Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 27 July at Messuhalli. It was the seventh appearance of the light heavyweight class.

Men's 82.5 kg at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Date	27 July 1952
Competitors	22 from 19 nations
Winning total	417.5 kg =OR
Medalists
Trofim Lomakin  Soviet Union Stanley Stanczyk  United States Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union

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	Grigory Novak (URS)	143 kg		1949
	Snatch	Arkady Vorobyov (URS)	153.5 kg		1951
	Clean & Jerk	Henri Ferrari (FRA)	169 kg		1945
	Total	Grigory Novak (URS)	425 kg	Paris, France	19 October 1946
Olympic record	Press	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	130 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Snatch	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	130 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Clean & Jerk	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	157.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 August 1948
	Total	Stanley Stanczyk (USA)	417.5 kg	London, United Kingdom	11 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
	Trofim Lomakin	Soviet Union	81.80	125	130	130	125	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	160	165	165	165 OR	417.5 =OR
	Stanley Stanczyk	United States	82.40	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	155	160	165	160	415
	Arkady Vorobyov	Soviet Union	81.80	120	125	125	120	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	160	170	170	160	407.5
4	Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi	Iran	82.35	120	120	120	120	115	122.5	125	122.5	150	155	160	160	402.5
5	Jean Debuf	France	81.65	110	115	117.5	117.5	117.5	122.5	125	122.5	150	160	162.5	160	400
6	Issy Bloomberg	South Africa	80.10	120	127.5	127.5	127.5	110	115	117.5	115	142.5	150	155	150	392.5
7	Osvaldo Forte	Argentina	82.45	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	115	122.5	122.5	115	145	150	155	155	382.5
8	Clyde Emrich	United States	79.70	115	120	120	120	115	—	—	115	145	152.5	—	145	380
9	Mohamed Ali Abdel Kerim	Egypt	80.45	100	105	110	105	115	115	122.5	122.5	150	155	155	150	377.5
10	Georges Firmin	France	80.50	110	110	115	115	110	115	117.5	115	140	145	147.5	147.5	377.5
11	Hans Claussen	Germany	82.50	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	107.5	115	117.5	115	137.5	145	145	145	362.5
12	Armando Rueda	Mexico	80.95	115	120	120	115	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	132.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	360
13	Augusto Fiorentini	Italy	82.40	105	110	110	105	105	110	115	110	140	145	150	145	360
14	Wilhelm Flenner	Austria	82.45	100	105	105	100	110	115	115	110	142.5	142.5	150	142.5	352.5
15	Josef Hantych	Czechoslovakia	81.80	87.5	92.5	95	95	105	110	110	110	135	140	145	140	345
16	Silvino Robin	Brazil	82.50	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	100	105	105	100	132.5	137.5	140	137.5	345
17	Cecil Moore	Guyana	82.30	95	100	102.5	100	97.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	127.5	135	142.5	135	342.5
18	Ilie Dancea	Romania	82.45	90	95	97.5	95	102.5	102.5	107.5	102.5	127.5	132.5	132.5	132.5	330
19	Czesław Białas	Poland	82.20	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	125	130	135	130	325
20	Jack Varaleau	Canada	80.40	105	112.5	112.5	105	107.5	107.5	—	107.5	—	—	—	—	212.5
21	Orlando Garrido	Cuba	81.70	122.5	130	130	122.5	115	115	115	—	—	—	—	—	122.5
22	Sigvard Kinnunen	Sweden	80.95	110	112.5	—	112.5	110	110	110	—	—	—	—	—	112.5
23	Juhani Vellamo	Finland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk	165 kg	Trofim Lomakin (URS)	OR
Total	417.5 kg	Trofim Lomakin (URS)	=OR