1953 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1953 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 nations.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Ivan Udodov
 Soviet Union (URS)
315.0 kg Kamal Mahgoub
 Egypt (EGY)
295.0 kg Karel Saitl
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
280.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Nikolay Saksonov
 Soviet Union (URS)
337.5 kg Rafael Chimishkyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
332.5 kg Einar Eriksson
 Sweden (SWE)
307.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Pete George
 United States (USA)
370.0 kg Dmitry Ivanov
 Soviet Union (URS)
365.0 kg Said Khalifa Gouda
 Egypt (EGY)
355.0 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Tommy Kono
 United States (USA)
407.5 kg Dave Sheppard
 United States (USA)
397.5 kg Yury Duganov
 Soviet Union (URS)
382.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Arkady Vorobyov
 Soviet Union (URS)
430.0 kg Trofim Lomakin
 Soviet Union (URS)
427.5 kg Stanley Stanczyk
 United States (USA)
415.0 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Norbert Schemansky
 United States (USA)
442.5 kg Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh
 Egypt (EGY)
400.0 kg Mohamed Ali Abdelkerim
 Egypt (EGY)
385.0 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Doug Hepburn
 Canada (CAN)
467.5 kg John Davis
 United States (USA)
457.5 kg Humberto Selvetti
 Argentina (ARG)
450.0 kg

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 3 3 1 7
2  United States 3 2 1 6
3  Canada 1 0 0 1
4  Egypt 0 2 2 4
5  Argentina 0 0 1 1
 Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21

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