Parade of Champions in 1962
This is another digitally enhanced photo of the parade of weightlifting champions of the 37th CCCP championship that was held in Tbilisi in May 1962.
The standing ovation of the fans looks rather amazing today.
What happened with the days when we honored strength and character in Olympic weightlifting? It does sound like a rhetoric question. Hope the days of weightlifting joy are not over.
Parade of Champions (left to right):
Yury Vlasov (Army Moscow, 110+kg, gold), Robert Sheierman (Army Sverdlovsk, 110kg, gold), Vasily Stepanov (Dynamo Riga, 90kg, silver), Eduard Brovko (Spartak Dnepropetrovsk, 90kg, gold), Vyacheslav Kozlov (Spartak Dnepropetrovsk, 75kg, bronze), Vladimir Kaplunov (Army Khabarovsk, 67.5kg, gold), Rafael Chimishkyan (Dynamo Tbilisi, 60kg, bronze), Arnold Khalfin (Spartak Lvov, 52kg, silver), Vladimir Smetanin (Army Sverdlovsk, 52kg, gold).
Note: The caption includes sports club, weightclass and medal won at the 1962 Championship listed after the name of an athlete.
For more information, please follow the link associated with the name in the caption.
Special thanks to Mr. Leonid Pavlyuk (Angarsk, Russia) for helping to identify the athletes on the photo.
USSR Championships @Lift Up
| Weight | Class | Name | Total (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Flyweight | Vladimir SMETANIN, Army Sverdlovsk | 297.5 |
| 56 | Bantamweight | Alexey VAKHONIN, Trud Kis. | 340 |
| 60 | Featherweight | Yevgeny KATSURA, Army Kazan | 355 |
| 67.5 | Lightweight | Vladimir KAPLUNOV, Army Khabarovsk | 410 |
| 75 | Middleweight | Mikhail KHOMCHENKO, Klg. Rovno | 420 |
| 82.5 | Light Heavyweight | Rudolf PLYUKFELDER, Trud Shakhty | 450 |
| 90 | Middle Heavyweight | Eduard BROVKO, Spartak Dnepropetrovsk | 455 |
| 110 | Heavyweight | Robert SHEIERMAN, Army Sverdlovsk | 487.5 |
| 110+ | Super Heavyweight | Yury VLASOV, Army Moscow | 522.5 |
1962 USSR ChampionshipNote: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.
