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1953 World Weightlifting Championships

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1953 Men's World Championships
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The 1953 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 nations.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Ivan Udodov
 Soviet Union
315.0 kg Kamal Mahgoub
 Egypt
295.0 kg Karel Saitl
 Czechoslovakia
280.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Nikolay Saksonov
 Soviet Union
337.5 kg Rafael Chimishkyan
 Soviet Union
332.5 kg Einar Eriksson
 Sweden
307.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Pete George
 United States
370.0 kg Dmitry Ivanov
 Soviet Union
365.0 kg Said Khalifa Gouda
 Egypt
355.0 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Tommy Kono
 United States
407.5 kg Dave Sheppard
 United States
397.5 kg Yury Duganov
 Soviet Union
382.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Arkady Vorobyov
 Soviet Union
430.0 kg Trofim Lomakin
 Soviet Union
427.5 kg Stanley Stanczyk
 United States
415.0 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Norbert Schemansky
 United States
442.5 kg Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh
 Egypt
400.0 kg Mohamed Ali Abdelkerim
 Egypt
385.0 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Doug Hepburn
 Canada
467.5 kg John Davis
 United States
457.5 kg Humberto Selvetti
 Argentina
450.0 kg

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union3317
2 United States3216
3 Canada1001
4 Egypt0224
5 Argentina0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

References

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