1957 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1957 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran from November 8 to November 12, 1957. There were 76 men in action from 21 nations.

1957 Men's World Championships
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Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Vladimir Stogov
  Soviet Union
345.0 kg Ali Safa-Sonboli
  Iran
327.5 kg Mahmoud Namjoo
  Iran
320.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Yevgeny Minayev
  Soviet Union
362.5 kg Sebastiano Mannironi
  Italy
352.5 kg Isaac Berger
  United States
350.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Viktor Bushuev
  Soviet Union
380.0 kg Ivan Abadzhiev
  Bulgaria
372.5 kg Jan Czepułkowski
  Poland
365.0 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Tommy Kono
  United States
420.0 kg Fyodor Bogdanovsky
  Soviet Union
420.0 kg Jan Bochenek
  Poland
395.0 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Trofim Lomakin
  Soviet Union
450.0 kg Jim George
  United States
422.5 kg Jalal Mansouri
  Iran
412.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Arkady Vorobyov
  Soviet Union
470.0 kg Hassan Rahnavardi
  Iran
440.0 kg Firouz Pojhan
  Iran
427.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Aleksey Medvedev
  Soviet Union
500.0 kg Humberto Selvetti
  Argentina
485.0 kg Alberto Pigaiani
  Italy
452.5 kg

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union6107
2  United States1113
3  Iran0235
4  Italy0112
5  Argentina0101
  Bulgaria0101
7  Poland0022
Totals (7 entries)77721

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