Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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The weightlifting competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only. It also counted as 1964 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
| Weightlifting at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics on a stamp of Japan. | |
| Venue | Shibuya Public Hall |
| Dates | 11–18 October 1964 |
| Competitors | 149 from 42 nations |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight (56 kg) |
Aleksey Vakhonin Soviet Union | 357.5 kg | Imre Földi Hungary | 355.0 kg | Shiro Ichinoseki Japan | 347.5 kg |
| Featherweight (60 kg) |
Yoshinobu Miyake Japan | 397.5 kg | Isaac Berger United States | 382.5 kg | Mieczysław Nowak Poland | 377.5 kg |
| Lightweight (67.5 kg) |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland | 432.5 kg | Vladimir Kaplunov Soviet Union | 432.5 kg | Marian Zieliński Poland | 420.0 kg |
| Middleweight (75 kg) |
Hans Zdražila Czechoslovakia | 445.0 kg | Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union | 440.0 kg | Masushi Ouchi Japan | 437.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) |
Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union | 475.0 kg | Géza Tóth Hungary | 467.5 kg | Győző Veres Hungary | 467.5 kg |
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) |
Vladimir Golovanov Soviet Union | 487.5 kg | Louis Martin Great Britain | 475.0 kg | Ireneusz Paliński Poland | 467.5 kg |
| Heavyweight (+90 kg) |
Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union | 572.5 kg | Yury Vlasov Soviet Union | 570.0 kg | Norbert Schemansky United States | 537.5 kg |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
