1965 World Weightlifting Championships

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
 Imre Földi
Hungary (HUN)
360.0 kg  Shiro Ichinoseki
Japan (JPN)
355.0 kg  Yoshiyuki Miyake
Japan (JPN)
345.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
 Yoshinobu Miyake
Japan (JPN)
385.0 kg  Mieczysław Nowak
Poland (POL)
375.0 kg  Rudolf Kozłowski
Poland (POL)
360.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
 Waldemar Baszanowski
Poland (POL)
427.5 kg  Marian Zieliński
Poland (POL)
425.0 kg  Vladimir Kaplunov
Soviet Union (URS)
412.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
 Viktor Kurentsov
Soviet Union (URS)
437.5 kg  Werner Dittrich
East Germany (GDR)
437.5 kg  Aleksandr Kurynov
Soviet Union (URS)
432.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
 Norbert Ozimek
Poland (POL)
472.5 kg  Aleksandr Kidyayev
Soviet Union (URS)
460.0 kg  Jerzy Kaczkowski
Poland (POL)
445.0 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
 Louis Martin
Great Britain (GBR)
487.5 kg  Vladimir Golovanov
Soviet Union (URS)
480.0 kg  Géza Tóth
Hungary (HUN)
462.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
 Leonid Zhabotinsky
Soviet Union (URS)
552.5 kg  Gary Gubner
United States (USA)
545.0 kg  Károly Ecser
Hungary (HUN)
522.5 kg

Medal table

 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
Total 7 7 7 21

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