1961 World Weightlifting Championships

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.

1961 Men's World Championships
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Medal summary

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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
Yevgeny Minayev
  Soviet Union
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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union4217
2  Poland2013
3  United States1113
4  Hungary0303
5  Great Britain0101
  Italy0101
7  Finland0011
  France0011
  Japan0011
Totals (9 entries)78621

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