1962_World_Weightlifting_Championships

1962 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

The 1962 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from September 16 to September 22, 1962. There were 113 men in action from 27 nations. These world championships were combined with European championships.

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake Japan	352.5 kg	Imre Földi Hungary	337.5 kg	Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union	330.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union	362.5 kg	Yevgeny Katsura Soviet Union	357.5 kg	Rudolf Kozłowski Poland	352.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Vladimir Kaplunov Soviet Union	415.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	412.5 kg	Marian Zieliński Poland	405.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Mihály Huszka Hungary	415.0 kg	Mohammad Ami-Tehrani Iran	412.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Győző Veres Hungary	460.0 kg	Tommy Kono United States	455.0 kg	Géza Tóth Hungary	442.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Louis Martin Great Britain	480.0 kg	Ireneusz Paliński Poland	470.0 kg	William March United States	460.0 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Yury Vlasov Soviet Union	540.0 kg	Norbert Schemansky United States	537.5 kg	Gary Gubner United States	497.5 kg

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

1962_World_Weightlifting_Championships

1962 World Weightlifting Championships

Medal summary

Medal table

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