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.[1] 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).[2]

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

Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
	Men
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	+90 kg

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).[1]