* – ISAAC BERGER – SENIOR WORLD & SENIOR AMERICAN RECORD TOTAL – 800
Lightweight Class
K. Onuma**
Japan
240
235
320
795
1
Joe Pitman
York Barbell Club
230
235
305
770
2
Myron Mayer
Pacific Coast
220
205
255
680
3
Lew D. Wilson
San Bernardino YMCA
170
—
—
170
4
Middleweight Class
Tommy T. Kono
Hawaii York
280
270*
340
890
1
Louis G. Riecke, Jr.
New Orleans A.C.
230
260
305
795
2
R. Taxman
Unattached
255
235
300
790
3
James Millikan
Chula Vista
235
225
—
460
4
* – TOMMY KONO – SENIOR AMERICAN RECORD SNATCH – 4th ATTEMPT – 286
Lightheavyweight Class
Jim George
A.C.M.W.L. of Akron
270
270
340
880
1
William Brewer
Berkeley YMCA
255
250
320
825
2
R. E. Paredes
Panama
250
245
310
805
3
Middleheavyweight Class
Fred Schutz
York Barbell Club
285
275
365
925
1
Paul Ash
Tucson YMCA
300
280
340
925
2
Heavyweight Class
Dave Sheppard
York Barbell Club
305
280
375
960
1
Jack Haaser
Pacific Coast
280
260
355
895
2
Stanley Chiefetz
Cooper A.A.
270
270
355
895
3
Ed Heckinger
Muscle Beach
280
255
325
860
4
Sid M. Henry, Jr.
Unatached
290
280
—
570
5
Superheavyweight Class
David Ashman
Unatached
280
320
400
1000
1
P. Magistreti
Muscle Beach
310
—
370
680
2
H. A. Jones
Delinger’s
300
—
—
300
3
**Many years after this championship, it was pointed out that when several Japanese lifters had initially been awarded National Championship titles at the 1963 Nationals, several US athletes and officials protested the admittance of non-citizens (these were lifters from Japan who were initially approved to lift but had literally stepped of a plane a few days before the event). Subsequently, the lifters from the US who initially placed second in the affected categories, were awarded the title of National Champion. This was done in the case of Joe Pitman as well, as he had placed second in 1958 to Mr. Onuma, who was also from Japan.
