Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's Featherweight Military Press

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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Exhibition Hall II, Helsinki
Date Started: July 25, 1952
Date Finished: July 25, 1952

Gold:	Rapael Chimishk'iani
Silver:	Nikolay Saksonov
Bronze:	Rodney Wilkes

Military Press

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K
1	Rodrigo del Rosario	35	Philippines	PHI	105.0	=WR
2	Rodney Wilkes	27	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100.0
3	Rapael Chimishk'iani	23	Soviet Union	URS	97.5
4T	Nikolay Saksonov	29	Soviet Union	URS	95.0
4T	Daniel Pon Mony	30	India	IND	95.0
6	Jules Sylvain	26	Canada	CAN	92.5
7T	Mohssain Tabatabaie	24	Iran	IRI	90.0
7T	Nam Su-Il	40	South Korea	KOR	90.0
7T	Nil Tun Maung	20	Myanmar	MYA	90.0
7T	Giovanni Cocco	31	Italy	ITA	90.0
7T	Carlos Chávez	27	Panama	PAN	90.0
12T	Chay Weng Yew	24	Singapore	SIN	87.5
12T	Julian Creus	35	Great Britain	GBR	87.5
12T	Einar Eriksson	30	Sweden	SWE	87.5
12T	James van Rensburg	28	South Africa	RSA	87.5
16T	Khalifa Said Gouda	21	Egypt	EGY	85.0
16T	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	85.0
16T	Mikko Hokka	20	Finland	FIN	85.0
19	Max Heral	25	France	FRA	82.5
20T	Oswald Junkes	31	Germany	GER	80.0
20T	Henri Colans	37	Belgium	BEL	80.0
22	Henryk Skowronek	29	Poland	POL	77.5

Military Press Lift #1

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	35	Philippines	PHI	100.0	o
AC	Rapael Chimishk'iani	23	Soviet Union	URS	90.0	o
AC	Nikolay Saksonov	29	Soviet Union	URS	90.0	o
AC	Rodney Wilkes	27	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	90.0	o
AC	Mohssain Tabatabaie	24	Iran	IRI	90.0	o
AC	Carlos Chávez	27	Panama	PAN	90.0	o
AC	Jules Sylvain	26	Canada	CAN	87.5	o
AC	James van Rensburg	28	South Africa	RSA	87.5	o
AC	Khalifa Said Gouda	21	Egypt	EGY	85.0	o
AC	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	85.0	o
AC	Daniel Pon Mony	30	India	IND	85.0	o
AC	Giovanni Cocco	31	Italy	ITA	85.0	o
AC	Chay Weng Yew	24	Singapore	SIN	82.5	o
AC	Julian Creus	35	Great Britain	GBR	82.5	o
AC	Einar Eriksson	30	Sweden	SWE	82.5	o
AC	Mikko Hokka	20	Finland	FIN	80.0	o
AC	Henri Colans	37	Belgium	BEL	80.0	o
AC	Max Heral	25	France	FRA	77.5	o
AC	Oswald Junkes	31	Germany	GER	75.0	o
AC	Henryk Skowronek	29	Poland	POL	72.5	o
AC	Nam Su-Il	40	South Korea	KOR	90.0	x
AC	Nil Tun Maung	20	Myanmar	MYA	90.0	x

Military Press Lift #2

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	35	Philippines	PHI	105.0	o	=WR
AC	Rapael Chimishk'iani	23	Soviet Union	URS	95.0	o
AC	Rodney Wilkes	27	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	95.0	o
AC	Jules Sylvain	26	Canada	CAN	92.5	o
AC	Daniel Pon Mony	30	India	IND	90.0	o
AC	Nil Tun Maung	20	Myanmar	MYA	90.0	o
AC	Julian Creus	35	Great Britain	GBR	87.5	o
AC	Mikko Hokka	20	Finland	FIN	85.0	o
AC	Max Heral	25	France	FRA	82.5	o
AC	Oswald Junkes	31	Germany	GER	80.0	o
AC	Henryk Skowronek	29	Poland	POL	77.5	o
AC	Nikolay Saksonov	29	Soviet Union	URS	95.0	x
AC	Mohssain Tabatabaie	24	Iran	IRI	95.0	x
AC	Carlos Chávez	27	Panama	PAN	95.0	x
AC	James van Rensburg	28	South Africa	RSA	92.5	x
AC	Khalifa Said Gouda	21	Egypt	EGY	90.0	x
AC	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	90.0	x
AC	Nam Su-Il	40	South Korea	KOR	90.0	x
AC	Giovanni Cocco	31	Italy	ITA	90.0	x
AC	Chay Weng Yew	24	Singapore	SIN	87.5	x
AC	Einar Eriksson	30	Sweden	SWE	87.5	x
AC	Henri Colans	37	Belgium	BEL	85.0	x

Military Press Lift #3

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Rodney Wilkes	27	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100.0	o
AC	Rapael Chimishk'iani	23	Soviet Union	URS	97.5	o
AC	Nikolay Saksonov	29	Soviet Union	URS	95.0	o
AC	Daniel Pon Mony	30	India	IND	95.0	o
AC	Nam Su-Il	40	South Korea	KOR	90.0	o
AC	Giovanni Cocco	31	Italy	ITA	90.0	o
AC	Chay Weng Yew	24	Singapore	SIN	87.5	o
AC	Einar Eriksson	30	Sweden	SWE	87.5	o
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	35	Philippines	PHI	107.5	x
AC	Mohssain Tabatabaie	24	Iran	IRI	95.0	x
AC	Jules Sylvain	26	Canada	CAN	95.0	x
AC	Nil Tun Maung	20	Myanmar	MYA	95.0	x
AC	Carlos Chávez	27	Panama	PAN	95.0	x
AC	James van Rensburg	28	South Africa	RSA	92.5	x
AC	Khalifa Said Gouda	21	Egypt	EGY	90.0	x
AC	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	90.0	x
AC	Julian Creus	35	Great Britain	GBR	90.0	x
AC	Mikko Hokka	20	Finland	FIN	87.5	x
AC	Max Heral	25	France	FRA	85.0	x
AC	Henri Colans	37	Belgium	BEL	85.0	x
AC	Oswald Junkes	31	Germany	GER	82.5	x
AC	Henryk Skowronek	29	Poland	POL	80.0	x

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