1951 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1951 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Italy from October 26 to October 28, 1951. There were 62 men in action from 14 nations.

1951 Men's World Championships

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Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran	317.5 kg	Ali Mirzaei  Iran	305.0 kg	Kamal Mahgoub  Egypt	292.5 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Said Khalifa Gouda  Egypt	310.0 kg	Johan Runge  Denmark	310.0 kg	Julian Creus  Great Britain	302.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Ibrahim Shams  Egypt	342.5 kg	Joe Pitman  United States	337.5 kg	Hassan Ferdos  Iran	327.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Pete George  United States	395.0 kg	Dave Sheppard  United States	395.0 kg	Khadr El-Touni  Egypt	387.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Stanley Stanczyk  United States	402.5 kg	Jean Debuf  France	392.5 kg	Hassan Rahnavardi  Iran	387.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Norbert Schemansky  United States	427.5 kg	Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh  Egypt	395.0 kg	Firouz Pojhan  Iran	370.0 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	John Davis  United States	432.5 kg	James Bradford  United States	427.5 kg	Mohamed Geisa  Egypt	407.5 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	3	0	7
2	Egypt	2	1	3	6
3	Iran	1	1	3	5
4	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation