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.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Bakir Farkhutdinov
 Soviet Union (URS)
315.0 kg Mahmoud Namjoo
 Iran (IRI)
307.5 kg Ali Mirzaei
 Iran (IRI)
302.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Rafael Chimishkyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
350.0 kg Ivan Udodov
 Soviet Union (URS)
350.0 kg Nil Tun Maung
 Burma (BIR)
330.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Dmitry Ivanov
 Soviet Union (URS)
367.5 kg Said Khalifa Gouda
 Egypt (EGY)
355.0 kg Josef Tauchner
 Austria (AUT)
352.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Pete George
 United States (USA)
405.0 kg Fyodor Bogdanovsky
 Soviet Union (URS)
402.5 kg Stanley Stanczyk
 United States (USA)
390.0 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Tommy Kono
 United States (USA)
435.0 kg Trofim Lomakin
 Soviet Union (URS)
427.5 kg Jean Debuf
 France (FRA)
405.0 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Arkady Vorobyov
 Soviet Union (URS)
460.0 kg Dave Sheppard
 United States (USA)
440.0 kg Clyde Emrich
 United States (USA)
427.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Norbert Schemansky
 United States (USA)
487.5 kg James Bradford
 United States (USA)
462.5 kg Franz Hölbl
 Austria (AUT)
425.0 kg

Medal table

 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
Total 7 7 7 21

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