1938 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1938 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Nazi Germany from October 21 to October 23, 1938. There were 38 men in action from 11 nations.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
60 kg
Georg Liebsch
 Germany (GER)
305.0 kg Attilio Bescapè
 Italy (ITA)
300.0 kg Anton Richter
 Austria (AUT)
297.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Tony Terlazzo
 United States (USA)
350.0 kg Attia Hamouda
 Egypt (EGY)
342.5 kg Karl Schwitalle
 Germany (GER)
332.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Adolf Wagner
 Germany (GER)
367.5 kg Rudolf Ismayr
 Germany (GER)
360.0 kg John Terpak
 United States (USA)
357.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
John Davis
 United States (USA)
387.5 kg Fritz Haller
 Austria (AUT)
377.5 kg Louis Hostin
 France (FRA)
372.5 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
Josef Manger
 Germany (GER)
410.0 kg Steve Stanko
 United States (USA)
397.5 kg Arnold Luhaäär
 Estonia (EST)
390.0 kg

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 3 1 1 5
2  United States 2 1 1 4
3  Austria 0 1 1 2
4  Egypt 0 1 0 1
 Italy 0 1 0 1
6  Estonia 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
Total 5 5 5 15

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