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.
Medal summary[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight 56 kg |
Vladimir Stogov![]() |
345.0 kg | Imre Földi![]() |
345.0 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake![]() |
337.5 kg |
Featherweight 60 kg |
Isaac Berger![]() |
367.5 kg | Sebastiano Mannironi![]() |
357.5 kg | Shared silver | |
Yevgeny Minayev![]() | ||||||
Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Waldemar Baszanowski![]() |
402.5 kg | Sergey Lopatin![]() |
400.0 kg | Marian Zieliński![]() |
395.0 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg |
Aleksandr Kurynov![]() |
435.0 kg | Győző Veres![]() |
420.0 kg | Marcel Paterni![]() |
405.0 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Rudolf Plyukfelder![]() |
450.0 kg | Géza Tóth![]() |
432.5 kg | Tommy Kono![]() |
430.0 kg |
Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Ireneusz Paliński![]() |
475.0 kg | Louis Martin![]() |
462.5 kg | Arkady Vorobyov![]() |
457.5 kg |
Heavyweight +90 kg |
Yury Vlasov![]() |
525.0 kg | Richard Zirk![]() |
475.0 kg | Eino Mäkinen![]() |
462.5 kg |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 nations) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
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Categories:
- 1961 in weightlifting
- 1961 in Austrian sport
- World Weightlifting Championships
- International weightlifting competitions hosted by Austria
- September 1961 sports events in Europe