1946 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1946 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Paris, France, from October 18 to October 19, 1946. There were 79 men in action from 13 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Featherweight 60 kg	Arvid Andersson  Sweden	320.0 kg	Mahmoud Fayad  Egypt	317.5 kg	Moisey Kasyanik  Soviet Union	310.0 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Stanley Stanczyk  United States	367.5 kg	Vladimir Svetilko  Soviet Union	347.5 kg	Georgi Popov  Soviet Union	335.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Khadr El-Touni  Egypt	377.5 kg	John Terpak  United States	375.0 kg	Frank Spellman  United States	372.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Grigory Novak  Soviet Union	425.0 kg	Frank Kay  United States	390.0 kg	Henri Ferrari  France	390.0 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	John Davis  United States	435.0 kg	Yakov Kutsenko  Soviet Union	415.0 kg	Mohamed Geisa  Egypt	395.0 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	2	1	5
2	Soviet Union	1	2	2	5
3	Egypt	1	1	1	3
4	Sweden	1	0	0	1
5	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

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

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation