1963 World Weightlifting Championships
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The 1963 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from September 7 to September 13, 1963. There were 134 men in action from 32 nations.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
Aleksey Vakhonin Soviet Union (URS) |
345.0 kg | Hiroshi Fukuda Japan (JPN) |
340.0 kg | Shiro Ichinoseki Japan (JPN) |
330.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
Yoshinobu Miyake Japan (JPN) |
375.0 kg | Isaac Berger United States (USA) |
367.5 kg | Imre Földi Hungary (HUN) |
365.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
Marian Zieliński Poland (POL) |
417.5 kg | Waldemar Baszanowski Poland (POL) |
410.0 kg | Vladimir Kaplunov Soviet Union (URS) |
410.0 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union (URS) |
437.5 kg | Mihály Huszka Hungary (HUN) |
437.5 kg | Hans Zdražila Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
422.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
Győző Veres Hungary (HUN) |
477.5 kg | Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union (URS) |
467.5 kg | Géza Tóth Hungary (HUN) |
450.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
Louis Martin Great Britain (GBR) |
480.0 kg | Ireneusz Paliński Poland (POL) |
475.0 kg | Eduard Brovko Soviet Union (URS) |
470.0 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
Yury Vlasov Soviet Union (URS) |
557.5 kg | Norbert Schemansky United States (USA) |
537.5 kg | Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union (URS) |
527.5 kg |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Poland |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Hungary |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United States |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
