The 1962 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from September 16 to September 22, 1962. There were 113 men in action from 27 nations. These world championships were combined with European championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan	352.5 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary	337.5 kg	Vladimir Stogov  Soviet Union	330.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Yevgeny Minayev  Soviet Union	362.5 kg	Yevgeny Katsura  Soviet Union	357.5 kg	Rudolf Kozłowski  Poland	352.5 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Vladimir Kaplunov  Soviet Union	415.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	412.5 kg	Marian Zieliński  Poland	405.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Aleksandr Kurynov  Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Mihály Huszka  Hungary	415.0 kg	Mohammad Ami-Tehrani  Iran	412.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Győző Veres  Hungary	460.0 kg	Tommy Kono  United States	455.0 kg	Géza Tóth  Hungary	442.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Louis Martin  Great Britain	480.0 kg	Ireneusz Paliński  Poland	470.0 kg	William March  United States	460.0 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Yury Vlasov  Soviet Union	540.0 kg	Norbert Schemansky  United States	537.5 kg	Gary Gubner  United States	497.5 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	1	1	6
2	Hungary	1	2	1	4
3	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
5	Poland	0	2	2	4
	United States	0	2	2	4
7	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation