Best Featherweights in the World (Paris, 1946)
History in Color:
October 18, 1946, Paris, France – The strongest featherweights in the world at the medal ceremony in the 60kg weight class at the 1946 World Championships in Paris (left to right):
Moisey Kasyanik (USSR, bronze medal, 310kg), Arvid Andersson (Sweden, gold medal, 320kg), Mahmoud Fayad (Egypt, silver medal, 317.5kg)
The 1946 World Championships in Paris was the first after the end of the World War 2. Arvid Anderson of Sweden won the first post-war title with a world record in total (320kg) and Mahmoud Fayad of Egypt set a new world record in the clean-and-jerk (130kg).
Rank | Athlete | Results (kg) | |
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1 | Olof Arvid ANDERSSON, Sweden | 90+100+130 = 320WR | |
2 | Mahmoud FAYAD, Egypt | 85+102.5+130WR = 317.5 | |
3 | Moisey KASYANIK, Soviet Union | 95+95+120 = 310 | |
4 | Ibrahim Hassan SHAMS, Egypt | 80+100+125 = 305 | |
5 | Johan RUNGE, Denmark | 90+90+115 = 295 | |
6 | Emerick Kotaro ISHIKAWA, United States | 90+90+115 = 295 |
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