1950 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Paris
Country FRA
Held 13 – 15 October 1950
Competitors 18
Countries 5

World Championships

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
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 6 0 0 6
2 Sweden SWE 0 3 2 5
3 Great Britain GBR 0 2 1 3
4 France FRA 0 1 2 3
5 Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani URS Gunnar Olafsson SWE Marcel Thévenet FRA
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yevgeny Lopatin URS Julian Creus GBR Einar Eriksson SWE
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Svetilko URS André Le Guillerm FRA Ermanno Pignatti ITA
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Pushkarev URS Lauri Kinnunen SWE André Dochy FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Leif Nilsson SWE Ernie Roe GBR
heavyweight +82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yakov Kutsenko URS Mel Barnett GBR Lage Andersson SWE