Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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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.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
 Joseph De Pietro (USA) |
 Julian Creus (GBR) |
Richard Tom (USA) |
| Featherweight |
22x20px Mahmoud Fayad (EGY) | 22x20px Rodney Wilkes (TRI) |  Jafar Salmasi (IRI) |
| Lightweight |
22x20px Ibrahim Shams (EGY) | 22x20px Attia Hamouda (EGY) | James Halliday (GBR) |
| Middleweight |
Frank Spellman (USA) |
Peter George (USA) |
 Kim Sung-Jip (KOR) |
| Light-heavyweight |
Stanley Stanczyk (USA) |
Harold Sakata (USA) |
 Gösta Magnusson (SWE) |
| Heavyweight |
John Davis (USA) |
Norbert Schemansky (USA) |
 Abraham Charite (NED) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Egypt Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Iran (IRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea (KOR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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