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

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

Results (Sport 123)
Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

External links

International Weightlifting Federation

World Weightlifting Championships

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