Weightlifting at the 1954 Asian Games

Weightlifting was contested from May 6 to May 8 at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. The competition included only men's events for seven different weight categories.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(56 kg)
 Yoo In-ho
South Korea (KOR)
 Rodolfo Caparas
Philippines (PHI)
 Yushio Nambu
Japan (JPN)
Featherweight
(60 kg)
 Tun Maung
Burma (BIR)
 Rodrigo del Rosario
Philippines (PHI)
 Chay Weng Yew
Singapore (SIN)
Lightweight
(67.5 kg)
 Cho Bong-jik
South Korea (KOR)
 Minoru Kubota
Japan (JPN)
 Thio Ging Hwie
Indonesia (INA)
Middleweight
(75 kg)
 Kim Chang-hee
South Korea (KOR)
 La See-yun
South Korea (KOR)
 Hachiro Fujiwara
Japan (JPN)
Light heavyweight
(82.5 kg)
 Kim Seong-jip
South Korea (KOR)
 Muhammad Iqbal Butt
Pakistan (PAK)
 Harold de Castro
Singapore (SIN)
Middle heavyweight
(90 kg)
 Ko Chong-ku
South Korea (KOR)
 Pedro del Mundo
Philippines (PHI)
 Joaquin Vasquez
Philippines (PHI)
Heavyweight
(+90 kg)
 Maung Maung Lwin
Burma (BIR)
 Hong Chi-hua
Republic of China (ROC)
 Shih Ping-hua
Republic of China (ROC)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea (KOR) 5 1 0 6
2  Burma (BIR) 2 0 0 2
3  Philippines (PHI) 0 3 1 4
4  Japan (JPN) 0 1 2 3
5  Republic of China (ROC) 0 1 1 2
6  Pakistan (PAK) 0 1 0 1
7  Singapore (SIN) 0 0 2 2
8  Indonesia (INA) 0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21

References

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