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.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Mahmoud Namjoo
 Iran (IRI)
317.5 kg Ali Mirzaei
 Iran (IRI)
305.0 kg Kamal Mahgoub
 Egypt (EGY)
292.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Said Khalifa Gouda
 Egypt (EGY)
310.0 kg Johan Runge
 Denmark (DEN)
310.0 kg Julian Creus
 Great Britain (GBR)
302.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Ibrahim Shams
 Egypt (EGY)
342.5 kg Joe Pitman
 United States (USA)
337.5 kg Hassan Ferdos
 Iran (IRI)
327.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Pete George
 United States (USA)
395.0 kg Dave Sheppard
 United States (USA)
395.0 kg Khadr El-Touni
 Egypt (EGY)
387.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Stanley Stanczyk
 United States (USA)
402.5 kg Jean Debuf
 France (FRA)
392.5 kg Hassan Rahnavardi
 Iran (IRI)
387.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Norbert Schemansky
 United States (USA)
427.5 kg Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh
 Egypt (EGY)
395.0 kg Firouz Pojhan
 Iran (IRI)
370.0 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
John Davis
 United States (USA)
432.5 kg James Bradford
 United States (USA)
427.5 kg Mohamed Geisa
 Egypt (EGY)
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
Total 7 7 7 21

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