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Mahmoud Fayad at first placeCompetitor for the 
EgyptMen's Weightlifting Gold 1948 London -60 kg Mahmoud Fayad (1926 – December 17, 2002)[1] was a Featherweight (-60 kg) in the weightlifting Egyptian team at the Summer Olympics of 1948 in London. He scored a Gold medal for Egypt after lifting a record of 332.5 kg. This was the second time that Egypt accumulates 5 medals after doing so back in 1936 Berlin for the first time.
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners Archives". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- "Stats Egypt". ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/results/historical/countries/62.htm. Retrieved 2008-8-13.
See also
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Featherweight 1920–1936: –60 kg, 1948–1992: 56–60 kg, 1996: 59–64 kg, 2000–2008: 56–62 kg 1920: Frans De Haes • 1924: Pierino Gabetti • 1928: Franz Andrysek • 1932: Raymond Suvigny • 1936: Anthony Terlazzo • 1948: Mahmoud Fayad • 1952: Rafael Chimishkyan • 1956: Isaac Berger • 1960: Yevgeny Minayev • 1964+1968: Yoshinobu Miyake • 1972: Norair Nurikyan • 1976: Nikolay Kolesnikov • 1980: Viktor Mazin • 1984: Chen Weiqiang • 1988: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 1992: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 1996: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 2000: Nikolay Pechalov • 2004: Shi Zhiyong • 2008: Zhang Xiangxiang
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