1961 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Wien
Country AUT
Held 20 – 25 September 1961
Competitors 21
Countries 7

World Championships

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 4 2 1 7
2 Poland POL 2 0 1 3
3 Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
4 Hungary HUN 0 3 2 5
5 Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
6 Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
7 France FRA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Stogov URS Imre Földi HUN Renzo Grandi ITA
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Sebastiano Mannironi ITA Yevgeny Minayev URS Elemér Szabó HUN
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Waldemar Baszanowski POL Sergey Lopatin URS Marian Zieliński POL
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Aleksandr Kurynov URS Győző Veres HUN Marcel Paterni FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rudolf Plyukfelder URS Géza Tóth HUN Jouni Kailajärvi FIN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Ireneusz Paliński POL Louis Martin GBR Arkady Vorobyov URS
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yury Vlasov URS Eino Mäkinen FIN Károly Ecser HUN