Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games
Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games | |
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Venue | National Stadium |
Dates | 5–8 March |
Weightlifting was contested from 5 to 8 March at the 1951 Asian Games in National Stadium, New Delhi, India. The competition included only men's events for seven different weight categories. Iranians dominated in all events and claimed 10 medals in total including seven golds.
Medalists[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight (56 kg) |
Mahmoud Namjoo![]() |
Ali Mirzaei![]() |
Pedro Landero![]() |
Featherweight (60 kg) |
Jafar Salmasi![]() |
Rodrigo del Rosario![]() |
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Lightweight (67.5 kg) |
Hassan Ferdos![]() |
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Minoru Kubota![]() |
Middleweight (75 kg) |
Firouz Pojhan![]() |
Jalal Mansouri![]() |
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Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) |
Hassan Rahnavardi![]() |
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Middle heavyweight (90 kg) |
Rasoul Raeisi![]() |
Kamineni Eswara Rao![]() |
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Heavyweight (+90 kg) |
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Dandamudi Rajagopal![]() |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
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