The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 25 July at Messuhalli.Official Report, p. 387. It was the seventh appearance of the featherweight class, and the second time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).
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 105 kg 1939 Snatch 106 kg 1951 Clean & Jerk 138 kg 1951 Total 332.5 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948Olympic record Press 100 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948 Snatch 105 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948 Clean & Jerk 135 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948 Total 332.5 kg London, United Kingdom 9 August 1948
Results Rank Athlete Nation Bodyweight Press (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result123Result 59.65 90 95 97.5 97.5 97.5 102.5 105 105 = 130 135 135 135 = 337.5 WR 59.95 90 95 95 95 100 105 105 105 = 132.5 140 140 132.5 332.5 59.30 90 95 100 100 90 97.5 100 100 122.5 122.5 132.5 122.5 322.5 4 59.20 100 105 107.5 105 87.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 120 125 125 120 317.5 5 59.20 85 90 90 85 95 100 102.5 102.5 120 125 130 125 312.5 6 59.80 82.5 87.5 87.5 87.5 92.5 97.5 100 97.5 127.5 127.5 132.5 127.5 312.5 7 59.60 85 90 90 85 90 90 97.5 97.5 120 125 127.5 125 307.5 8 59.85 90 95 95 90 90 95 97.5 97.5 115 115 120 120 307.5 9 59.65 82.5 87.5 90 87.5 90 95 97.5 95 117.5 122.5 122.5 122.5 305 10 59.85 87.5 92.5 95 92.5 87.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 112.5 117.5 122.5 117.5 302.5 11 Nam Su-il 59.95 90 90 90 90 85 85 90 90 115 120 122.5 120 300 12 60.00 85 90 95 95 85 90 92.5 90 115 120 — 115 300 13 59.35 77.5 82.5 85 82.5 87.5 92.5 95 95 115 120 125 120 297.5 14 59.05 90 90 95 90 82.5 87.5 90 87.5 117.5 122.5 122.5 117.5 295 15 60.00 80 85 87.5 85 90 95 97.5 95 105 110 115 115 295 16 59.85 75 80 82.5 80 85 90 92.5 90 110 115 120 120 290 17 59.95 82.5 87.5 87.5 87.5 87.5 92.5 92.5 92.5 110 115 115 110 290 18 59.65 87.5 92.5 92.5 87.5 87.5 92.5 92.5 87.5 110 115 115 110 285 19 59.75 85 90 90 90 82.5 87.5 87.5 82.5 110 110 115 110 282.5 20 59.60 80 85 85 80 85 90 90 85 115 115 120 115 280 21 59.75 72.5 77.5 80 77.5 85 92.5 92.5 85 107.5 107.5 110 110 272.5 22 58.20 90 95 95 90 92.5 92.5 — — — — — — 90
New records Press105 kg Snatch105 kg =Clean & Jerk135 kg =Total337.5 kg
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