1954 World Weightlifting Championships

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.

1954 Men's World Championships
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Medal summary

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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union4307
2  United States3227
3  Iran0112
4  Egypt0101
5  Austria0022
6  Burma0011
  France0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

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