Medal Ceremony For Heavyweights in Tehran
History in Color:
November 12, 1957, Tehran, Iran – Heavyweight champions receive medals for the 90+kg weight class competition of the 1957 World Championships in Teheran:
Left to right:
Humberto Selvetti (Argentina, silver medal), Alexey Medvedev (USSR, gold medal), Alberto Pigaiani (Italy, bronze medal);
Bruno Nyberg (Finland, IWF President)
Rank | Athlete | Results (kg) | |
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1 | Alexey MEDVEDEV, Soviet Union | 165+147.5+187.5 = 500 | |
2 | Humberto SELVETTI, Argentina | 175+140+170 = 485 | |
3 | Alberto PIGAIANI, Italy | 147.5+130+175 = 452.5 |
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