Weightlifting at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Featherweight Military Press

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Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Date Started: August 9, 1948
Date Finished: August 9, 1948

Gold:	Mahmoud Fayad
Silver:	Rodney Wilkes
Bronze:	Jafar Salmasi

Military Press

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K
1	Jafar Salmasi	29	Iran	IRI	100.0	OR
2T	Rodney Wilkes	23	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	97.5
2T	Rodrigo del Rosario	31	Philippines	PHI	97.5
4	Johan Runge	24	Denmark	DEN	95.0
5T	Mahmoud Fayad		Egypt	EGY	92.5
5T	Nam Su-Il	36	South Korea	KOR	92.5
5T	Emerick Ishikawa	27	United States	USA	92.5
8T	André Le Guillerm	23	France	FRA	87.5
8T	Ibrahim El-Dessouki		Egypt	EGY	87.5
8T	Denis Hallett		Great Britain	GBR	87.5
8T	Simon Williams		Jamaica	JAM	87.5
8T	Sidney Kemble	34	Great Britain	GBR	87.5
13T	Max Heral	21	France	FRA	85.0
13T	Richard Tomita	21	United States	USA	85.0
13T	Arvid Andersson	29	Sweden	SWE	85.0
13T	Daniel Pon Mony	26	India	IND	85.0
17	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	82.5
18T	Anton Richter	36	Austria	AUT	80.0
18T	Richard Rieder		Switzerland	SUI	80.0
20T	Alphonso Correia		Guyana	GUY	75.0
20T	Henri Colans	33	Belgium	BEL	75.0
20T	Alfonso Fiorentino		Argentina	ARG	75.0
AC	Choi Hang-Gi		South Korea	KOR		NVL

Military Press Lift #1

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	31	Philippines	PHI	97.5	o
AC	Jafar Salmasi	29	Iran	IRI	95.0	o
AC	Rodney Wilkes	23	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	90.0	o
AC	Johan Runge	24	Denmark	DEN	90.0	o
AC	Emerick Ishikawa	27	United States	USA	87.5	o
AC	Mahmoud Fayad		Egypt	EGY	85.0	o
AC	Richard Tomita	21	United States	USA	85.0	o
AC	Arvid Andersson	29	Sweden	SWE	85.0	o
AC	Daniel Pon Mony	26	India	IND	85.0	o
AC	Denis Hallett		Great Britain	GBR	82.5	o
AC	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	82.5	o
AC	Simon Williams		Jamaica	JAM	82.5	o
AC	Max Heral	21	France	FRA	80.0	o
AC	André Le Guillerm	23	France	FRA	80.0	o
AC	Ibrahim El-Dessouki		Egypt	EGY	80.0	o
AC	Anton Richter	36	Austria	AUT	75.0	o
AC	Alphonso Correia		Guyana	GUY	75.0	o
AC	Henri Colans	33	Belgium	BEL	75.0	o
AC	Richard Rieder		Switzerland	SUI	75.0	o
AC	Alfonso Fiorentino		Argentina	ARG	70.0	o
AC	Choi Hang-Gi		South Korea	KOR	95.0	x
AC	Nam Su-Il	36	South Korea	KOR	90.0	x
AC	Sidney Kemble	34	Great Britain	GBR	87.5	x

Military Press Lift #2

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Jafar Salmasi	29	Iran	IRI	100.0	o	OR
AC	Rodney Wilkes	23	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	97.5	o
AC	Johan Runge	24	Denmark	DEN	95.0	o
AC	Mahmoud Fayad		Egypt	EGY	90.0	o
AC	Nam Su-Il	36	South Korea	KOR	90.0	o
AC	Simon Williams		Jamaica	JAM	87.5	o
AC	Sidney Kemble	34	Great Britain	GBR	87.5	o
AC	Max Heral	21	France	FRA	85.0	o
AC	André Le Guillerm	23	France	FRA	85.0	o
AC	Ibrahim El-Dessouki		Egypt	EGY	85.0	o
AC	Anton Richter	36	Austria	AUT	80.0	o
AC	Richard Rieder		Switzerland	SUI	80.0	o
AC	Alfonso Fiorentino		Argentina	ARG	75.0	o
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	31	Philippines	PHI	105.0	x
AC	Choi Hang-Gi		South Korea	KOR	95.0	x
AC	Emerick Ishikawa	27	United States	USA	92.5	x
AC	Richard Tomita	21	United States	USA	90.0	x
AC	Arvid Andersson	29	Sweden	SWE	90.0	x
AC	Daniel Pon Mony	26	India	IND	90.0	x
AC	Denis Hallett		Great Britain	GBR	87.5	x
AC	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	87.5	x
AC	Alphonso Correia		Guyana	GUY	80.0	x
AC	Henri Colans	33	Belgium	BEL	80.0	x

Military Press Lift #3

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Mahmoud Fayad		Egypt	EGY	92.5	o
AC	Nam Su-Il	36	South Korea	KOR	92.5	o
AC	Emerick Ishikawa	27	United States	USA	92.5	o
AC	André Le Guillerm	23	France	FRA	87.5	o
AC	Ibrahim El-Dessouki		Egypt	EGY	87.5	o
AC	Denis Hallett		Great Britain	GBR	87.5	o
AC	Rodrigo del Rosario	31	Philippines	PHI	105.0	x
AC	Jafar Salmasi	29	Iran	IRI	102.5	x
AC	Rodney Wilkes	23	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100.0	x
AC	Johan Runge	24	Denmark	DEN	97.5	x
AC	Choi Hang-Gi		South Korea	KOR	95.0	x
AC	Sidney Kemble	34	Great Britain	GBR	92.5	x
AC	Richard Tomita	21	United States	USA	90.0	x
AC	Daniel Pon Mony	26	India	IND	90.0	x
AC	Simon Williams		Jamaica	JAM	90.0	x
AC	Max Heral	21	France	FRA	87.5	x
AC	Bálint B. Nagy		Hungary	HUN	87.5	x
AC	Anton Richter	36	Austria	AUT	82.5	x
AC	Richard Rieder		Switzerland	SUI	82.5	x
AC	Alphonso Correia		Guyana	GUY	80.0	x
AC	Henri Colans	33	Belgium	BEL	80.0	x
AC	Alfonso Fiorentino		Argentina	ARG	80.0	x

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