Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games

Weightlifting was contested from March 5 to March 8 at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(56 kg) 		 Mahmoud Namjoo
Iran (IRI)		  Ali Mirzaei
Iran (IRI)		  Pedro Landero
Philippines (PHI)
Featherweight
(60 kg) 		 Jafar Salmasi
Iran (IRI)		  Rodrigo del Rosario
Philippines (PHI)		  Yukio Iguchi
Japan (JPN)
Lightweight
(67.5 kg) 		 Hassan Ferdos
Iran (IRI)		  Peter Ho
Singapore (SIN)		  Minoru Kubota
Japan (JPN)
Middleweight
(75 kg) 		 Firouz Pojhan
Iran (IRI)		  Jalal Mansouri
Iran (IRI)		  Ba Thein
Burma (BIR)
Light heavyweight
(82.5 kg) 		 Hassan Rahnavardi
Iran (IRI)		  Cheong Kok Cheong
Singapore (SIN)		  Thein Han
Burma (BIR)
Middle heavyweight
(90 kg) 		 Rasoul Raeisi
Iran (IRI)		  Kamineni Eswara Rao
India (IND)		  Maung Maung Lwin
Burma (BIR)
Heavyweight
(+90 kg) 		 Leon Kurukchian
Iran (IRI)		  Ahmad Ordoubadi
Iran (IRI)		  Dandamudi Rajagopal
India (IND)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Iran (IRI) 7 3 0 10
2  Singapore (SIN) 0 2 0 2
3  India (IND) 0 1 1 2
 Philippines (PHI) 0 1 1 2
5  Burma (BIR) 0 0 3 3
6  Japan (JPN) 0 0 2 2
Total 7 7 7 21

Results

Note: The following lists may not be complete.

56 kg

5 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Mahmoud Namjoo (IRI) 205 215 280 700
2nd  Ali Mirzaei (IRI) 205 200 250 655
3rd  Pedro Landero (PHI) 185 185 245 615
4  Lon Mohamed Noor (SIN) 170 185 245 600
5  Tun Neyin (BIR) 165 180 230 575
6  R. Desal (IND) 145 160 210 515
7  V. W. Phenany (IND) 125 160 195 480

60 kg

6 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Jafar Salmasi (IRI) 210 210 255 675
2nd  Rodrigo del Rosario (PHI) 215 175 255 645
3rd  Yukio Iguchi (JPN) 200 185 260 645
4  S. G. Sethuraman (IND) 260 635
5  Chay Weng Yew (SIN) 165 190 265 620
6  Khachik Arsham (IRI) 620

67.5 kg

7 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Hassan Ferdos (IRI) 210 220 265 695
2nd  Peter Ho (SIN) 170 200 275 645
3rd  Minoru Kubota (JPN) 195 195 255 645
4  Pin Myint (BIR) 185 175 240 600
5  B. N. Ghosh (IND) 175 170 245 590
6  Daniel Pon Mani (IND) 210 200 No mark 410

75 kg

8 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Firouz Pojhan (IRI) 225 230 310 765
2nd  Jalal Mansouri (IRI) 230 230 295 755
3rd  Ba Thein (BIR) 200 210 260 670

82.5 kg

7 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Hassan Rahnavardi (IRI) 265 255 325 845
2nd  Cheong Kok Cheong (SIN) 210 285 200 695
3rd  Thein Han (BIR) 200 215 275 690
4  J. D. Telang (IND) 190 180 250 620
5  N. K. Nair (IND) 180 170 220 570

90 kg

8 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Rasoul Raeisi (IRI) 255 240 310 805
2nd  Kamineni Eswara Rao (IND) 200 205 250 655
3rd  Maung Maung Lwin (BIR) 185 200 255 640

+90 kg

6 March

Rank Athlete Results (lb) Total
Press Snatch Jerk
1st  Leon Kurukchian (IRI) 235 230 310 775
2nd  Ahmad Ordoubadi (IRI) 215 225 285 725
3rd  Dandamudi Rajagopal (IND) 220 210 295 725

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