1938 World Weightlifting Championships
Host city | Vienna, Nazi Germany |
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Dates | October 21–23, 1938 |
The 1938 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Nazi Germany from October 21 to October 23, 1938. There were 38 men in action from 11 nations.
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Featherweight 60 kg | Georg Liebsch Germany | 305.0 kg | Attilio Bescapè Italy | 300.0 kg | Anton Richter Austria | 297.5 kg |
Lightweight 67.5 kg | Tony Terlazzo United States | 350.0 kg | Attia Hamouda Egypt | 342.5 kg | Karl Schwitalle Germany | 332.5 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg | Adolf Wagner Germany | 367.5 kg | Rudolf Ismayr Germany | 360.0 kg | John Terpak United States | 357.5 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg | John Davis United States | 387.5 kg | Fritz Haller Austria | 377.5 kg | Louis Hostin France | 372.5 kg |
Heavyweight +82.5 kg | Josef Manger Germany | 410.0 kg | Steve Stanko United States | 397.5 kg | Arnold Luhaäär Estonia | 390.0 kg |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
References
[edit]- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine