| Date | 10 August 1948 |
|---|---|
| Location | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete George |  USA | 150.0 | o | ||||
| Frank Spellman | USA | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Kim Seong-Jip |  KOR | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Pierre Bouladou |  FRA | 135.0 | o | ||||
| Bill Watson |  GBR | 135.0 | o | ||||
| Gerry Gratton |  CAN | 132.5 | o | ||||
| Joe Sklar | CAN | 132.5 | o | ||||
| Orlando Garrido |  CUB | 125.0 | o | ||||
| Jan Smeekens |  NED | 125.0 | o | ||||
| Ernie Peppiatt | GBR | 125.0 | o | ||||
| Nasr Sayed Mir Ghavami |  IRI | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Issy Bloomberg |  RSA | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Armando Rueda |  MEX | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Orlando Chaves |  GUY | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Muhammad Iqbal Butt |  PAK | 117.5 | o | ||||
| Julio Bonnet |  ARG | 115.0 | o | ||||
| Juan Russo | ARG | 115.0 | o | ||||
| Roger Rubini |  SUI | 115.0 | o | ||||
| Khadr El-Touni |  EGY | 140.0 | x | ||||
| Georges Firmin | FRA | 135.0 | x | ||||
| Lennart Nelson |  SWE | 125.0 | x | ||||
| Klement Schuh |  AUT | 125.0 | x | ||||
| Fritz Mast | SUI | 120.0 | x |
