1962 World Weightlifting Championships

Hungarian stamp dedicated to the Championships

The 1962 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from September 16 to September 22, 1962. There were 113 men in action from 27 nations. These world championships were combined with European championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan (JPN)	352.5 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary (HUN)	337.5 kg	Vladimir Stogov  Soviet Union (URS)	330.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Yevgeny Minayev  Soviet Union (URS)	362.5 kg	Yevgeny Katsura  Soviet Union (URS)	357.5 kg	Rudolf Kozłowski  Poland (POL)	352.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Vladimir Kaplunov  Soviet Union (URS)	415.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland (POL)	412.5 kg	Marian Zieliński  Poland (POL)	405.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Aleksandr Kurynov  Soviet Union (URS)	422.5 kg	Mihály Huszka  Hungary (HUN)	415.0 kg	Mohammad Ami-Tehrani  Iran (IRI)	412.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Győző Veres  Hungary (HUN)	460.0 kg	Tommy Kono  United States (USA)	455.0 kg	Géza Tóth  Hungary (HUN)	442.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Louis Martin  Great Britain (GBR)	480.0 kg	Ireneusz Paliński  Poland (POL)	470.0 kg	Bill March  United States (USA)	460.0 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Yury Vlasov  Soviet Union (URS)	540.0 kg	Norbert Schemansky  United States (USA)	537.5 kg	Gary Gubner  United States (USA)	497.5 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	1	1	6
2	Hungary	1	2	1	4
3	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
5	Poland	0	2	2	4
	United States	0	2	2	4
7	Iran	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation