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Weightlifting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Games: Next Summer Games

Events:
Phases:

Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Exhibition Hall II, Helsinki
Date Started: July 27, 1952
Date Finished: July 27, 1952
Format: Total of best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Gold: USA Norb Schemansky
Silver: URS Grigory Novak
Bronze: TTO Lennox Kilgour

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal K
1 Norb Schemansky 28 United States USA Gold 445.0 WR
2 Grigory Novak 33 Soviet Union URS Silver 410.0
3 Lennox Kilgour 25 Trinidad and Tobago TTO Bronze 402.5
4 Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh Egypt EGY 397.5
5 Firouz Pojhan 25 Iran IRI 387.5
6 Ken McDonald 23 Australia AUS 385.0
7 Francisco Rensonnet Argentina ARG 370.0
8 Theunis Jonck South Africa RSA 367.5
9 Luciano Zardi 21 Italy ITA 367.5
10 Kai Outa 21 Finland FIN 365.0
11 Börje Jeppsson 23 Sweden SWE 362.5
12 Jorge Soto 30 Puerto Rico PUR 357.5
13 Jørgen Barth-Jørgensen 20 Norway NOR 355.0
14 Bruno Barabani 19 Brazil BRA 355.0
15 Jens Jørn Mortensen 25 Denmark DEN 345.0
16 Gheorghe Piţicaru 26 Romania ROU 330.0
AC Robert Allart 38 Belgium BEL [110.0]
AC Kamineni Eswara Rao 33 India IND [212.5]
AC László Buronyi Hungary HUN [220.0]
AC Melville Barnett 31 Great Britain GBR [227.5]