right|100px Gewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1948 in Londen.
Heren bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Joseph Di Pietro 105.0 kg90.0 kg112.5 kg307.5 kg Julian Creus 82.5 kg95.0 kg120.0 kg297.5 kg Richard Tom 87.5 kg90.0 kg117.5 kg295.0 kg 4 Lee Kyu-hyuk 77.5 kg92.5 kg120.0 kg290.0 kg 5 Mahmoud Namdjou 82.5 kg82.5 kg122.5 kg287.5 kg 6 Marcel Thévenet 90.0 kg80.0 kg110.0 kg280.0 kg 7 Rosaire Smith 82.5 kg85.0 kg110.0 kg277.5 kg 8 Maurice Crow 77.5 kg85.0 kg110.0 kg272.5 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Mahmoud Fayad 92.5 kg105.0 kg135.0 kg332.5 kg Rodney Wilkes 97.5 kg97.5 kg122.5 kg317.5 kg Jaafar Salmasi 100.0 kg97.5 kg115.0 kg312.5 kg 4 Nam Su-il 92.5 kg92.5 kg122.5 kg307.5 kg 5 Rodrigo del Rosario 97.5 kg92.5 kg117.5 kg307.5 kg 6 Kotaro Ishikawa 92.5 kg95.0 kg120.0 kg307.5 kg 7 Johan Runge 95.0 kg90.0 kg120.0 kg305.0 kg 8 Max Heral 85.0 kg95.0 kg120.0 kg300.0 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Ibrahim Shams 97.5 kg115.0 kg147.5 kg360.0 kg Attia Hamouda 105.0 kg110.0 kg145.0 kg360.0 kg James Halliday 90.0 kg110.0 kg140.0 kg340.0 kg 4 John Terpak 102.5 kg102.5 kg135.0 kg340.0 kg 5 John Stuart 107.5 kg100.0 kg125.0 kg332.5 kg 6 Kim Suk-young 95.0 kg100.0 kg135.0 kg330.0 kg 7 La See-yun 90.0 kg100.0 kg140.0 kg330.0 kg 8 Joe Pitman 100.0 kg95.0 kg127.5 kg322.5 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Frank Spellman 117.5 kg120.0 kg152.5 kg390.0 kg Peter George 105.0 kg122.5 kg155.0 kg382.5 kg Kim Sung-jip 122.5 kg112.5 kg145.0 kg380.0 kg 4 Khadr El Touni 120.0 kg117.5 kg142.5 kg380.0 kg 5 Gerard Gratton 112.5 kg107.5 kg140.0 kg360.0 kg 6 Pierre Bouladou 102.5 kg110.0 kg142.5 kg355.0 kg 7 Orlando Garrido Luloaga 112.5 kg107.5 kg135.0 kg355.0 kg 8 Bill Watson 100.0 kg110.0 kg140.0 kg350.0 kg
halfzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Stanley Stanczyk 130.0 kg130.0 kg157.5 kg417.5 kg Harold Sakata 110.0 kg117.5 kg152.5 kg380.0 kg Gösta Magnusson 110.0 kg120.0 kg145.0 kg375.0 kg 4 Jean Debuf 107.5 kg112.5 kg150.0 kg370.0 kg 5 Osvaldo Forte 105.0 kg115.0 kg147.5 kg367.5 kg 6 James Varaleau 112.5 kg112.5 kg140.0 kg365.0 kg 7 Juhani Vellamo 100.0 kg115.0 kg140.0 kg355.0 kg 8 Rassoul Raissi 110.0 kg110.0 kg135.0 kg355.0 kg
zwaargewicht (boven 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal John Davis 137.5 kg137.5 kg177.5 kg452.5 kg Norbert Schemansky 122.5 kg132.5 kg170.0 kg425.0 kg Bram Charité 127.5 kg125.0 kg160.0 kg412.5 kg 4 Alfred Knight 117.5 kg117.5 kg155.0 kg390.0 kg 5 Hanafi Moustafa 120.0 kg115.0 kg150.0 kg385.0 kg 6 Niels Petersen 115.0 kg112.5 kg155.0 kg382.5 kg 7 Robert Allart 122.5 kg110.0 kg145.0 kg377.5 kg 8 Pieter Taljaard 117.5 kg112.5 kg145.0 kg375.0 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 4 3 1 8 2 2 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 totaal 6 6 6 18
Gewichtheffen 1948