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	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


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
6	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		7	7	7	21

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