1979 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1979 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Thessaloniki, Greece from November 3 to November 11, 1979. There were 189 men in action from 39 nations.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Snatch Wu Shude
 China (CHN)
110.0 kg Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union (URS)
110.0 kg Cai Juncheng
 China (CHN)
107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Kanybek Osmonaliyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
137.5 kg Ferenc Hornyák
 Hungary (HUN)
135.0 kg Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union (URS)
132.5 kg
Total Kanybek Osmonaliyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
242.5 kg Ferenc Hornyák
 Hungary (HUN)
242.5 kg Shared silver
Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union (URS)
56 kg
Snatch Tadeusz Dembończyk
 Poland (POL)
117.5 kg Anton Kodzhabashev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
117.5 kg Daniel Núñez
 Cuba (CUB)
115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Viktor Veretennikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
150.0 kg Anton Kodzhabashev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
150.0 kg Andreas Letz
 East Germany (GDR)
147.5 kg
Total Anton Kodzhabashev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
267.5 kg Viktor Veretennikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
262.5 kg Tadeusz Dembończyk
 Poland (POL)
260.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch Marek Seweryn
 Poland (POL)
127.5 kg Nikolay Kolesnikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
125.0 kg Zhang Zhifang
 China (CHN)
125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Marek Seweryn
 Poland (POL)
155.0 kg Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
155.0 kg Setsuya Goto
 Japan (JPN)
150.0 kg
Total Marek Seweryn
 Poland (POL)
282.5 kg Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
275.0 kg Setsuya Goto
 Japan (JPN)
270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch Yanko Rusev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
145.0 kg Joachim Kunz
 East Germany (GDR)
145.0 kg Daniel Senet
 France (FRA)
142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Yanko Rusev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
187.5 kg
WR
Joachim Kunz
 East Germany (GDR)
180.0 kg Yao Jingyuan
 China (CHN)
172.5 kg
Total Yanko Rusev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
332.5 kg
WR
Joachim Kunz
 East Germany (GDR)
325.0 kg Daniel Senet
 France (FRA)
312.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch Roberto Urrutia
 Cuba (CUB)
155.0 kg Nedelcho Kolev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
155.0 kg Yordan Mitkov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Roberto Urrutia
 Cuba (CUB)
190.0 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
190.0 kg Jürgen Negwer
 West Germany (FRG)
187.5 kg
Total Roberto Urrutia
 Cuba (CUB)
345.0 kg Nedelcho Kolev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
342.5 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
337.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch Yurik Vardanyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
170.0 kg Blagoy Blagoev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
170.0 kg Bertalan Mandzák
 Hungary (HUN)
155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Yurik Vardanyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
200.0 kg András Stark
 Hungary (HUN)
195.0 kg Norbert Bergmann
 West Germany (FRG)
195.0 kg
Total Yurik Vardanyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
370.0 kg Blagoy Blagoev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
362.5 kg Dušan Poliačik
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
350.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch Gennady Bessonov
 Soviet Union (URS)
170.0 kg Rolf Milser
 West Germany (FRG)
165.0 kg Witold Walo
 Poland (POL)
160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Rolf Milser
 West Germany (FRG)
212.5 kg Gennady Bessonov
 Soviet Union (URS)
210.0 kg Witold Walo
 Poland (POL)
202.5 kg
Total Gennady Bessonov
 Soviet Union (URS)
380.0 kg Rolf Milser
 West Germany (FRG)
377.5 kg Witold Walo
 Poland (POL)
362.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch János Sólyomvári
 Hungary (HUN)
175.0 kg Ota Zaremba
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
172.5 kg Plamen Asparukhov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Pavel Syrchin
 Soviet Union (URS)
217.5 kg Anton Baraniak
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
210.0 kg János Sólyomvári
 Hungary (HUN)
210.0 kg
Total Pavel Syrchin
 Soviet Union (URS)
385.0 kg János Sólyomvári
 Hungary (HUN)
385.0 kg Alberto Blanco
 Cuba (CUB)
372.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch Sergey Arakelov
 Soviet Union (URS)
185.0 kg Leonid Taranenko
 Soviet Union (URS)
182.5 kg Valentin Hristov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
177.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Sergey Arakelov
 Soviet Union (URS)
225.0 kg Valentin Hristov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
225.0 kg Leif Nilsson
 Sweden (SWE)
220.0 kg
Total Sergey Arakelov
 Soviet Union (URS)
410.0 kg Valentin Hristov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
402.5 kg Leonid Taranenko
 Soviet Union (URS)
402.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch Sultan Rakhmanov
 Soviet Union (URS)
192.5 kg Jürgen Heuser
 East Germany (GDR)
187.5 kg Rudolf Strejček
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Sultan Rakhmanov
 Soviet Union (URS)
237.5 kg Jürgen Heuser
 East Germany (GDR)
232.5 kg Gerd Bonk
 East Germany (GDR)
230.0 kg
Total Sultan Rakhmanov
 Soviet Union (URS)
430.0 kg Jürgen Heuser
 East Germany (GDR)
420.0 kg Gerd Bonk
 East Germany (GDR)
412.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 6 2 1 9
2  Bulgaria 2 4 0 6
3  Poland 1 0 2 3
4  Cuba 1 0 1 2
5  East Germany 0 2 2 4
6  Hungary 0 2 0 2
7  West Germany 0 1 0 1
8  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
 Japan 0 0 1 1
Total 10 11 9 30

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 16 6 2 24
2  Bulgaria 4 10 3 17
3  Poland 4 0 4 8
4  Cuba 3 0 2 5
5  Hungary 1 4 2 7
6  West Germany 1 2 2 5
7  China 1 0 3 4
8  East Germany 0 7 4 11
9  Czechoslovakia 0 2 2 4
10  France 0 0 2 2
 Japan 0 0 2 2
12  Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 30 31 29 90

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