1955 World Weightlifting Championships

1955 Men's World Championships

The 1955 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Munich, West Germany, from October 12 to October 16, 1955. There were 108 men in action from 25 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Vladimir Stogov  Soviet Union	335.0 kg	Charles Vinci  United States	317.5 kg	Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran	312.5 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan  Soviet Union	350.0 kg	Ivan Udodov  Soviet Union	345.0 kg	Kamal Mahgoub  Egypt	327.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Nikolay Kostylev  Soviet Union	382.5 kg	Said Khalifa Gouda  Egypt	365.0 kg	Nil Tun Maung  Burma	355.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Pete George  United States	405.0 kg	Fyodor Bogdanovsky  Soviet Union	405.0 kg	Ingemar Franzén  Sweden	372.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Tommy Kono  United States	435.0 kg	Vasily Stepanov  Soviet Union	425.0 kg	Jim George  United States	402.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union	455.0 kg	Clyde Emrich  United States	427.5 kg	Hassan Rahnavardi  Iran	425.0 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Paul Anderson  United States	512.5 kg	James Bradford  United States	475.0 kg	Eino Mäkinen  Finland	422.5 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	3	0	7
2	United States	3	3	1	7
3	Egypt	0	1	1	2
4	Iran	0	0	2	2
5	Burma	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation