Educational film based on materials from weightlifting competitions at the World and European Championships.
Historical background: In October 1954, the World and European Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna in the Konzerthaus building. 100 athletes from 23 countries took part in the championship.
PNR of Vienna.
The building of the "Konzerthaus".
The parade of the competition participants.
The competition is opened by the President of the Austrian Kettlebell Lifting Workers' Federation Wunderer.
The athletes performing in the bantamweight category: world champion Iranian Namdew, his compatriot Mirzaei, and USSR champion Bakir Farkhutdinov.
The featherweights performing: Burmese Tun Maung, Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkian (USSR), world champion in the bantamweight category Ivan Udovov (USSR).
On the podium are the world and European champion, Honored Master of Sports Chimishkian (1st place), Udovov (2nd place), Tun Maung (3rd place).
The lightweights performing: Dmitry Ivanov (USSR), Egyptian Gouda.
On the podium are Ivanov (1st place), Gouda (2nd place), Austrian Tauchner (3rd place).
The welterweights participating are: American Stanchik, former world champion, Soviet master of sports Fedor Bogdanovsky, 1953 world champion American George.
On the podium are world champion George, European champion Bogdanovsky and Stanchik.
The middleweights participating are: Olympic champion, honored master of sports Trofim Lomakin, 1953 world champion American Kono, Frenchman Debuf.
On the podium are world champion Kono, European champion Trofim Lomakin and championship medalist Debuf.
The light heavyweights participating are: Americans Sheppard and Emrich, 1953 world champion, honored master of sports Arkady Vorobyov and Egyptian Saleh.
Light heavyweights performing: Emrich, Sheppard, Vorobyov.
Heavyweights performing: Americans Bretford, Shemansky, European champion Austrian Hebl.
On the podium are world champion Shemansky, prize winner Bretford and European champion Hebl.
Parade of competition participants.
Building of the Moscow Circus.
In the arena are the national weightlifting teams of Egypt and Moscow.
Performing: Master of Sports Georgy Shcheglov, Egyptian champion Saleh, absolute champion of the USSR Alexey Medvedev, Egyptian Makhgoub, world record holder V. Vilkhovsky, Egyptian Gouda.
Applauding audience.