Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Weightlifting at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Empress Hall, Earl's Court |
Dates | 9–11 August 1948 |
Competitors | 120 from 30 nations |
The weightlifting competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of six weight classes, all for men only. The bantamweight division was a newly created weight class, marking the first change to the Olympic program since 1920.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight |
Joseph De Pietro United States |
Julian Creus Great Britain |
Richard Tom United States |
Featherweight |
Mahmoud Fayad Egypt |
Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago |
Jafar Salmasi Iran |
Lightweight |
Ibrahim Shams Egypt |
Attia Hamouda Egypt |
James Halliday Great Britain |
Middleweight |
Frank Spellman United States |
Pete George United States |
Kim Sung-Jip South Korea |
Light-heavyweight |
Stanley Stanczyk United States |
Harold Sakata United States |
Gösta Magnusson Sweden |
Heavyweight |
John Davis United States |
Norbert Schemansky United States |
Abraham Charite Netherlands |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
Sources
[edit]- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.