USSR Championships

**1961 Championship**
12/19/1961 - 12/22/1961
**Host:** Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine **Arena:** Ilyitch Culture Palace
**Number of Athletes:** 210
**Main Referee:** Y. Kutsenko **Secretary:** P. Akushev

**GOLD MEDALS**
Weight	Class	Name	Total (kg)
52	Flyweight	Arnold KHALFIN, Spartak Lvov	297.5
56	Bantamweight	Alexey VAKHONIN, Trud Kis.	337.5
60	Featherweight	Yevgeny MINAEV, Army Moscow	365
67.5	Lightweight	Sergey LOPATIN, Army Moscow	405
75	Middleweight	Mikhail KHOMCHENKO, Klg. Rovno	425
82.5	Light Heavyweight	Rudolf PLYUKFELDER, Trud Shakhty	462.5
90	Middle Heavyweight	Viktor LYAKH, Army Rostov-Na-Donu	457.5
110	Heavyweight	Robert SHEIERMAN, Army Sverdlovsk	477.5
110+	Super Heavyweight	Yury VLASOV, Army Moscow	550

Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.

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