The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place on 27 July at Messuhalli.

[1] It was the seventh appearance of the light heavyweight class.

The best score for each lift was summed to give a total.

If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).

[1] Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.