1955 World Weightlifting Championships

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The 32nd World Weightlifting Championships took place from October 12 to 16, 1955 in the German city ​​of Munich . 108 weightlifters from 25 nations took part in the competitions held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in a three-way fight (two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing) .

Medalist

discipline gold silver bronze
Bantamweight Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Stogov United States 48United States Charles Vinci Iran 1925Iran Mahmoud Namdjou
Featherweight Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Rafael Tschimischkian Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ivan Udodov Egypt 1922Egypt Kamal Mahmoud Mahgoub
lightweight Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Kostylev Egypt 1922Egypt Said Khalifa Gouda Burma 1948Burma Do Maung Nile
medium weight United States 48United States Peter George Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Fyodor Bogdanovsky SwedenSweden Ingemar Franzen
Lightweight United States 48United States Tamio Kono Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Stepanov United States 48United States James George
Middle heavyweight Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Arkady Vorobiev United States 48United States Clyde Emrich Iran 1925Iran Mohammed Rahnavardi
Super heavyweight United States 48United States Paul Anderson United States 48United States James Bradford FinlandFinland Eino Mäkinen

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. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 4th 3 0 7th
2. United States 48United States United States 3 3 1 7th
3. Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt 0 1 1 2
4th SwedenSweden Sweden 0 0 2 2
4th Iran 1925Iran Iran 0 0 2 2
6th FinlandFinland Finland 0 0 1 1

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 (Bantamweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (featherweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (lightweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Middleweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (Light Heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (middle heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  9. ↑ Weightlifting - World Championships (super heavyweight) ( German ) In: sport-komplett.de . Retrieved September 28, 2012.