Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Weightlifting at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Empress Hall, Earl's Court |
Dates | 9–11 August 1948 |
Competitors | 120 from 30 nations |
The weightlifting competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of six weight classes, all for men only. The bantamweight division was a newly created weight class, marking the first change to the Olympic program since 1920.[1]
Medal summary[edit]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight | Joseph De Pietro United States | Julian Creus Great Britain | Richard Tom United States |
Featherweight | Mahmoud Fayad Egypt | Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago | Jafar Salmasi Iran |
Lightweight | Ibrahim Shams Egypt | Attia Hamouda Egypt | James Halliday Great Britain |
Middleweight | Frank Spellman United States | Pete George United States | Kim Sung-Jip South Korea |
Light-heavyweight | Stanley Stanczyk United States | Harold Sakata United States | Gösta Magnusson Sweden |
Heavyweight | John Davis United States | Norbert Schemansky United States | Abraham Charite Netherlands |
Medal table[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
Sources[edit]
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.