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.
Medal summary
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
Bakir Farkhutdinov Soviet Union |
315.0 kg | Mahmoud Namjoo Iran |
307.5 kg | Ali Mirzaei Iran |
302.5 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union |
350.0 kg | Ivan Udodov Soviet Union |
350.0 kg | Nil Tun Maung Burma |
330.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Dmitry Ivanov Soviet Union |
367.5 kg | Said Khalifa Gouda Egypt |
355.0 kg | Josef Tauchner Austria |
352.5 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
Pete George United States |
405.0 kg | Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union |
402.5 kg | Stanley Stanczyk United States |
390.0 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Tommy Kono United States |
435.0 kg | Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union |
427.5 kg | Jean Debuf France |
405.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union |
460.0 kg | Dave Sheppard United States |
440.0 kg | Clyde Emrich United States |
427.5 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
Norbert Schemansky United States |
487.5 kg | James Bradford United States |
462.5 kg | Franz Hölbl Austria |
425.0 kg |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Burma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
edit- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine