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.
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight 56 kg |
Ivan Udodov![]() |
315.0 kg | Kamal Mahgoub![]() |
295.0 kg | Karel Saitl![]() |
280.0 kg |
Featherweight 60 kg |
Nikolay Saksonov![]() |
337.5 kg | Rafael Chimishkyan![]() |
332.5 kg | Einar Eriksson![]() |
307.5 kg |
Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Pete George![]() |
370.0 kg | Dmitry Ivanov![]() |
365.0 kg | Said Khalifa Gouda![]() |
355.0 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg |
Tommy Kono![]() |
407.5 kg | Dave Sheppard![]() |
397.5 kg | Yury Duganov![]() |
382.5 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Arkady Vorobyov![]() |
430.0 kg | Trofim Lomakin![]() |
427.5 kg | Stanley Stanczyk![]() |
415.0 kg |
Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Norbert Schemansky![]() |
442.5 kg | Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh![]() |
400.0 kg | Mohamed Ali Abdelkerim![]() |
385.0 kg |
Heavyweight +90 kg |
Doug Hepburn![]() |
467.5 kg | John Davis![]() |
457.5 kg | Humberto Selvetti![]() |
450.0 kg |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
References
[edit]- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine