1950 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1950 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held October 13–15, 1950, in Paris, France. 56 men from 17 nations participated.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Mahmoud Namjoo  Iran	310.0 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan  Soviet Union	305.0 kg	Kamal Mahgoub  Egypt	297.5 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Mahmoud Fayad  Egypt	327.5 kg	Yevgeny Lopatin  Soviet Union	317.5 kg	Julian Creus  Great Britain	305.0 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Joe Pitman  United States	352.5 kg	Attia Hamouda  Egypt	350.0 kg	Vladimir Svetilko  Soviet Union	347.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Khadr El-Touni  Egypt	400.0 kg	Pete George  United States	390.0 kg	Vladimir Pushkarev  Soviet Union	385.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Stanley Stanczyk  United States	420.0 kg	Arkady Vorobyov  Soviet Union	420.0 kg	Arabi Awadi  Egypt	382.5 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	John Davis  United States	462.5 kg	Yakov Kutsenko  Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Joseph Barnett  Great Britain	400.0 kg

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	1	0	4
2	Egypt	2	1	2	5
3	Iran	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union	0	4	2	6
5	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	6	18

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

• International Weightlifting Federation