August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – Olympic medal winners in the 82.5+ class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London (left to right):
Norbert Schemansky (USA, silver medal, 425kg), John Davis (USA, gold medal, 452.5kg), Bram Charite (Netherlands, bronze medal, 412.5kg)
Rank
Athlete Results (kg) Press + Snatch + C&J = Total
1 John DAVIS, United States 137.5OR + 137.5+ 177.5WR = 452.5OR
2 Norbert SCHEMANSKY, United States 122.5 + 132.5+ 170 = 425
3 Abraham CHARITE, Netherlands 127.5 + 125+ 160 = 412.5
4 Alfred KNIGHT , Great Britain 117.5 + 117.5+ 155 = 390
5 Hanafi MUSTAFA, Egypt 120 + 115+ 150 = 385
6 Niels PETERSEN, Denmark 115 + 112.5+ 155 = 382.5
7 Robert ALLART, Belgium 122.5 + 110+ 145 = 377.5
8 Pieter TALJAARD, South Africa 117.5 + 112.5+ 145 = 375
9 Udo QUERCH, Cuba 105 + 112.5+ 155 = 372.5
10 Carlos DOMINGUEZ MAVILA, Peru 117.5 + 105+ 140 = 362.5
11 Hugo Juan VALLARINO, Argentina 100 + 112.5+ 145 = 357.5
12 Ray MAGEE , Australia 110 + 110+ 137.5 = 357.5
13 Leopoldo BRIOLA, Argentina 110 + 102.5+ 135 = 347.5
14 Franz EIBLER , Austria 102.5 + 100+ 125 = 327.5
15 Muhammad NAQI BUTT, Pakistan 97.5 + 97.5+ 125 = 320
16 Dandamudi RAJAGOPAL, India 92.5 + 90+ 122.5 = 305
Peter George - "This historic moment was the happy climax of the first Olympics during America’s Golden Age of Weightlifting. Proudly standing behind Davis and Schemansky was our benefactor Hoffman who made this era possible. Standing to the right of him were Tomita and Spellman. That blurred image to the left of Norb’s feet was me."
John Davis (USA) Lifts the Original Apollon Wheels (1949)
