1965 World Weightlifting Championships
# 1965 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1965 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Tehran, Iran from October 27 to November 3, 1965. There were 85 men in action from 24 nations.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bantamweight 56 kg | Imre Földi Hungary | 360.0 kg | Shiro Ichinoseki Japan | 355.0 kg | Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan | 345.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan | 385.0 kg | Mieczysław Nowak Poland | 375.0 kg | Rudolf Kozłowski Poland | 360.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg | Waldemar Baszanowski Poland | 427.5 kg | Marian Zieliński Poland | 425.0 kg | Vladimir Kaplunov Soviet Union | 412.5 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg | Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union | 437.5 kg | Werner Dittrich East Germany | 437.5 kg | Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union | 432.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg | Norbert Ozimek Poland | 472.5 kg | Aleksandr Kidyayev Soviet Union | 460.0 kg | Jerzy Kaczkowski Poland | 445.0 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg | Louis Martin Great Britain | 487.5 kg | Vladimir Golovanov Soviet Union | 480.0 kg | Géza Tóth Hungary | 462.5 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg | Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union | 552.5 kg | Gary Gubner United States | 545.0 kg | Károly Ecser Hungary | 522.5 kg |

## Medal table

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