| Weightlifting at the 1954 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | 6–8 May 1954 |
Weightlifting was contested from May 6 to May 8 at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. The competition included only men's events for seven different weight categories.
| Weightlifting at the 1954 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Dates | 6–8 May 1954 |
Weightlifting was contested from May 6 to May 8 at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. The competition included only men's events for seven different weight categories.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight (56 kg) | Yu In-ho  South Korea | Rodolfo Caparas  Philippines | Yoshio Nanbu  Japan |
| Featherweight (60 kg) | Nil Tun Maung  Burma | Rodrigo del Rosario Philippines | Chay Weng Yew  Singapore |
| Lightweight (67.5 kg) | Cho Bong-jik South Korea | Minoru Kubota Japan | Thio Ging Hwie  Indonesia |
| Middleweight (75 kg) | Kim Chang-hee South Korea | La See-yun South Korea | Hachiro Fujiwara Japan |
| Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) | Kim Seong-jip South Korea | Muhammad Iqbal Butt  Pakistan | Harold de Castro Singapore |
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | Ko Chong-ku South Korea | Pedro del Mundo Philippines | Joaquin Vasquez Philippines |
| Heavyweight (+90 kg) | Maung Maung Lwin Burma | Hong Chi-hua  Republic of China | Shih Ping-hua Republic of China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Burma (BIR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Republic of China (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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