Top European Heavyweights in Helsinki
October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – The heavyweight contestants of the 82.5+kg tournament are lined up for the introduction at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki (left to right):
M. Karsch (Finland, 85.85kg), Gosta Magnusson (Sweden, 85.4kg), Niels Peterson (Denmark, 94.40kg), Abraham Charite (Netherlands, 90.45kg), Vaclav Becvar (Czechoslovakia, 106.7kg), Nikolay Laputin (USSR, 103.1kg), Yakov Kutsenko (USSR, 108kg), H. Osten (Denmark, 94.3kg)
It was the first European Championships after the WWII and the first Europeans with the Soviet athletes competing.
Rank | Athlete | Results (kg) | |
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1 | Yakov KUTSENKO, Soviet Union | 135 + 127.5 + 170 = 432.5 | |
2 | Niels PETERSEN, Denmark | 115 + 112.5 + 150 = 377.5 | |
3 | Nikolay LAPUTYIN, Soviet Union | 117.5 + 115 + 145 = 377.5 |
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