1954 World Weightlifting Championships

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1954 Men's World Championships
  1953
1955  

The 1954 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from October 7 to October 10, 1954. There were 100 men in action from 23 nations.

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Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Bakir Farkhutdinov
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
315.0 kg Mahmoud Namjoo
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
307.5 kg Ali Mirzaei
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
302.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Rafael Chimishkyan
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
350.0 kg Ivan Udodov
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
350.0 kg Nil Tun Maung
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma
330.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Dmitry Ivanov
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
367.5 kg Said Khalifa Gouda
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
355.0 kg Josef Tauchner
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
352.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Pete George
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
405.0 kg Fyodor Bogdanovsky
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
402.5 kg Stanley Stanczyk
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
390.0 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Tommy Kono
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
435.0 kg Trofim Lomakin
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
427.5 kg Jean Debuf
Flag of France.svg  France
405.0 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Arkady Vorobyov
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
460.0 kg Dave Sheppard
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
440.0 kg Clyde Emrich
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
427.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Norbert Schemansky
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
487.5 kg James Bradford
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
462.5 kg Franz Hölbl
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
425.0 kg

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 4307
2Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 3227
3State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 0112
4Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 0101
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0022
6Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma 0011
Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

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