The 1961 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Austria, Austria from September 20 to September 25, 1961. There were 120 men in action from 33 nations.
Contents |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Bantamweight 56 kg |
Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union (URS) |
345.0 kg | Imre Földi Hungary (HUN) |
345.0 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan (JPN) |
337.5 kg |
Featherweight 60 kg |
Isaac Berger United States (USA) |
367.5 kg | Sebastiano Mannironi Italy (ITA) |
357.5 kg | Shared silver | |
Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union (URS) |
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Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland (POL) |
402.5 kg | Sergey Lopatin Soviet Union (URS) |
400.0 kg | Marian Zieliński Poland (POL) |
395.0 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg |
Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union (URS) |
435.0 kg | Győző Veres Hungary (HUN) |
420.0 kg | Marcel Paterni France (FRA) |
405.0 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union (URS) |
450.0 kg | Géza Tóth Hungary (HUN) |
432.5 kg | Tommy Kono United States (USA) |
430.0 kg |
Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Ireneusz Paliński Poland (POL) |
475.0 kg | Louis Martin Great Britain (GBR) |
462.5 kg | Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union (URS) |
457.5 kg |
Heavyweight +90 kg |
Yury Vlasov Soviet Union (URS) |
525.0 kg | Richard Zirk United States (USA) |
475.0 kg | Eino Mäkinen Finland (FIN) |
462.5 kg |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
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