1953_World_Weightlifting_Championships

1953 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

The 1953 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 nations.

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Ivan Udodov Soviet Union	315.0 kg	Kamal Mahgoub Egypt	295.0 kg	Karel Saitl Czechoslovakia	280.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Nikolay Saksonov Soviet Union	337.5 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union	332.5 kg	Einar Eriksson Sweden	307.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Pete George United States	370.0 kg	Dmitry Ivanov Soviet Union	365.0 kg	Said Khalifa Gouda Egypt	355.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Tommy Kono United States	407.5 kg	Dave Sheppard United States	397.5 kg	Yury Duganov Soviet Union	382.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union	430.0 kg	Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union	427.5 kg	Stanley Stanczyk United States	415.0 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Norbert Schemansky United States	442.5 kg	Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh Egypt	400.0 kg	Mohamed Ali Abdelkerim Egypt	385.0 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Doug Hepburn Canada	467.5 kg	John Davis United States	457.5 kg	Humberto Selvetti Argentina	450.0 kg

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	3	3	1	7
2	United States	3	2	1	6
3	Canada	1	0	0	1
4	Egypt	0	2	2	4
5	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

1953 World Weightlifting Championships