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 Soviet Union |
345.0 kg | Imre Földi Hungary |
345.0 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan |
337.5 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
Isaac Berger United States
|
367.5 kg | Sebastiano Mannironi Italy
|
357.5 kg | Shared silver | |
| Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union
| ||||||
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland |
402.5 kg | Sergey Lopatin Soviet Union |
400.0 kg | Marian Zieliński Poland |
395.0 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union |
435.0 kg | Győző Veres Hungary |
420.0 kg | Marcel Paterni France |
405.0 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union |
450.0 kg | Géza Tóth Hungary |
432.5 kg | Tommy Kono United States |
430.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Ireneusz Paliński Poland |
475.0 kg | Louis Martin Great Britain |
462.5 kg | Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union |
457.5 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
Yury Vlasov Soviet Union |
525.0 kg | Richard Zirk United States |
475.0 kg | Eino Mäkinen Finland |
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 | |
| 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