Men Bantamweight under 60kg Weightlifring XIV Olympic Games 1948 London, Great Britain 1948 - 9th August - Gold Medal: Joseph DePietro, United States

Men Bantamweight under 60kg Weightlifring XIV Olympic Games 1948 London, Great Britain 1948 - 9th August - Gold Medal: Joseph DePietro, United States

Venue: Empress Hall (Earls Court Exhibition Centre). 19 Competitors from 14 Nations.

Final Ranking		Total	wgt	Impress	1.	2.	3.	Snatch	1.	2.	3.	Cl&Jrk	1.	2.	3.
1. Joseph De Pietro	United States	307.5kgWR	55.90	105 OR	100	105	~~107.5~~	90	85	90	90	112.5	105	110	112.5
2. Julian Creus	Great Britain	297.5kg	55.85	82.5	77.5	82.5	85	95 OR	90	95	~~97.5~~	120	115	120	~~122.5~~
3. Richard Tom	United States	295.0kg	55.25	87.5	82.5	~~87.5~~	87.5	90	85	90	~~92.5~~	117.5	112.5	~~117.5~~	117.5
4. Lee Gyu-hyeok	South Korea	290.0kg	55.78	77.5	~~77.5~~	77.5	~~82.5~~	92.5	87.5	92.5	95	120	115	120	~~125~~
5. Mahmoud Namdjou	Iran	287.5kg	55.75	82.5	~~82.5~~	82.5	85	82.5	82.5	~~87.5~~	~~87.5~~	122.5 OR	112.5	117.5	122.5
6. Marcel Thévenet	France	280.0kg	55.92	90	85	90	~~92.5~~	80	75	80	~~82.5~~	110	100	105	110
7. Rosaire Smith	Canada	277.5kg	55.87	82.5	77.5	82.5	85	85	80	85	~~87.5~~	110	110	~~115~~	~~115~~
8. Maurice Crow	New Zealand	272.5kg	55.10	77.5	77.5	~~82.5~~	~~82.5~~	85	77.5	82.5	85	110	102.5	107.5	110
9. Keith Caple	Australia	272.5kg	55.16	77.5	~~77.5~~	~~77.5~~	77.5	85	77.5	82.5	85	110	100	110	~~112.5~~
10.Pak Dong-uk	South Korea	272.5kg	55.80	80	80	80	85	85	80	80	85	107.5	~~107.5~~	107.5	~~112.5~~
11.Abdel Hamid Yacout	Egypt	272.5kg	55.95	75	75	80	80	85	80	85	~~87.5~~	112.5	105	110	112.5
12.Ernő Porubszky	Hungary	270.0kg	56.00	72.5	67.5	72.5	75	87.5	80	85	87.5	110	102.5	107.5	110
13.Abe Greenhalgh	Great Britain	267.5kg	55.90	92.5	85	90	92.5	75	75	75	~~77.5~~	100	95	100	~~105~~
14.Einar Sundström	Finland	267.5kg	56.00	77.5	70	75	77.5	85	80	85	~~87.5~~	105	105	~~110~~	~~110~~
15.Maung Win Maung	Myanmar	265.0kg	55.91	82.5	77.5	82.5	-	82.5	77.5	82.5	85	100	100	~~105~~	~~105~~
16.Eugène Wattier	France	260.0kg	55.97	80	75	80	~~82.5~~	80	75	80	80	100	100	~~105~~	~~105~~
17.Josef Vojtech	Austria	255.0kg	55.64	80	75	80	~~82.5~~	75	75	75	80	100	100	~~105~~	~~105~~
18.Pentti Kotvio	Finland	247.5kg	55.85	65	65	70	70	80	75	80	80	102.5	95	102.5	~~105~~
19.Marcelino Salas	Mexico	230.0kg	55.38	60	60	65	65	70	70	75	75	100	95	100	~~102.5~~

The Bantamweight 56kg was a newly created weight class.

Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total.
The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts (minimum of 5 kg between first and second attempts, 2.5 kg between second and third attempts) but could not decrease weight.
If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker (lighter athlete wins).

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_ indexLondon 1948

_ indexWeightlifting 1948

Men Bantamweight 56kg

Men Featherweight 60kg

Men Lightweight 67.5kg

Men Middleweight 75kg

Men Light Heavyweight 82.5kg

Men Heavyweight Over 82.5kg

2024 61kg: Li Fabin (CHN)

2020 61kg: Li Fabin (CHN)

2016 56kg: Long Qingquan (CHN)