1958 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Stockholm
Country SWE
Held 16 – 21 September 1958
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 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 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 2 0 7
2 United States USA 2 4 0 6
3 Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
4 Iran IRI 0 0 3 3
5 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= France FRA 0 0 1 1
= Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Stogov URS Chuck Vinci USA Ali Safa Sonboli IRI
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ike Berger USA Yevgeny Minayev URS Sebastiano Mannironi ITA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Bushuyev URS Luciano De Genova ITA Henrik Tamraz IRI
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Fyodor Bogdanovsky URS Marcel Paterni FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Trofim Lomakin URS Jim George USA Ireneusz Paliński POL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Dave Sheppard USA Ivan Veselinov BUL
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Aleksey Medvedev URS David Ashman USA Firouz Pojhan IRI