1947 World Weightlifting Championships
Host city | Philadelphia, United States |
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Dates | September 26–27, 1947 |
The 1947 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Philadelphia, United States from September 26 to September 27, 1947. There were 39 men in action from 12 nations.
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Bantamweight 56 kg | Joseph DePietro United States | 300.0 kg | Richard Tom United States | 287.5 kg | Rosaire Smith Canada | 277.5 kg |
Featherweight 60 kg | Robert Higgins United States | 310.0 kg | Nam Su-il South Korea | 307.5 kg | Emerick Ishikawa United States | 302.5 kg |
Lightweight 67.5 kg | Pete George United States | 352.5 kg | John Stuart Canada | 350.0 kg | George Espeut Great Britain | 342.5 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg | Stanley Stanczyk United States | 405.0 kg | Frank Spellman United States | 375.0 kg | Kim Seong-jip South Korea | 352.5 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg | John Terpak United States | 387.5 kg | Keevil Daly British Guiana | 370.0 kg | Juhani Vellamo Finland | 367.5 kg |
Heavyweight +82.5 kg | John Davis United States | 455.0 kg | Norbert Schemansky United States | 412.5 kg | Václav Bečvář Czechoslovakia | 360.0 kg |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | British Guiana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References
[edit]- Results (Sport 123) [failed verification]
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine [failed verification]