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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Exhibition Hall II, Helsinki
Date Started: July 25, 1952
Date Finished: July 25, 1952
Format: Total of best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
| Gold: | Rapael Chimishk'iani |
| Silver: | Nikolay Saksonov |
| Bronze: | Rodney Wilkes |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapael Chimishk'iani | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 337.5 | WR |
| 2 | Nikolay Saksonov | 29 | Soviet Union | URS | Silver | 332.5 | |
| 3 | Rodney Wilkes | 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | Bronze | 322.5 | |
| 4 | Rodrigo del Rosario | 35 | Philippines | PHI | 317.5 | ||
| 5 | Khalifa Said Gouda | 21 | Egypt | EGY | 312.5 | ||
| 6 | Chay Weng Yew | 24 | Singapore | SIN | 312.5 | ||
| 7 | Bálint B. Nagy | Hungary | HUN | 307.5 | |||
| 8 | Mohssain Tabatabaie | 24 | Iran | IRI | 307.5 | ||
| 9 | Julian Creus | 35 | Great Britain | GBR | 305.0 | ||
| 10 | Jules Sylvain | 26 | Canada | CAN | 302.5 | ||
| 11 | Nam Su-Il | 40 | South Korea | KOR | 300.0 | ||
| 12 | Daniel Pon Mony | 30 | India | IND | 300.0 | ||
| 13 | Max Heral | 25 | France | FRA | 297.5 | ||
| 14 | Nil Tun Maung | 20 | Myanmar | MYA | 295.0 | ||
| 15 | Mikko Hokka | 20 | Finland | FIN | 295.0 | ||
| 16 | Oswald Junkes | 31 | Germany | GER | 290.0 | ||
| 17 | Einar Eriksson | 30 | Sweden | SWE | 290.0 | ||
| 18 | James van Rensburg | 28 | South Africa | RSA | 285.0 | ||
| 19 | Giovanni Cocco | 31 | Italy | ITA | 282.5 | ||
| 20 | Henri Colans | 37 | Belgium | BEL | 280.0 | ||
| 21 | Henryk Skowronek | 29 | Poland | POL | 272.5 | ||
| AC | Carlos Chávez | 27 | Panama | PAN | [90.0] |