1966 World Weightlifting Championships
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Publicity display in East Berlin
The 1966 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in East Berlin, East Germany from October 15 to October 21, 1966. There were 117 men in action from 28 nations.
Medal summary[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight 56 kg |
Aleksey Vakhonin![]() |
362.5 kg | Imre Földi![]() |
360.0 kg | Mohammad Nassiri![]() |
350.0 kg |
Featherweight 60 kg |
Yoshinobu Miyake![]() |
387.5 kg | Mieczysław Nowak![]() |
382.5 kg | Yoshiyuki Miyake![]() |
370.0 kg |
Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Yevgeny Katsura![]() |
437.5 kg | Marian Zieliński![]() |
410.0 kg | Parviz Jalayer![]() |
405.0 kg |
Middleweight 75 kg |
Viktor Kurentsov![]() |
450.0 kg | Waldemar Baszanowski![]() |
447.5 kg | Werner Dittrich![]() |
442.5 kg |
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Vladimir Belyaev![]() |
485.0 kg | Győző Veres![]() |
485.0 kg | Hans Zdražila![]() |
465.0 kg |
Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Géza Tóth![]() |
487.5 kg | Ireneusz Paliński![]() |
477.5 kg | Marek Gołąb![]() |
475.0 kg |
Heavyweight +90 kg |
Leonid Zhabotinsky![]() |
567.5 kg | Bob Bednarski![]() |
537.5 kg | Stanislav Batishchev![]() |
530.0 kg |
Medal table[]
1966 World Weightlifting Championships on an East German stamp
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
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