1955 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1955 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Munich, West Germany, from October 12 to October 16, 1955. There were 108 men in action from 25 nations.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
 Vladimir Stogov
Soviet Union (URS)
335.0 kg  Charles Vinci
United States (USA)
317.5 kg  Mahmoud Namjoo
Iran (IRI)
312.5 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
 Rafael Chimishkyan
Soviet Union (URS)
350.0 kg  Ivan Udodov
Soviet Union (URS)
345.0 kg  Kamal Mahgoub
Egypt (EGY)
327.5 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
 Nikolay Kostylev
Soviet Union (URS)
382.5 kg  Said Khalifa Gouda
Egypt (EGY)
365.0 kg  Nil Tun Maung
Burma (BIR)
355.0 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
 Pete George
United States (USA)
405.0 kg  Fyodor Bogdanovsky
Soviet Union (URS)
405.0 kg  Ingemar Franzén
Sweden (SWE)
372.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
 Tommy Kono
United States (USA)
435.0 kg  Vasily Stepanov
Soviet Union (URS)
425.0 kg  Jim George
United States (USA)
402.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
 Arkady Vorobyov
Soviet Union (URS)
455.0 kg  Clyde Emrich
United States (USA)
427.5 kg  Hassan Rahnavardi
Iran (IRI)
425.0 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
 Paul Anderson
United States (USA)
512.5 kg  James Bradford
United States (USA)
475.0 kg  Eino Mäkinen
Finland (FIN)
422.5 kg

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 4 3 0 7
2  United States 3 3 1 7
3  Egypt 0 1 1 2
4  Iran 0 0 2 2
5  Burma 0 0 1 1
 Finland 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21

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