1950 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1950 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Paris, France from October 13 to October 15, 1950. There were 56 men in action from 17 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran	310.0 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union	305.0 kg	Kamal Mahgoub Egypt	297.5 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Mahmoud Fayad Egypt	327.5 kg	Yevgeny Lopatin Soviet Union	317.5 kg	Julian Creus Great Britain	305.0 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Joe Pitman United States	352.5 kg	Attia Hamouda Egypt	350.0 kg	Vladimir Svetilko Soviet Union	347.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Khadr El-Touni Egypt	400.0 kg	Pete George United States	390.0 kg	Vladimir Pushkarev Soviet Union	385.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Stanley Stanczyk United States	420.0 kg	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union	420.0 kg	Arabi Awadi Egypt	382.5 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	John Davis United States	462.5 kg	Yakov Kutsenko Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Melvin Barnett Great Britain	400.0 kg


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	1	0	4
2	Egypt	2	1	2	5
3	Iran	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union	0	4	2	6
5	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 nations)		6	6	6	18

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