World Weightlifting Championships 1938

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The 24th World Weightlifting Championships were held from 21 to 23 October 1938 in the after the annexation of Austria in the German Reich town of Vienna instead. 38 weightlifters from eleven nations took part in the three-way competition (two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing) held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) .

Medalist

discipline gold silver bronze
Featherweight German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Georg Liebsch Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Attilio Bescape AustriaAustria Anton Richter
lightweight United States 48United States Anthony Terlazzo Egypt 1922Egypt Attia Hamouda German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Karl Schwitalle
medium weight German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Adolf Wagner German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Rudolf Ismayr United States 48United States John Terpak
Lightweight United States 48United States John Davis AustriaAustria Fritz Haller FranceFrance Louis hostess
Super heavyweight German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Josef Manger United States 48United States Steve Stanko EstoniaEstonia Arnold Luhaäär

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. German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Greater German Reich
 3
3
0 		2
1
1 		2
1
1 		7
5
2
2. United States 48United States United States 2 1 1 4th
3. Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt 0 1 0 1
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
5. EstoniaEstonia Estonia 0 0 1 1
FranceFrance France

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Championships ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (featherweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (lightweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Middleweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Light Heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.