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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	3	1	10
2	Canada	0	1	1	2
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
Totals (7 nations)		6	6	6	18

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