1951 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1951 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Italy from October 26 to October 28, 1951. There were 62 men in action from 14 nations.

1951 Men's World Championships
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Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Mahmoud Namjoo
  Iran
317.5 kg Ali Mirzaei
  Iran
305.0 kg Kamal Mahgoub
  Egypt
292.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Said Khalifa Gouda
  Egypt
310.0 kg Johan Runge
  Denmark
310.0 kg Julian Creus
  Great Britain
302.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Ibrahim Shams
  Egypt
342.5 kg Joe Pitman
  United States
337.5 kg Hassan Ferdos
  Iran
327.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Pete George
  United States
395.0 kg Dave Sheppard
  United States
395.0 kg Khadr El-Touni
  Egypt
387.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Stanley Stanczyk
  United States
402.5 kg Jean Debuf
  France
392.5 kg Hassan Rahnavardi
  Iran
387.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Norbert Schemansky
  United States
427.5 kg Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh
  Egypt
395.0 kg Firouz Pojhan
  Iran
370.0 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
John Davis
  United States
432.5 kg James Bradford
  United States
427.5 kg Mohamed Geisa
  Egypt
407.5 kg

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States4307
2  Egypt2136
3  Iran1135
4  Denmark0101
  France0101
6  Great Britain0011
Totals (6 entries)77721

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