1937 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Paris
Country FRA
Held 10 – 12 September 1937
Competitors 15
Countries 5

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 2 1 4 7
2 United States USA 2 0 0 2
3 Austria AUT 1 2 1 4
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
= France FRA 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Georg Liebsch GER Anton Richter AUT Max Walter GER
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tony Terlazzo USA Robert Fein AUT Karl Jansen GER
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men John Terpak USA Adolf Wagner GER Hans Valla AUT
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Fritz Haller AUT Louis Hostin FRA Anton Gietl GER
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Josef Manger GER Václav Pšenička, Sr. TCH Heinz Schattner GER