1947 World Weightlifting Championships

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.

1947 Men's World Championships
Host cityPhiladelphia, United States
DatesSeptember 26–27, 1947
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Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Joseph DePietro
  United States
300.0 kg Richard Tom
  United States
287.5 kg Rosaire Smith
  Canada
277.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Robert Higgins
  United States
310.0 kg Nam Su-il
  South Korea
307.5 kg Emerick Ishikawa
  United States
302.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Pete George
  United States
352.5 kg John Stuart
  Canada
350.0 kg George Espeut
  Great Britain
342.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Stanley Stanczyk
  United States
405.0 kg Frank Spellman
  United States
375.0 kg Kim Seong-jip
  South Korea
352.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
John Terpak
  United States
387.5 kg Keevil Daly
  British Guiana
370.0 kg Juhani Vellamo
  Finland
367.5 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
John Davis
  United States
455.0 kg Norbert Schemansky
  United States
412.5 kg Václav Bečvář
  Czechoslovakia
360.0 kg

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States63110
2  Canada0112
  South Korea0112
4  British Guiana0101
5  Czechoslovakia0011
  Finland0011
  Great Britain0011
Totals (7 entries)66618

References

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INTERN 1
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