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1961 World Weightlifting Championships

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1961 Men's World 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

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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union4217
2 Poland2013
3 United States1113
4 Hungary0303
5 Great Britain0101
 Italy0101
7 Finland0011
 France0011
 Japan0011
Totals (9 entries)78621

References

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