1957 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Tehran
Country IRI
Held 8 – 12 November 1957
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 3
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
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 6 1 0 7
2 United States USA 1 1 1 3
3 Iran IRI 0 2 3 5
4 Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
5 Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
= Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
7 Poland POL 0 0 2 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Stogov URS Ali Safa Sonboli IRI Mahmoud Namdjou IRI
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yevgeny Minayev URS Sebastiano Mannironi ITA Ike Berger USA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Bushuyev URS Ivan Abadzhiev BUL Jan Czepułkowski POL
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Fyodor Bogdanovsky URS Jan Bochenek POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Trofim Lomakin URS Jim George USA Jalal Mansouri IRI
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Hassan Rahnavardi IRI Firouz Pojhan IRI
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Aleksey Medvedev URS Humberto Selvetti ARG Alberto Pigaiani ITA