The 1965 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Tehran, Iran from October 27 to November 3, 1965. There were 85 men in action from 24 nations.
Medal summary
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
Imre Földi Hungary |
360.0 kg | Shiro Ichinoseki Japan |
355.0 kg | Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan |
345.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
Yoshinobu Miyake Japan |
385.0 kg | Mieczysław Nowak Poland |
375.0 kg | Rudolf Kozłowski Poland |
360.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland |
427.5 kg | Marian Zieliński Poland |
425.0 kg | Vladimir Kaplunov Soviet Union |
412.5 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union |
437.5 kg | Werner Dittrich East Germany |
437.5 kg | Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union |
432.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Norbert Ozimek Poland |
472.5 kg | Aleksandr Kidyayev Soviet Union |
460.0 kg | Jerzy Kaczkowski Poland |
445.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Louis Martin Great Britain |
487.5 kg | Vladimir Golovanov Soviet Union |
480.0 kg | Géza Tóth Hungary |
462.5 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union |
552.5 kg | Gary Gubner United States |
545.0 kg | Károly Ecser Hungary |
522.5 kg |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
edit- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine