1953 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Stockholm
Country SWE
Held 26 – 30 August 1953
Competitors 21
Countries 7

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
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 2
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 3 3 1 7
2 United States USA 3 2 1 6
3 Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
4 Egypt EGY 0 2 2 4
5 Argentina ARG 0 0 1 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ivan Udodov URS Kamal Mahgoub EGY Karel Saitl TCH
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Nikolay Saksonov URS Rapael Chimishk'iani URS Einar Eriksson SWE
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Pete George USA Dmitry Ivanov URS Khalifa Said Gouda EGY
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Dave Sheppard USA Yury Duganov URS
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Trofim Lomakin URS Stan Stanczyk USA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Norb Schemansky USA Ibrahim Saleh EGY Fahmy Al-Juhiny EGY
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Douglas Hepburn CAN John Davis USA Humberto Selvetti ARG