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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 |
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 |