1959 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1959 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 29 to October 4, 1959. There were 85 men in action from 19 nations. Weightlifters from Soviet Union earned the highest number of gold medals (4) and the most overall medals (7). Host nation Poland finished second with 1 gold and 5 overall medals.

Four World Records broke in this tournament. in 82.5 kg category Rudolf Plyukfelder from USSR set two new World Record in Snatch (141 kg) and Total (457.5 kg) while Ireneusz Paliński from set a new World Record in Clean & Jerk (178.5 kg). in 90 kg, Yury Vlasov broke the Snatch World Record (153 kg).[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Vladimir Stogov
 Soviet Union (URS)
332.5 kg Marian Jankowski
 Poland (POL)
320.0 kg Imre Földi
 Hungary (HUN)
295.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Marian Zieliński
 Poland (POL)
365.0 kg Isaac Berger
 United States (USA)
362.5 kg Sebastiano Mannironi
 Italy (ITA)
350.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Viktor Bushuev
 Soviet Union (URS)
385.0 kg Akop Faradzhyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
370.0 kg Abdul-Wahid Aziz
 Iraq (IRQ)
362.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Tommy Kono
 United States (USA)
425.0 kg Fyodor Bogdanovsky
 Soviet Union (URS)
417.5 kg Jan Bochenek
 Poland (POL)
392.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Rudolf Plyukfelder
 Soviet Union (URS)
457.5 kg Ireneusz Paliński
 Poland (POL)
432.5 kg Jim George
 United States (USA)
417.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Louis Martin
 Great Britain (GBR)
445.0 kg Arkady Vorobyov
 Soviet Union (URS)
445.0 kg Czesław Białas
 Poland (POL)
422.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Yury Vlasov
 Soviet Union (URS)
500.0 kg James Bradford
 United States (USA)
492.5 kg Ivan Veselinov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
455.0 kg

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 4 3 0 7
2  Poland 1 2 2 5
3  United States 1 2 1 4
4  Great Britain 1 0 0 1
5  Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
 Hungary 0 0 1 1
 Iraq 0 0 1 1
 Italy 0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21

References

  1. "Progresja Rekordów Świata MęŜczyzn, w latach 1946–1972" (PDF) (in Polish). polska.sztanga.prv.pl. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

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