Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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The weightlifting competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. The middle-heavyweight division was a newly created weight class, moving the heavyweight class up from 82.5 kg to 90 kg. The events were held at Messuhalli.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
22x20px Ivan Udodov (URS) |  Mahmoud Namjoo (IRI) |
Ali Mirzaei (IRI) |
| Featherweight |
22x20px Rafael Chimishkyan (URS) | 22x20px Nikolai Saksonov (URS) | 22x20px Rodney Wilkes (TRI) |
| Lightweight |
 Tommy Kono (USA) |
22x20px Yevgeni Lopatin (URS) |  Vern Barberis (AUS) |
| Middleweight |
Peter George (USA) |
22x20px Gérald Gratton (CAN) | 22x20px Kim Sung-Jip (KOR) |
| Light-heavyweight |
22x20px Trofim Lomakin (URS) | Stanley Stanczyk (USA) |
22x20px Arkady Vorobyev (URS) |
| Middle-heavyweight |
Norbert Schemansky (USA) |
22x20px Grigory Novak (URS) | 22x20px Lennox Kilgour (TRI) |
| Heavyweight |
John Davis (USA) |
James Bradford (USA) |
 Humberto Selvetti (ARG) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia (AUS) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
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