1938 World Weightlifting Championships

1938 Men's World Championships

Host city	Vienna, Nazi Germany
Dates	October 21–23, 1938

The 1938 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Nazi Germany from October 21 to October 23, 1938. There were 38 men in action from 11 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Featherweight 60 kg	Georg Liebsch  Germany	305.0 kg	Attilio Bescapè  Italy	300.0 kg	Anton Richter  Austria	297.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Tony Terlazzo  United States	350.0 kg	Attia Hamouda  Egypt	342.5 kg	Karl Schwitalle  Germany	332.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Adolf Wagner  Germany	367.5 kg	Rudolf Ismayr  Germany	360.0 kg	John Terpak  United States	357.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	John Davis  United States	387.5 kg	Fritz Haller  Austria	377.5 kg	Louis Hostin  France	372.5 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	Josef Manger  Germany	410.0 kg	Steve Stanko  United States	397.5 kg	Arnold Luhaäär  Estonia	390.0 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	1	5
2	United States	2	1	1	4
3	Austria	0	1	1	2
4	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
6	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

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

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation