1953 World Weightlifting Championships
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The 1953 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
were held in Stockholm
, Sweden
from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 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 Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 nations.
Medal summary
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
|315.0 kg | |295.0 kg | |280.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
|337.5 kg | |332.5 kg | |307.5 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
|370.0 kg | |365.0 kg | |355.0 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
|407.5 kg | |397.5 kg | |382.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
|430.0 kg | |427.5 kg | |415.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
|442.5 kg | |400.0 kg | |385.0 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
|467.5 kg | |457.5 kg | |450.0 kg |
Medal table
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Egypt |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|