1957 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1957 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Tehran, Iran from November 8 to November 12, 1957. There were 76 men in action from 21 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union	345.0 kg	Ali Safa-Sonboli Iran	327.5 kg	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran	320.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union	362.5 kg	Sebastiano Mannironi Italy	352.5 kg	Isaac Berger United States	350.0 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Viktor Bushuev Soviet Union	380.0 kg	Ivan Abadzhiev Bulgaria	372.5 kg	Jan Czepułkowski Poland	365.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Tommy Kono United States	420.0 kg	Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union	420.0 kg	Jan Bochenek Poland	395.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union	450.0 kg	Jim George United States	422.5 kg	Jalal Mansouri Iran	412.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union	470.0 kg	Hassan Rahnavardi Iran	440.0 kg	Firouz Pojhan Iran	427.5 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Aleksey Medvedev Soviet Union	500.0 kg	Humberto Selvetti Argentina	485.0 kg	Alberto Pigaiani Italy	452.5 kg


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	1	0	7
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Iran	0	2	3	5
4	Italy	0	1	1	2
5	Argentina	0	1	0	1
5	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
7	Poland	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 nations)		7	7	7	21

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