The 1937 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Paris, France from September 10 to September 12, 1937. There were 50 men in action from 10 nations.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Featherweight 60 kg	Georg Liebsch  Germany	297.5 kg	Anton Richter  Austria	287.5 kg	Max Walter  Germany	287.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Tony Terlazzo  United States	357.5 kg	Robert Fein  Austria	355.0 kg	Karl Jansen  Germany	330.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	John Terpak  United States	357.5 kg	Adolf Wagner  Germany	340.0 kg	Hans Valla  Austria	340.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Fritz Haller  Austria	375.0 kg	Louis Hostin  France	372.5 kg	Anton Gietl  Germany	365.0 kg
Heavyweight +82.5 kg	Josef Manger  Germany	420.0 kg	Václav Pšenička  Czechoslovakia	405.0 kg	Heinz Schattner  Germany	395.0 kg

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	1	4	7
2	United States	2	0	0	2
3	Austria	1	2	1	4
4	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

• International Weightlifting Federation