1947 World Weightlifting Championships

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

1947 Men's World Championships
Host cityPhiladelphia, United States
DatesSeptember 26–27, 1947
← 1946
1949 →

The 1947 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Philadelphia, United States from September 26 to September 27, 1947. There were 39 men in action from 12 nations.

Medal summary

[edit | edit source]
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Joseph DePietro
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
300.0 kg Richard Tom
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
287.5 kg Rosaire Smith
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada
277.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Robert Higgins
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
310.0 kg Nam Su-il
File:Flag of South Korea (1945–1948).svg South Korea
307.5 kg Emerick Ishikawa
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
302.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Pete George
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
352.5 kg John Stuart
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada
350.0 kg George Espeut
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
342.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Stanley Stanczyk
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
405.0 kg Frank Spellman
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
375.0 kg Kim Sung-jip
File:Flag of South Korea (1945–1948).svg South Korea
352.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
John Terpak
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
387.5 kg Keevil Daly
File:Flag of British Guiana (1955–1966).svg Guiana
370.0 kg Juhani Vellamo
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
367.5 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
John Davis
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
455.0 kg Norbert Schemansky
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
412.5 kg Václav Bečvář
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
360.0 kg

Medal table

[edit | edit source]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States63110
2File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada0112
File:Flag of South Korea (1945–1948).svg South Korea0112
4File:Flag of British Guiana (1955–1966).svg Guiana0101
5File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia0011
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland0011
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain0011
Totals (7 entries)66618

References

[edit | edit source]
[edit | edit source]