1947 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1947 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Philadelphia, United States from September 26 to September 27, 1947. There were 39 men in action from 12 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Joseph DePietro United States (USA)	300.0 kg	Richard Tom United States (USA)	287.5 kg	Rosaire Smith Canada (CAN)	277.5 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Robert Higgins United States (USA)	310.0 kg	Nam Su-il South Korea (KOR)	307.5 kg	Emerick Ishikawa United States (USA)	302.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Pete George United States (USA)	352.5 kg	John Stuart Canada (CAN)	350.0 kg	George Espeut Great Britain (GBR)	342.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Stanley Stanczyk United States (USA)	405.0 kg	Frank Spellman United States (USA)	375.0 kg	Kim Seong-jip South Korea (KOR)	352.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	John Terpak United States (USA)	387.5 kg	Keevil Daly British Guiana (GUY)	370.0 kg	Juhani Vellamo Finland (FIN)	367.5 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	John Davis United States (USA)	455.0 kg	Norbert Schemansky United States (USA)	412.5 kg	Václav Bečvář Czechoslovakia (TCH)	360.0 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	3	1	10
2	Canada	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
4	British Guiana	0	1	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation