1954 World Weightlifting Championships
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The 1954 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
were held in Vienna
, Austria
from October 7 to October 10, 1954. There were 100 men in action from 23 nations.
World Weightlifting Championships
World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation .It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first...
were held in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
from October 7 to October 10, 1954. There were 100 men in action from 23 nations.
Medal summary
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
|315.0 kg | |307.5 kg | |302.5 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
|350.0 kg | |350.0 kg | |330.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
|367.5 kg | |355.0 kg | |352.5 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
|405.0 kg | |402.5 kg | |390.0 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
|435.0 kg | |427.5 kg | |405.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
|460.0 kg | |440.0 kg | |427.5 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
|487.5 kg | |462.5 kg | |425.0 kg |
Medal table
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  United States |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Iran |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Egypt |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Myanmar |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|