Weightlifting at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Empress Hall, Earl's Court |
Dates | 9–11 August 1948 |
Competitors | 120 from 30 nations |
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1952 →
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The weightlifting competition at the 1948 Summer OlympicsinLondon consisted of six weight classes, all for men only. The bantamweight division was a newly created weight class, marking the first change to the Olympic program since 1920.[1]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight details |
Joseph De Pietro![]() |
Julian Creus![]() |
Richard Tom![]() |
Featherweight details |
Mahmoud Fayad![]() |
Rodney Wilkes![]() |
Jafar Salmasi![]() |
Lightweight details |
Ibrahim Shams![]() |
Attia Hamouda![]() |
James Halliday![]() |
Middleweight details |
Frank Spellman![]() |
Pete George![]() |
Kim Sung-Jip![]() |
Light-heavyweight details |
Stanley Stanczyk![]() |
Harold Sakata![]() |
Gösta Magnusson![]() |
Heavyweight details |
John Davis![]() |
Norbert Schemansky![]() |
Abraham Charite![]() |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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