title: 1946 World Weightlifting Championships
text: # 1946 World Weightlifting Championships
  
  The 1946 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Paris, France, from October 18 to October 19, 1946. There were 79 men in action from 13 nations.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Featherweight 60 kg | Arvid Andersson Sweden | 320.0 kg | Mahmoud Fayad Egypt | 317.5 kg | Moisey Kasyanik Soviet Union | 310.0 kg |
  | Lightweight 67.5 kg | Stanley Stanczyk United States | 367.5 kg | Vladimir Svetilko Soviet Union | 347.5 kg | Georgi Popov Soviet Union | 335.0 kg |
  | Middleweight 75 kg | Khadr El-Touni Egypt | 377.5 kg | John Terpak United States | 375.0 kg | Frank Spellman United States | 372.5 kg |
  | Light heavyweight 82.5 kg | Grigory Novak Soviet Union | 425.0 kg | Frank Kay United States | 390.0 kg | Henri Ferrari France | 390.0 kg |
  | Heavyweight +82.5 kg | John Davis United States | 435.0 kg | Yakov Kutsenko Soviet Union | 415.0 kg | Mohamed Geisa Egypt | 395.0 kg |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
  | 3 | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
  