1949 World Weightlifting Championships
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The 1949 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
were held in Scheveningen, Netherlands
from September 4 to September 6, 1949. There were 38 men in action from 13 nations.
World Weightlifting Championships
World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation .It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first...
were held in Scheveningen, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
from September 4 to September 6, 1949. There were 38 men in action from 13 nations.
Medal summary
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
|315.0 kg | |295.0 kg | |295.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
|332.5 kg | |312.5 kg | |302.5 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
|352.5 kg | |342.5 kg | |322.5 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
|397.5 kg | |385.0 kg | |340.0 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
|412.5 kg | |382.5 kg | |365.0 kg |
| Heavyweight +82.5 kg |
|442.5 kg | |390.0 kg | |387.5 kg |
Medal table
| 1 |  Egypt |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  United States |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Iran |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|