The 1953 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 nations.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Bantamweight 56 kg | Ivan Udodov Soviet Union | 315.0 kg | Kamal Mahgoub Egypt | 295.0 kg | Karel Saitl Czechoslovakia | 280.0 kg |
Featherweight 60 kg | Nikolay Saksonov Soviet Union | 337.5 kg | Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union | 332.5 kg | Einar Eriksson Sweden | 307.5 kg |
Lightweight 67.5 kg | Pete George United States | 370.0 kg | Dmitry Ivanov Soviet Union | 365.0 kg | Said Khalifa Gouda Egypt | 355.0 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg | Tommy Kono United States | 407.5 kg | Dave Sheppard United States | 397.5 kg | Yury Duganov Soviet Union | 382.5 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg | Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union | 430.0 kg | Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union | 427.5 kg | Stanley Stanczyk United States | 415.0 kg |
Middle heavyweight 90 kg | Norbert Schemansky United States | 442.5 kg | Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh Egypt | 400.0 kg | Mohamed Ali Abdelkerim Egypt | 385.0 kg |
Heavyweight +90 kg | Doug Hepburn Canada | 467.5 kg | John Davis United States | 457.5 kg | Humberto Selvetti Argentina | 450.0 kg |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Nauru competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, that were celebrated in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Nauru was represented by the Nauru Olympic Committee, and was the only nation out of 204 participating nations and territories that sent only a single athlete, and was one of 117 that won no medals at the Games. The sole athlete to represent the nation was Itte Detenamo, who participated in the weightlifting, and was the flag bearer in both the opening and closing ceremonies. This was the same number of athletes as at the 1996 Olympics, when Marcus Stephen represented the country in the same sport, but was a decrease from the nation's last appearance at the Games when three athletes were sent to Athens. Nauru earned a berth for the weightlifting event in the Oceania and South Pacific Olympic Weightlifting Championships in 2008 and a chance to send participants in swimming and athletics events, but chose to send only a weightlifter. Itte Detenamo competed in the Group B of heavyweight class, fifteenth and last event of the weightlifting. He did not earn a medal, but finished with a personal best.
The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the IWF was founded in 1905, but World Championship events began before its foundation. The first recognized World Championship event was held in 1891, and was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.
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The 1962 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from September 16 to September 22, 1962. There were 113 men in action from 27 nations. These world championships were combined with European championships.
The 1985 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Södertälje, Sweden from August 23 to September 1, 1985. There were 195 men in action from 38 nations.
The 1984 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from July 29 to August 8, 1984. There were 187 men in action from 48 nations.
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