| Date | 9 August 1948 |
|---|---|
| Location | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DePietro | USA | 100.0 | o | ||||
| Marcel Thévenet | FRA | 85.0 | o | ||||
| Abe Greenhalgh | GBR | 85.0 | o | ||||
| Rich Tom | USA | 82.5 | o | ||||
| Julian Creus | GBR | 77.5 | o | ||||
| Rosaire Smith | CAN | 77.5 | o | ||||
| Maurice Crow | NZL | 77.5 | o | ||||
| Win Maung | MYA | 77.5 | o | ||||
| Abdel Hamid Yacout | EGY | 75.0 | o | ||||
| Eugène Watier | FRA | 75.0 | o | ||||
| Einar Sundström | FIN | 70.0 | o | ||||
| Ernő Porubszky | HUN | 67.5 | o | ||||
| Pentti Kotvio | FIN | 65.0 | o | ||||
| Marcelio Salas | MEX | 60.0 | o | ||||
| Mahmoud Namdjou | IRI | 82.5 | x | ||||
| Park Dong-Uk | KOR | 80.0 | x | ||||
| Lee Gyu-Hyeok | KOR | 77.5 | x | ||||
| Keith Caple | AUS | 77.5 | x | ||||
| Johann Vojtech | AUT | 75.0 | x |