1961 World Weightlifting Championships

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.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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)
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

Medal table

 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
 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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