1966 World Weightlifting Championships
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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
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
Aleksey Vakhonin Soviet Union |
362.5 kg | Imre Földi Hungary |
360.0 kg | Mohammad Nassiri Iran |
350.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
Yoshinobu Miyake Japan |
387.5 kg | Mieczysław Nowak Poland |
382.5 kg | Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan |
370.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Yevgeny Katsura Soviet Union |
437.5 kg | Marian Zieliński Poland |
410.0 kg | Parviz Jalayer Iran |
405.0 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union |
450.0 kg | Waldemar Baszanowski Poland |
447.5 kg | Werner Dittrich East Germany |
442.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union |
485.0 kg | Győző Veres Hungary |
485.0 kg | Hans Zdražila Czechoslovakia |
465.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Géza Tóth Hungary |
487.5 kg | Ireneusz Paliński Poland |
477.5 kg | Marek Gołąb Poland |
475.0 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union |
567.5 kg | Bob Bednarski United States |
537.5 kg | Stanislav Batishchev Soviet Union |
530.0 kg |
Medal table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
[edit | edit source]- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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