Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games

Weightlifting was contested from March 5 to March 8 at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight (56 kg)	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran (IRI)	Ali Mirzaei Iran (IRI)	Pedro Landero Philippines (PHI)
Featherweight (60 kg)	Jafar Salmasi Iran (IRI)	Rodrigo del Rosario Philippines (PHI)	Yukio Iguchi Japan (JPN)
Lightweight (67.5 kg)	Hassan Ferdos Iran (IRI)	Peter Ho Singapore (SIN)	Minoru Kubota Japan (JPN)
Middleweight (75 kg)	Firouz Pojhan Iran (IRI)	Jalal Mansouri Iran (IRI)	Ba Thein Burma (BIR)
Light heavyweight (82.5 kg)	Hassan Rahnavardi Iran (IRI)	Cheong Kok Cheong Singapore (SIN)	Thein Han Burma (BIR)
Middle heavyweight (90 kg)	Rasoul Raeisi Iran (IRI)	Kamineni Eswara Rao India (IND)	Maung Maung Lwin Burma (BIR)
Heavyweight (+90 kg)	Leon Kurukchian Iran (IRI)	Ahmad Ordoubadi Iran (IRI)	Dandamudi Rajagopal India (IND)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	7	3	0	10
2	Singapore (SIN)	0	2	0	2
3	India (IND)	0	1	1	2
	Philippines (PHI)	0	1	1	2
5	Burma (BIR)	0	0	3	3
6	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Total		7	7	7	21

Results

Note: The following lists may not be complete.

56 kg

5 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Mahmoud Namjoo (IRI)	205	215	280	700
	Ali Mirzaei (IRI)	205	200	250	655
	Pedro Landero (PHI)	185	185	245	615
4	Lon Mohamed Noor (SIN)	170	185	245	600
5	Tun Neyin (BIR)	165	180	230	575
6	R. Desal (IND)	145	160	210	515
7	V. W. Phenany (IND)	125	160	195	480

60 kg

6 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Jafar Salmasi (IRI)	210	210	255	675
	Rodrigo del Rosario (PHI)	215	175	255	645
	Yukio Iguchi (JPN)	200	185	260	645
4	S. G. Sethuraman (IND)			260	635
5	Chay Weng Yew (SIN)	165	190	265	620
6	Khachik Arsham (IRI)				620

67.5 kg

7 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Hassan Ferdos (IRI)	210	220	265	695
	Peter Ho (SIN)	170	200	275	645
	Minoru Kubota (JPN)	195	195	255	645
4	Pin Myint (BIR)	185	175	240	600
5	B. N. Ghosh (IND)	175	170	245	590
6	Daniel Pon Mani (IND)	210	200	No mark	410

75 kg

8 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Firouz Pojhan (IRI)	225	230	310	765
	Jalal Mansouri (IRI)	230	230	295	755
	Ba Thein (BIR)	200	210	260	670

82.5 kg

7 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Hassan Rahnavardi (IRI)	265	255	325	845
	Cheong Kok Cheong (SIN)	210	285	200	695
	Thein Han (BIR)	200	215	275	690
4	J. D. Telang (IND)	190	180	250	620
5	N. K. Nair (IND)	180	170	220	570

90 kg

8 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Rasoul Raeisi (IRI)	255	240	310	805
	Kamineni Eswara Rao (IND)	200	205	250	655
	Maung Maung Lwin (BIR)	185	200	255	640

+90 kg

6 March

Rank	Athlete	Results (lb)			Total
		Press	Snatch	Jerk
	Leon Kurukchian (IRI)	235	230	310	775
	Ahmad Ordoubadi (IRI)	215	225	285	725
	Dandamudi Rajagopal (IND)	220	210	295	725

References

• Results