1961 World Weightlifting Championships
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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 56kg | Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union | 345.0kg | Imre Földi Hungary | 345.0kg | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan | 337.5kg |
| Featherweight 60kg | Isaac Berger United States | 367.5kg | Sebastiano Mannironi Italy | 357.5kg | Shared silver | |
| Yevgeny Minayev Soviet Union | ||||||
| Lightweight 67.5kg | Waldemar Baszanowski Poland | 402.5kg | Sergey Lopatin Soviet Union | 400.0kg | Marian Zieliński Poland | 395.0kg |
| Middleweight 75kg | Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union | 435.0kg | Győző Veres Hungary | 420.0kg | Marcel Paterni France | 405.0kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5kg | Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union | 450.0kg | Géza Tóth Hungary | 432.5kg | Tommy Kono United States | 430.0kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90kg | Ireneusz Paliński Poland | 475.0kg | Louis Martin Great Britain | 462.5kg | Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union | 457.5kg |
| Heavyweight +90kg | Yury Vlasov Soviet Union | 525.0kg | Richard Zirk United States | 475.0kg | Eino Mäkinen Finland | 462.5kg |
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 entries) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
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