1948 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the XIV Summer Olympics |
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venue | London |
Competition venue | Earls Court Exhibition Center |
Nations | 30th |
Athletes | 120 (120 men) |
date | 9-11 August 1948 |
decisions | 6th |
← Berlin 1936 |
At the XIV Summer Olympics in London in 1948 , six weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Earls Court Exhibition Center in the Earls Court district . The program was one weight class more than before.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | United States | 4th | 3 | 1 | 8th |
2 | Egypt | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
3 | Great Britain | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4th | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | - | 1 |
5 | Iran | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Bantamweight | Joseph Di Pietro | Julian Creus | Richard Tom |
Featherweight | Mahmoud Fayad | Rodney Wilkes | Mohammad Jafar Salmasi |
lightweight | Ibrahim Shams | Attia Hamouda | James Halliday |
medium weight | Frank Spellman | Peter George | Kim Seong-jip |
Lightweight | Stanley Stanczyk | Harold Sakata | Gosta Magnusson |
Heavyweight | John Davis | Norbert Schemansky | Abraham Charité |
Results
Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | Joseph Di Pietro | 307.5 ( WR ) |
2 | GBR | Julian Creus | 297.5 |
3 | United States | Richard Tom | 295.0 |
4th | COR | Lee Gyu-hyeok | 290.0 |
5 | IRN | Mahmoud Namdjou | 287.5 |
6th | FRA | Marcel Thévenet | 280.0 |
7th | CAN | Rosaire Smith | 277.5 |
8th | NZL | Maurice Crow | 272.5 |
9 | OUT | Keith Caple | 272.5 |
10 | COR | Pak Dong-uk | 272.5 |
17th | AUT | Josef Vojtech | 255.0 |
Date: August 9, 1948
19 participants from 14 countries
Feather weight (up to 60 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | EGY | Mahmoud Fayad | 332.5 ( WR ) |
2 | TRI | Rodney Wilkes | 317.5 |
3 | IRN | Mohammad Jafar Salmasi | 312.5 |
4th | COR | Nam Su-il | 307.5 |
5 | PHI | Rodrigo del Rosario | 307.5 |
6th | United States | Emerick Ishikawa | 307.5 |
7th | THE | Johan Runge | 305.0 |
8th | FRA | Max Heral | 300.0 |
9 | United States | Richard Tomita | 300.0 |
10 | FRA | André Le Guillerm | 300.0 |
11 | AUT | Anton Richter | 292.5 |
22nd | SUI | Richard Rieder | 255.0 |
Date: August 9, 1948
23 participants from 18 countries
Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | EGY | Ibrahim Shams | 360.0 ( OR ) |
2 | EGY | Attia Hamouda | 360.0 |
3 | GBR | James Halliday | 340.0 |
4th | United States | John Terpak | 340.0 |
5 | CAN | John Stuart | 332.5 |
6th | COR | Kim Chang-Hui | 330.0 |
7th | COR | Na Si-yun | 330.0 |
8th | United States | Joseph Pitman | 322.5 |
9 | JAM | George Espeut | 322.5 |
10 | THE | Jørgen Fryd Petersen | 315.0 |
Date: August 10, 1948
22 participants from 17 countries
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | Frank Spellman | 390.0 ( OR ) |
2 | United States | Peter George | 382.5 |
3 | COR | Kim Seong-jip | 380.0 |
4th | EGY | Khadr Sayed El Touni | 380.0 |
5 | CAN | Joseph Gratton | 360.0 |
6th | FRA | Pierre Bouladou | 355.0 |
7th | CUB | Orlando Garrido | 355.0 |
8th | GBR | George William Watson | 350.0 |
9 | FRA | Georges Firmin | 347.5 |
10 | CAN | Joseph Sklar | 345.0 |
16 | AUT | Klement shoe | 320.0 |
19th | SUI | Fritz Mast | 310.0 |
23 | SUI | Roger Rubini | 292.5 |
Date: August 10, 1948
24 participants from 18 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | Stanley Stanczyk | 417.5 ( OR ) |
2 | United States | Harold Sakata | 380.0 |
3 | SWE | Gosta Magnusson | 375.0 |
4th | FRA | Jean Debuf | 370.0 |
5 | ARG | Osvaldo Forte | 367.5 |
6th | CAN | James Varaleau | 365.0 |
7th | FIN | Juhani Vellamo | 355.0 |
8th | IRN | Rasoul Raisi | 355.0 |
9 | GBR | Ernest Roe | 355.0 |
10 | HUN | László Buronyi | 355.0 |
13 | AUT | Wilhelm Pankl | 347.5 |
14th | AUT | Fritz Haller | 342.5 |
Date: August 11, 1948
16 participants from 13 countries
Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)
space | country | athlete | Weight (kg) |
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1 | United States | John Davis | 452.5 ( OR ) |
2 | United States | Norbert Schemansky | 425.0 |
3 | NED | Abraham Charité | 412.5 |
4th | GBR | Alfred Knight | 390.0 |
5 | EGY | Hanafi Moustafa | 385.0 |
6th | THE | Niels Petersen | 382.5 |
7th | BEL | Robert Allart | 377.5 |
8th | RSA | Petrus Taljaard | 375.0 |
9 | CUB | Alfonso Parera | 372.5 |
10 | BY | Carlos Domínguez | 362.5 |
14th | AUT | Franz Eibler | 327.5 |
Date: August 11, 1948
16 participants from 14 countries
Web links
- Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1948 Summer Games (PDF, 30.9 MB)