1949 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1949 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Scheveningen, Netherlands from September 4 to September 6, 1949. There were 38 men in action from 13 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran	315.0 kg	Kamal Mahgoub  Egypt	295.0 kg	Joseph DePietro  United States	295.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Mahmoud Fayad  Egypt	332.5 kg	Johan Runge  Denmark	312.5 kg	Max Heral  France	302.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Ibrahim Shams  Egypt	352.5 kg	Joe Pitman  United States	342.5 kg	Arvid Andersson  Sweden	322.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Khadr El-Touni  Egypt	397.5 kg	Pete George  United States	385.0 kg	Hassan Rahnavardi  Iran	340.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Stanley Stanczyk  United States	412.5 kg	Jean Debuf  France	382.5 kg	Rasoul Raeisi  Iran	365.0 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	John Davis  United States	442.5 kg	Niels Petersen  Denmark	390.0 kg	Robert Allart  Belgium	387.5 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	3	1	0	4
2	United States	2	2	1	5
3	Iran	1	0	2	3
4	Denmark	0	2	0	2
5	France	0	1	1	2
6	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

References

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

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation