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1979 World Weightlifting Championships

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1979 Men's World Championships
Host cityThessaloniki, Greece
Dates3–11 November 1979
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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

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

Medal table

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Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union6219
2 Bulgaria2406
3 Poland1023
4 Cuba1012
5 East Germany0224
6 Hungary0202
7 West Germany0101
8 Czechoslovakia0011
 France0011
 Japan0011
Totals (10 entries)1011930

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union166224
2 Bulgaria410317
3 Poland4048
4 Cuba3025
5 Hungary1427
6 West Germany1225
7 China1034
8 East Germany07411
9 Czechoslovakia0224
10 France0022
 Japan0022
12 Sweden0011
Totals (12 entries)30312990

References

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