Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

The men's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 26 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the middleweight class.

Men's 75 kg at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Date	26 July 1952
Competitors	21 from 20 nations
Winning total	400 kg OR
Medalists
Pete George  United States Gerry Gratton  Canada Kim Seong-jip  South Korea

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	Khadr El-Touni (EGY)	127.5 kg		1948
	Snatch	J. Duganov (URS)	129.5 kg		1952
	Clean & Jerk	Pete George (USA)	164.5 kg		1950
	Total	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	405 kg	Philadelphia, United States	26–27 September 1947
Olympic record	Press	Kim Seong-jip (KOR)	122.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Snatch	Pete George (USA)	122.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk	Pete George (USA)	155 kg	London, United Kingdom	10 August 1948
	Total	Frank Spellman (USA)	390 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
	Pete George	United States	72.80	105	110	115	115	120	125	127.5	127.5 OR	150	157.5	165	157.5 OR	400 OR
	Gerry Gratton	Canada	74.80	115	122.5	127.5	122.5 =OR	112.5	120	120	112.5	142.5	150	155	155	390
	Kim Seong-jip	South Korea	73.40	122.5	127.5	127.5	122.5 =OR	105	110	112.5	112.5	140	145	147.5	147.5	382.5
4	Ismail Ragab	Egypt	73.85	110	115	117.5	115	110	115	117.5	117.5	145	145	150	150	382.5
5	Moustafa Laham	Lebanon	73.00	107.5	112.5	115	115	112.5	117.5	120	112.5	142.5	142.5	150	142.5	370
6	Åke Hedberg	Sweden	72.70	95	100	102.5	102.5	105	110	110	105	135	145	150	150	357.5
7	Ángel Sposato	Argentina	73.85	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	105	110	112.5	110	135	140	145	140	357.5
8	Jalal Mansouri	Iran	74.95	105	105	110	110	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	135	140	145	140	357.5
9	Frank Teräskari	Finland	74.85	95	100	102.5	102.5	105	110	110	110	135	140	145	140	352.5
10	André Dochy	France	74.50	95	100	102.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	135	140	142.5	140	350
11	Václav Pšenička Jr.	Czechoslovakia	74.75	92.5	97.5	100	100	100	105	107.5	107.5	130	140	142.5	142.5	350
12	Jan Smeekens	Netherlands	73.70	90	95	100	95	110	115	120	115	135	135	145	135	345
13	Jørgen Moritzen	Denmark	74.15	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	97.5	102.5	105	105	132.5	137.5	140	137.5	340
14	Emmerich Bauer	Austria	73.15	95	100	102.5	100	102.5	110	110	102.5	130	135	140	135	337.5
15	Fred Giffin	Australia	75.00	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	95	100	100	100	122.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	335
16	Thor Olsen	Norway	74.85	95	100	102.5	100	95	100	102.5	100	120	125	130	125	325
17	Muhammad Iqbal Butt	Pakistan	75.00	95	100	—	95	95	100	102.5	100	130	130	135	130	325
18	Ilie Enciu	Romania	74.30	97.5	97.5	102.5	97.5	92.5	97.5	100	97.5	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	322.5
19	Walter Dossenbach	Switzerland	74.40	85	92.5	92.5	85	95	100	102.5	100	122.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	312.5
20	Jacques Flury	Switzerland	74.50	80	85	—	85	95	100	100	100	117.5	125	130	125	310
21	David Pimentel	Mexico	74.35	102.5	110	110	102.5	95	100	100	95	122.5	122.5	122.5	—	197.5

New records

Press	122.5 kg	Gerry Gratton (CAN)  Kim Seong-jip (KOR)	=OR
Snatch	127.5 kg	Pete George (USA)	OR
Clearn & Jerk	157.5 kg	Pete George (USA)	OR
Total	400 kg	Pete George (USA)	OR