1952 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Helsinki
Country FIN
Held 25 – 27 July 1952
Competitors 21
Countries 11

Olympic Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 2 0 7
2 Sweden SWE 1 0 1 2
3 Germany GER 1 0 0 1
4 Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
= Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
6 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
9 France FRA 0 0 2 2
10 Czech Republic CZE 0 0 1 1
= Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ivan Udodov URS Maurice Megennis GBR Karel Saitl CZE
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani URS Nikolay Saksonov URS Bálint B. Nagy HUN
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yevgeny Lopatin URS Johan Runge DEN Ermanno Pignatti ITA
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Åke Hedberg SWE Frank Teräskari FIN André Dochy FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Trofim Lomakin URS Arkady Vorobyov URS Jean Debuf FRA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Grigory Novak URS Luciano Zardi ITA Kai Outa FIN
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Heinz Schattner GER Franz Hölbl AUT Lage Andersson SWE