Worlds · October 1966
1966 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1966 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Berlin, East Germany, from 15 to 21 October 1966. This page lists the medallists in its seven classes. Gold went to Aleksey Vakhonin (56 kg), Yoshinobu Miyake (60 kg), Yevgeny Katsura (67.5 kg), Viktor Kurentsov (75 kg), Vladimir Belyaev (82.5 kg), Géza Tóth (90 kg) and Leonid Zhabotinsky (+90 kg).
- Medallists
- 21
- Classes
- 7
- Start date
- 15 Oct 1966
Medallists
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the competitions of 1920 to 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown.
Men's 56 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Vakhonin Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Imre Földi Hungary
|
| 3 |
 Mohammad Nassiri Iran
|
Men's 60 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
 Yoshinobu Miyake Japan
|
| 2 |
 Mieczysław Nowak Poland
|
| 3 |
Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan
|
Men's 67.5 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Katsura Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Marian Zieliński Poland
|
| 3 |
Parviz Jalayer Iran
|
Men's 75 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland
|
| 3 | Werner Dittrich East Germany |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Győző Veres Hungary
|
| 3 | Hans Zdražila Czechoslovakia |
Men's 90 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Géza Tóth Hungary
|
| 2 |
Ireneusz Paliński Poland
|
| 3 |
Marek Gołąb Poland
|
Men's +90 kg, 1966 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Bob Bednarski United States
|
| 3 | Stanislav Batishchev Soviet Union |