The weightlifting competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of six weight classes, all for men only. The bantamweight division was a newly created weight class, marking the first change to the Olympic program since 1920.
| Weightlifting at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Empress Hall, Earl's Court |
| Dates | 9–11 August 1948 |
| Competitors | 120 from 30 nations |
Medal summary
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight | Joseph De Pietro United States | Julian Creus Great Britain | Richard Tom United States |
| Featherweight | Mahmoud Fayad Egypt | Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago | Jafar Salmasi Iran |
| Lightweight | Ibrahim Shams Egypt | Attia Hamouda Egypt | James Halliday Great Britain |
| Middleweight | Frank Spellman United States | Pete George United States | Kim Sung-Jip South Korea |
| Light-heavyweight | Stanley Stanczyk United States | Harold Sakata United States | Gösta Magnusson Sweden |
| Heavyweight | John Davis United States | Norbert Schemansky United States | Abraham Charite Netherlands |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participating nations
- Argentina (8)
- Australia (2)
- Austria (6)
- Belgium (3)
- Burma (1)
- Canada (5)
- Cuba (3)
- Denmark (4)
- Egypt (8)
- Finland (4)
- France (9)
- Great Britain (10)
- Guyana (2)
- Hungary (3)
- India (2)
- Iran (5)
- Italy (1)
- Jamaica (2)
- South Korea (8)
- Mexico (3)
- Netherlands (2)
- New Zealand (1)
- Pakistan (2)
- Peru (3)
- Philippines (1)
- South Africa (2)
- Sweden (4)
- Switzerland (3)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- United States (12)
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.
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