right|100px Gewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1952 in Helsinki.
Heren bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Ivan Oedodov 90.0 kg97.5 kg127.5 kg315.0 kg Mahmoud Namdjou 90.0 kg95.0 kg122.5 kg307.5 kg Ali Mirzai 95.0 kg92.5 kg112.5 kg300.0 kg 4 Kim Hae-nam 80.0 kg95.0 kg120.0 kg295.0 kg 5 Kamal Mahmoud Mahgoub 75.0 kg95.0 kg122.5 kg292.5 kg 6 Pedro Landero 90.0 kg87.5 kg115.0 kg292.5 kg 7 Maurice Megennis 82.5 kg85.0 kg112.5 kg280.0 kg 8 Noor Lon Mohamed 77.5 kg85.0 kg112.5 kg275.0 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Rafael Tsjimisjkjan 97.5 kg105.0 kg135.0 kg337.5 kg Nikolai Saksonov 95.0 kg105.0 kg132.5 kg332.5 kg Rodney Wilkes 100.0 kg100.0 kg122.5 kg322.5 kg 4 Rodrigo del Rosario 105.0 kg92.5 kg120.0 kg317.5 kg 5 Said Khalifa Gouda 85.0 kg102.5 kg125.0 kg312.5 kg 6 Chay Weng Yew 87.5 kg97.5 kg127.5 kg312.5 kg 7 Bálint Nagy 85.0 kg97.5 kg125.0 kg307.5 kg 8 Mohsen Tabatabai 90.0 kg97.5 kg120.0 kg307.5 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Tommy Kono 105.0 kg117.5 kg140.0 kg362.5 kg Jevgeni Lopatin 100.0 kg107.5 kg142.5 kg350.0 kg Verdi Barberis 105.0 kg105.0 kg140.0 kg350.0 kg 4 Kim Chang-hee 100.0 kg105.0 kg140.0 kg345.0 kg 5 Hassan Ferdows 102.5 kg107.5 kg135.0 kg345.0 kg 6 Abdel Kader Said El Touni 105.0 kg107.5 kg130.0 kg342.5 kg 7 Johan Runge 105.0 kg97.5 kg127.5 kg330.0 kg 8 Ging Hwie Thio 105.0 kg92.5 kg130.0 kg327.5 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Peter George 115.0 kg127.5 kg157.5 kg400.0 kg Gerard Gratton 122.5 kg112.5 kg155.0 kg390.0 kg Kim Sung-jip 122.5 kg112.5 kg147.5 kg382.5 kg 4 Ismail Ragab 115.0 kg117.5 kg150.0 kg382.5 kg 5 Moustafa Laham 115.0 kg112.5 kg142.5 kg370.0 kg 6 Åke Hedberg 102.5 kg105.0 kg150.0 kg357.5 kg 7 Ángel Sposato 107.5 kg110.0 kg140.0 kg357.5 kg 8 Jalal Mansouri 110.0 kg107.5 kg140.0 kg357.5 kg
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Trofim Lomakin 125.0 kg127.5 kg165.0 kg417.5 kg Stanley Stanczyk 127.5 kg127.5 kg160.0 kg415.0 kg Arkadi Vorobjov 120.0 kg127.5 kg160.0 kg407.5 kg 4 Mohammad Rahnavardi 120.0 kg122.5 kg160.0 kg402.5 kg 5 Jean Debuf 117.5 kg122.5 kg160.0 kg400.0 kg 6 Issy Bloomberg 127.5 kg115.0 kg150.0 kg392.5 kg 7 Osvaldo Forte 112.5 kg115.0 kg155.0 kg382.5 kg 8 Clyde Emrich 120.0 kg115.0 kg145.0 kg380.0 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Norbert Schemansky 127.5 kg140.0 kg177.5 kg445.0 kg Grigori Novak 140.0 kg125.0 kg145.0 kg410.0 kg Lennox Kilgour 125.0 kg120.0 kg157.5 kg402.5 kg 4 Mohammed Ibrahim Saleh 110.0 kg125.0 kg162.5 kg397.5 kg 5 Firouz Pojhan 112.5 kg120.0 kg155.0 kg387.5 kg 6 Kenneth McDonald 107.5 kg125.0 kg152.5 kg385.0 kg 7 Francisco Rensonnet 107.5 kg112.5 kg150.0 kg370.0 kg 8 Theunis Jonck 112.5 kg110.0 kg145.0 kg367.5 kg
zwaargewicht (boven 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal John Davis 150.0 kg145.0 kg165.0 kg460.0 kg James Bradford 140.0 kg132.5 kg165.0 kg437.5 kg Humberto Selvetti 150.0 kg120.0 kg162.5 kg432.5 kg 4 Heinz Schattner 130.0 kg130.0 kg162.5 kg422.5 kg 5 Dave Baillie 145.0 kg122.5 kg152.5 kg420.0 kg 6 Norberto Ferreira 140.0 kg115.0 kg155.0 kg410.0 kg 7 Harold Cleghorn 130.0 kg117.5 kg152.5 kg400.0 kg 8 Franz Hölbl 115.0 kg117.5 kg155.0 kg387.5 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 4 2 0 6 2 3 3 1 7 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 totaal 7 7 7 21
Gewichtheffen 1952