1961_World_Weightlifting_Championships

1961 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

The 1961 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from September 20 to September 25, 1961. There were 120 men in action from 33 nations.

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union	345.0 kg	Imre Földi Hungary	345.0 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan	337.5 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Isaac Berger United States	367.5 kg	Sebastiano Mannironi Italy	357.5 kg	Shared silver
Featherweight 60 kg	Isaac Berger United States	367.5 kg	Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union	357.5 kg	Shared silver
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	402.5 kg	Sergey Lopatin Soviet Union	400.0 kg	Marian Zieliński Poland	395.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union	435.0 kg	Győző Veres Hungary	420.0 kg	Marcel Paterni France	405.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union	450.0 kg	Géza Tóth Hungary	432.5 kg	Tommy Kono United States	430.0 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Ireneusz Paliński Poland	475.0 kg	Louis Martin Great Britain	462.5 kg	Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union	457.5 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Yury Vlasov Soviet Union	525.0 kg	Richard Zirk United States	475.0 kg	Eino Mäkinen Finland	462.5 kg

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	2	1	7
2	Poland	2	0	1	3
3	United States	1	1	1	3
4	Hungary	0	3	0	3
5	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
5	Italy	0	1	0	1
7	Finland	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		7	8	6	21

1961 World Weightlifting Championships