1946 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1946 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Paris, France from October 18 to October 19, 1946. There were 79 men in action from 13 nations.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
60 kg
Arvid Andersson
 Sweden (SWE)
320.0 kg Mahmoud Fayad
 Egypt (EGY)
317.5 kg Moisey Kasyanik
 Soviet Union (URS)
310.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Stanley Stanczyk
 United States (USA)
367.5 kg Vladimir Svetilko
 Soviet Union (URS)
347.5 kg Georgi Popov
 Soviet Union (URS)
335.0 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Khadr El-Touni
 Egypt (EGY)
377.5 kg John Terpak
 United States (USA)
375.0 kg Frank Spellman
 United States (USA)
372.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Grigory Novak
 Soviet Union (URS)
425.0 kg Frank Kay
 United States (USA)
390.0 kg Henri Ferrari
 France (FRA)
390.0 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
John Davis
 United States (USA)
435.0 kg Yakov Kutsenko
 Soviet Union (URS)
415.0 kg Mohamed Geisa
 Egypt (EGY)
395.0 kg

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 2 2 1 5
2  Soviet Union 1 2 2 5
3  Egypt 1 1 1 3
4  Sweden 1 0 0 1
5  France 0 0 1 1
Total 5 5 5 15

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