Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games

Weightlifting was contested from 5 to 8 March at the 1951 Asian Games in National Stadium, New Delhi, India. The competition included only men's events for seven different weight categories. Iranians dominated in all events and claimed 10 medals in total including seven golds.

Weightlifting
at the 1951 Asian Games
VenueNational Stadium
Dates5–8 March
1954 →

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(56 kg) details
Mahmoud Namjoo
  Iran
Ali Mirzaei
  Iran
Pedro Landero
  Philippines
Featherweight
(60 kg) details
Jafar Salmasi
  Iran
Rodrigo del Rosario
  Philippines
Yukio Iguchi
  Japan
Lightweight
(67.5 kg) details
Hassan Ferdos
  Iran
Peter Ho
  Singapore
Minoru Kubota
  Japan
Middleweight
(75 kg) details
Firouz Pojhan
  Iran
Jalal Mansouri
  Iran
Ba Thein
  Burma
Light heavyweight
(82.5 kg) details
Hassan Rahnavardi
  Iran
Cheong Kok Cheong
  Singapore
Thein Han
  Burma
Middle heavyweight
(90 kg) details
Rasoul Raeisi
  Iran
Kamineni Eswara Rao
  India
Maung Maung Lwin
  Burma
Heavyweight
(+90 kg) details
Leon Kurukchian
  Iran
Ahmad Ordoubadi
  Iran
Dandamudi Rajagopal
  India

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Iran (IRN)73010
2  Singapore (SIN)0202
3  India (IND)0112
  Philippines (PHI)0112
5  Burma (BIR)0033
6  Japan (JPN)0022
Totals (6 entries)77721

References

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