1961 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition 1961 Men's World Championships 1960 1962 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 Bantamweight56 kgVladimir Stogov URS 1955345.0 kgImre Földi HUN345.0 kgYoshinobu Miyake JPN 1947337.5 kgFeatherweight60 kgIsaac Berger USA367.5 kgSebastiano Mannironi ITA357.5 kgShared silverYevgeny Minayev URS 1955Lightweight67.5 kgWaldemar Baszanowski POL 1928402.5 kgSergey Lopatin URS 1955400.0 kgMarian Zieliński POL 1928395.0 kgMiddleweight75 kgAleksandr Kurynov URS 1955435.0 kgGyőző Veres HUN420.0 kgMarcel Paterni FRA405.0 kgLight heavyweight82.5 kgRudolf Plyukfelder URS 1955450.0 kgGéza Tóth HUN432.5 kgTommy Kono USA430.0 kgMiddle heavyweight90 kgIreneusz Paliński POL 1928475.0 kgLouis Martin GBR462.5 kgArkady Vorobyov URS 1955457.5 kgHeavyweight+90 kgYury Vlasov URS 1955525.0 kgRichard Zirk USA475.0 kgEino Mäkinen FIN462.5 kg Medal table flagcountry 4 2 1 URS 1955 2 0 1 POL 1928 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 JPN 1947 References Results https://web.archive.org/web/20110709130554/http://sports123.com/wei/index.html 2011-07-09 (Sport 123) Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172617/http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF 2011-05-27 External links International Weightlifting Federation World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships Category:World Weightlifting Championships Category:International weightlifting competitions hosted by Austria Category:September 1961 sports events in Europe