.5 77.5 100 105 107.5 107.5 270 13 55.45 67.5 72.5 — 72.5 85 90 90 85 105 110 112.5 110 267.5 14 55.55 85 90 92.5 90 70 75 77.5 75 95 95 102.5 102.5 267.5 15 55.70 75 82.5 82.5 75 80 87.5 87.5 87.5 102.5 110 110 102.5 265 16 55.60 65 70 72.5 70 72.5 72.5 77.5 77.5 95 100 102.5 102.5 250 17 55.70 70 70 70 70 75 80 82.5 80 95 100 100 95 245 18 55.95 70 70 70 — 70 77.5 — 70 100 105 — — 70 19 Isamu Shiraishi 56.00 — — 80 — — — — — — — — — —
New records Snatch97.5 kgClean & Jerk127.5 kgTotal315 kg, =
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