Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's 60 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 25 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the featherweight class, and the second time the weight class featured weightlifters between 56 and 60 kg (prior appearances had featherweight as the lightest weight class before a 56 kg weight class was added in 1948).

Men's 60 kg at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Date	25 July 1952
Competitors	22 from 21 nations
Winning total	337.5 kg WR
Medalists
Rafael Chimishkyan  Soviet Union Nikolai Saksonov  Soviet Union Rodney Wilkes  Trinidad and Tobago

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	Juitsu Nan (JPN)	105 kg		1939
	Snatch	Nikolai Saksonov (URS)	106 kg		1951
	Clean & Jerk	Nikolai Saksonov (URS)	138 kg		1951
	Total	Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)	332.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
Olympic record	Press	Jafar Salmasi (IRI)	100 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Snatch	Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)	105 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk	Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)	135 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 August 1948
	Total	Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)	332.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	9 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
	Rafael Chimishkyan	Soviet Union	59.65	90	95	97.5	97.5	97.5	102.5	105	105 =OR	130	135	135	135 =OR	337.5 WR
	Nikolay Saksonov	Soviet Union	59.95	90	95	95	95	100	105	105	105 =OR	132.5	140	140	132.5	332.5
	Rodney Wilkes	Trinidad and Tobago	59.30	90	95	100	100	90	97.5	100	100	122.5	122.5	132.5	122.5	322.5
4	Rodrigo del Rosario	Philippines	59.20	100	105	107.5	105 OR	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	120	125	125	120	317.5
5	Khalifa Said Gouda	Egypt	59.20	85	90	90	85	95	100	102.5	102.5	120	125	130	125	312.5
6	Chay Weng Yew	Singapore	59.80	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	127.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	312.5
7	Bálint Nagy	Hungary	59.60	85	90	90	85	90	90	97.5	97.5	120	125	127.5	125	307.5
8	Mohssain Tabatabaie	Iran	59.85	90	95	95	90	90	95	97.5	97.5	115	115	120	120	307.5
9	Julian Creus	Great Britain	59.65	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	90	95	97.5	95	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	305
10	Jules Sylvain	Canada	59.85	87.5	92.5	95	92.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	112.5	117.5	122.5	117.5	302.5
11	Nam Su-il	South Korea	59.95	90	90	90	90	85	85	90	90	115	120	122.5	120	300
12	Daniel Pon Mony	India	60.00	85	90	95	95	85	90	92.5	90	115	120	—	115	300
13	Max Heral	France	59.35	77.5	82.5	85	82.5	87.5	92.5	95	95	115	120	125	120	297.5
14	Nil Tun Maung	Burma	59.05	90	90	95	90	82.5	87.5	90	87.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	295
15	Mikko Hokka	Finland	60.00	80	85	87.5	85	90	95	97.5	95	105	110	115	115	295
16	Oswald Junkes	Germany	59.85	75	80	82.5	80	85	90	92.5	90	110	115	120	120	290
17	Einar Eriksson	Sweden	59.95	82.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	92.5	110	115	115	110	290
18	James van Rensburg	South Africa	59.65	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	110	115	115	110	285
19	Giovanni Cocco	Italy	59.75	85	90	90	90	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	110	110	115	110	282.5
20	Henri Colans	Belgium	59.60	80	85	85	80	85	90	90	85	115	115	120	115	280
21	Henryk Skowronek	Poland	59.75	72.5	77.5	80	77.5	85	92.5	92.5	85	107.5	107.5	110	110	272.5
22	Carlos Chávez	Panama	58.20	90	95	95	90	92.5	92.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	90

New records

Press	105 kg	Rodrigo Del Rosario (PHI)	OR
Snatch	105 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)  Nikolay Saksonov (URS)	=OR
Clean & Jerk	135 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)	=OR
Total	337.5 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)	WR