1957 World Weightlifting Championships

Weightlifting competition in Tehran

1957 Men's World Championships

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

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
Bulgaria| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Poland| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (7 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

## References

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* Results (Sport 123)
* Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* International Weightlifting Federation

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