World Weightlifting Championships 1947
The 26th World Weightlifting Championships took place from September 26 to 27, 1947 in the US city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania . 39 weightlifters from twelve nations took part in the competitions held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in a three-way battle (two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing) .
Medalist
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Bantamweight |
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Featherweight |
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lightweight |
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medium weight |
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Lightweight |
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Super heavyweight |
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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 |
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1. |
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6th | 3 | 1 | 10 |
2. |
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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4th |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ World Championships ( English ) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Bantamweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (featherweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (lightweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Middleweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Light Heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.