Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

The men's 67.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 26 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the lightweight class.

Men's 67.5 kg at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Date	26 July 1952
Competitors	24 from 22 nations
Winning total	362.5 kg OR
Medalists
Tommy Kono  United States Yevgeny Lopatin  Soviet Union Vern Barberis  Australia

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	N. Nikulin (URS)	112 kg		1951
	Snatch	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	116.5 kg		1939
	Clean & Jerk	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	153.5 kg		1939
	Total	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	367.5 kg	Paris, France	18–19 October 1946
Olympic record	Press	John Stuart (CAN)	107.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Snatch	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	115 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	147.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Total	Ibrahim Shams (EGY)	360 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Body weight	Press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Tommy Kono	United States	67.35	105	110	110	105	105	110	117.5	117.5 WR	140	155	155	140	362.5 OR
	Yevgeny Lopatin	Soviet Union	66.95	100	105	105	100	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	135	140	142.5	142.5	350
	Vern Barberis	Australia	67.30	97.5	102.5	105	105	100	105	105	105	132.5	140	142.5	140	350
4	Kim Chang-hee	South Korea	67.10	95	100	102.5	100	97.5	102.5	105	105	135	140	140	140	345
5	Hassan Ferdos	Iran	67.20	97.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	130	130	135	135	345
6	Abdel Qader El-Touni	Egypt	66.65	97.5	102.5	105	105	100	105	107.5	107.5	130	130	130	130	342.5
7	Johan Runge	Denmark	66.80	100	105	—	105	92.5	97.5	97.5	97.5	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	330
8	Thio Ging Hwie	Indonesia	66.75	97.5	102.5	105	105	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	120	125	130	130	327.5
9	Ermanno Pignatti	Italy	67.50	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	100	105	107.5	105	122.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	325
10	Alfonso Canti	Italy	67.30	90	95	97.5	97.5	95	100	100	100	117.5	122.5	125	122.5	320
11	Robert Belza	Czechoslovakia	67.45	85	90	92.5	92.5	90	95	97.5	97.5	122.5	127.5	130	130	320
12	Arvid Andersson	Sweden	66.85	85	90	92.5	92.5	97.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5	317.5
13	Barry Engelbrecht	South Africa	67.40	95	95	100	95	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	315
14	Nil Kyaw Yin	Burma	66.30	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	90	95	97.5	97.5	117.5	125	125	125	310
15	Tauno Suoniemi	Finland	67.30	95	100	100	95	95	95	95	95	120	120	125	120	310
16	Antonio Hoffmann	Puerto Rico	64.10	97.5	105	105	97.5	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	307.5
17	Josef Tauchner	Austria	67.45	90	95	95	90	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	120	125	130	125	307.5
18	Yorrie Evans	Great Britain	67.50	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	90	95	97.5	95	120	125	130	125	307.5
19	Björn Heyn	Norway	67.50	90	95	100	95	90	90	92.5	90	110	115	120	115	300
20	Roger Rubini	Switzerland	67.45	80	85	85	80	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	115	122.5	122.5	122.5	295
21	Edward Ścigała	Poland	66.60	75	80	80	80	85	90	92.5	90	115	120	120	120	290
22	James Halliday	Great Britain	67.40	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	102.5	110	112.5	112.5	130	135	135	—	205
23	Toni Leuthe	Germany	67.00	90	95	95	90	95	100	102.5	100	125	125	125	—	190
24	Thong Saw Pak	Singapore	66.65	90	95	97.5	95	90	90	90	—	—	—	—	—	95

New records

Snatch	117.5 kg	Tommy Kono (USA)	WR
Total	362.5 kg	Tommy Kono (USA)	OR