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 16 September 1958 Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men 17 September 1958 Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 18 September 1958 Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men 19 September 1958 Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 20 September 1958 Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 20 September 1958 Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 21 September 1958 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
bodyweight: 55.55 kg
URS Chuck Vinci
bodyweight: 55.70 kg
USA Ali Safa Sonboli
bodyweight: 55.90 kg
IRI
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ike Berger
bodyweight: 59.60 kg
USA Yevgeny Minayev
bodyweight: 59.15 kg
URS Sebastiano Mannironi
bodyweight: 59.45 kg
ITA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Bushuyev
bodyweight: 67.45 kg
URS Luciano De Genova
bodyweight: 66.80 kg
ITA Henrik Tamraz
bodyweight: 67.10 kg
IRI
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono
bodyweight: 74.20 kg
USA Fyodor Bogdanovsky
bodyweight: 74.85 kg
URS Marcel Paterni
bodyweight: 74.65 kg
FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Trofim Lomakin
bodyweight: 82.50 kg
URS Jim George
bodyweight: 81.25 kg
USA Ireneusz Paliński
bodyweight: 82.10 kg
POL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov
bodyweight: 90.00 kg
URS Dave Sheppard
bodyweight: 88.90 kg
USA Ivan Veselinov
bodyweight: 90.00 kg
BUL
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Aleksey Medvedev
bodyweight: 117.80 kg
URS David Ashman
bodyweight: 122.90 kg
USA Firouz Pojhan
bodyweight: 99.20 kg
IRI