1949 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1949 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Scheveningen, Netherlands from September 4 to September 6, 1949. There were 38 men in action from 13 nations.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Mahmoud Namjoo
 Iran (IRI)
315.0 kg Kamal Mahgoub
 Egypt (EGY)
295.0 kg Joseph DePietro
 United States (USA)
295.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Mahmoud Fayad
 Egypt (EGY)
332.5 kg Johan Runge
 Denmark (DEN)
312.5 kg Max Heral
 France (FRA)
302.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Ibrahim Shams
 Egypt (EGY)
352.5 kg Joe Pitman
 United States (USA)
342.5 kg Arvid Andersson
 Sweden (SWE)
322.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Khadr El-Touni
 Egypt (EGY)
397.5 kg Pete George
 United States (USA)
385.0 kg Hassan Rahnavardi
 Iran (IRI)
340.0 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Stanley Stanczyk
 United States (USA)
412.5 kg Jean Debuf
 France (FRA)
382.5 kg Rasoul Raeisi
 Iran (IRI)
365.0 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
John Davis
 United States (USA)
442.5 kg Niels Petersen
 Denmark (DEN)
390.0 kg Robert Allart
 Belgium (BEL)
387.5 kg

Medal table

Podium of the 56 kg category
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Egypt 3 1 0 4
2  United States 2 2 1 5
3  Iran 1 0 2 3
4  Denmark 0 2 0 2
5  France 0 1 1 2
6  Belgium 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 6 6 6 18

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