1946 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Paris
Country FRA
Held 18 – 19 October 1946
Competitors 15
Countries 5

Events

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 2 2 1 5
2 Soviet Union URS 1 2 2 5
3 Egypt EGY 1 1 1 3
4 Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
5 France FRA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arvid Andersson SWE Mahmoud Fayad EGY Moysey Kasyanik URS
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Stan Stanczyk USA Vladimir Svetilko URS Georgy Popov URS
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Khadr El-Touni EGY John Terpak USA Frank Spellman USA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Grigory Novak URS Frank Kay USA Henri Ferrari FRA
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men John Davis USA Yakov Kutsenko URS Mohamed Geisa EGY