World Weightlifting Championships 1922

The 21st World Weightlifting Championships took place from April 29th to 30th, 1922 in the Estonian capital Tallinn . 33 weightlifters from four nations took part in the pentathlon competitions held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) as the first official world championship .

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Featherweight	Heinrich Graf	Karl Koiv	Gustav Ernesaks
lightweight	Alfred new territory	Eduard Vanaaseme	Voldemar Noormägi
medium weight	Saul Hallop	Albert Ozoliņš	Alfred Puusaag
Lightweight	Roger François	Johannes Toom	Robert Thiane
Super heavyweight	Harald Tammer	Kārlis Leilands	Kaljo-Feliks Raag

Medal table

The placements in the medal table are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more nations have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank.

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Estonia	3	3	5	11
2.	France	1	0	0	01
	Switzerland
4th	Latvia	0	2	0	02

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
2. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (venues) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
3. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
4. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (featherweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
5. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (lightweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
6. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Middleweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
7. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Light Heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
8. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 27, 2012.