1954 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Wien
Country AUT
Held 7 – 10 October 1954
Competitors 21
Countries 9

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 2
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 6 1 0 7
2 Austria AUT 1 1 1 3
3 Italy ITA 0 1 2 3
4 Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
5 France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Germany GER 0 1 0 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
8 Sweden SWE 0 0 2 2
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Bakir Farkhutdinov URS Josef Schuster GER Arvo Vehkonen FIN
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani URS Ivan Udodov URS Sebastiano Mannironi ITA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Dmitry Ivanov URS Josef Tauchner AUT Ingemar Gustavsson SWE
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Fyodor Bogdanovsky URS Ermanno Pignatti ITA Ingemar Franzén SWE
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Trofim Lomakin URS Jean Debuf FRA Václav Pšenička, Jr. TCH
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Mel Barnett GBR Wilhelm Flenner AUT
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Franz Hölbl AUT Eino Mäkinen FIN Adelfino Mancinelli ITA