1947 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Helsinki
Country FIN
Held 1 – 3 July 1947
Competitors 18
Countries 5

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 2
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 4 3 12
2 Sweden SWE 1 0 1 2
3 Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
5 France FRA 0 0 2 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ivan Azdarov URS Mark Donskoy URS Henri Moulins FRA
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arvid Andersson SWE Yevgeny Lopatin URS Moysey Kasyanik URS
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Israil Mekhanik URS Georgy Popov URS Lauri Kinnunen SWE
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Nikolay Shatov URS Aleksandr Bosko URS Georges Firmin FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Grigory Novak URS Juhani Vellamo FIN Laftulla Kaskaryov URS
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yakov Kutsenko URS Niels Petersen DEN Nikolay Laputyin URS