1954 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Wien
Country AUT
Held 7 – 10 October 1954
Competitors 21
Countries 7

Events

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 4 3 0 7
2 United States USA 3 2 2 7
3 Iran IRI 0 1 1 2
4 Egypt EGY 0 1 0 1
5 Austria AUT 0 0 2 2
6 France FRA 0 0 1 1
= Myanmar MYA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Bakir Farkhutdinov URS Mahmoud Namdjou IRI Ali Mirzai IRI
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani URS Ivan Udodov URS Tun Maung MYA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Dmitry Ivanov URS Khalifa Said Gouda EGY Josef Tauchner AUT
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Pete George USA Fyodor Bogdanovsky URS Stan Stanczyk USA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Trofim Lomakin URS Jean Debuf FRA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Dave Sheppard USA Clyde Emrich USA
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Norb Schemansky USA Jim Bradford USA Franz Hölbl AUT