1962 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Budapest
Country HUN
Held 16 – 22 September 1962
Competitors 21
Countries 7

World Championships

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
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 2
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 0 6
2 Hungary HUN 2 3 1 6
3 Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 1
4 Poland POL 0 2 2 4
5 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 2 2
6 Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
= France FRA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Imre Földi HUN Vladimir Stogov URS Róbert Nagy HUN
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yevgeny Minayev URS Yevgeny Katsura URS Rudolf Kozłowski POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Kaplunov URS Waldemar Baszanowski POL Marian Zieliński POL
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Aleksandr Kurynov URS Mihály Huszka HUN Marcel Paterni FRA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Győző Veres HUN Géza Tóth HUN Jouni Kailajärvi FIN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Louis Martin GBR Ireneusz Paliński POL Petar Tachev BUL
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yury Vlasov URS Károly Ecser HUN Ivan Veselinov BUL