| Weightlifting at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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 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 |
| Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Men | |
| 56 kg | |
| 60 kg | |
| 67.5 kg | |
| 75 kg | |
| 82.5 kg | |
| 90 kg | |
| +90 kg | |
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]
| 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 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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