1977 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1977 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany from September 17 to September 25, 1977. There were 186 men in action from 44 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union (URS)	107.5 kg	Masamoto Takeuchi Japan (JPN)	105.0 kg	György Kőszegi Hungary (HUN)	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union (URS)	140.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri Iran (IRI)	135.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor Cuba (CUB)	132.5 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union (URS)	247.5 kg WR	György Kőszegi Hungary (HUN)	235.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor Cuba (CUB)	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Daniel Núñez Cuba (CUB)	112.5 kg	Georgi Todorov Bulgaria (BUL)	110.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk Poland (POL)	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jiro Hosotani Japan (JPN)	145.0 kg	Chen Manlin China (CHN)	140.0 kg	Frank Mavius East Germany (GDR)	140.0 kg
Total	Jiro Hosotani Japan (JPN)	252.5 kg	Georgi Todorov Bulgaria (BUL)	247.5 kg	Chen Manlin China (CHN)	245.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union (URS)	122.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura Poland (POL)	122.5 kg	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria (BUL)	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union (URS)	157.5 kg	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria (BUL)	155.0 kg	Ioan Buta Romania (ROU)	150.0 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union (URS)	280.0 kg	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria (BUL)	277.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura Poland (POL)	270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Roberto Urrutia Cuba (CUB)	142.5 kg WR	Daniel Senet France (FRA)	135.0 kg	Werner Schraut West Germany (FRG)	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sergey Pevsner Soviet Union (URS)	172.5 kg	Roberto Urrutia Cuba (CUB)	172.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland (POL)	170.0 kg
Total	Roberto Urrutia Cuba (CUB)	315.0 kg	Sergey Pevsner Soviet Union (URS)	302.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland (POL)	297.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union (URS)	152.5 kg	Peter Wenzel East Germany (GDR)	150.0 kg	András Stark Hungary (HUN)	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union (URS)	192.5 kg	Günter Schliwka East Germany (GDR)	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel East Germany (GDR)	187.5 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union (URS)	345.0 kg	Peter Wenzel East Germany (GDR)	337.5 kg	Günter Schliwka East Germany (GDR)	330.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union (URS)	157.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria (BUL)	155.0 kg	Péter Baczakó Hungary (HUN)	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union (URS)	195.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski Poland (POL)	192.5 kg	Péter Baczakó Hungary (HUN)	192.5 kg
Total	Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union (URS)	352.5 kg	Péter Baczakó Hungary (HUN)	345.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski Poland (POL)	337.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Sergey Poltoratsky Soviet Union (URS)	167.5 kg	Rolf Milser West Germany (FRG)	162.5 kg	Ferenc Antalovics Hungary (HUN)	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser West Germany (FRG)	207.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky Soviet Union (URS)	207.5 kg	Alberto Blanco Cuba (CUB)	197.5 kg
Total	Sergey Poltoratsky Soviet Union (URS)	375.0 kg	Rolf Milser West Germany (FRG)	370.0 kg	Alberto Blanco Cuba (CUB)	355.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Michel Broillet Switzerland (SUI)	170.0 kg	Anatoly Kozlov Soviet Union (URS)	162.5 kg	Helmut Losch East Germany (GDR)	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Kozlov Soviet Union (URS)	205.0 kg	Helmut Losch East Germany (GDR)	205.0 kg	Mark Cameron United States (USA)	202.5 kg
Total	Anatoly Kozlov Soviet Union (URS)	367.5 kg	Helmut Losch East Germany (GDR)	367.5 kg	Michel Broillet Switzerland (SUI)	365.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov Bulgaria (BUL)	180.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki East Germany (GDR)	172.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union (URS)	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union (URS)	225.0 kg	Valentin Hristov Bulgaria (BUL)	225.0 kg	Leif Nilsson Sweden (SWE)	220.0 kg
Total	Valentin Hristov Bulgaria (BUL)	405.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union (URS)	395.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki East Germany (GDR)	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union (URS)	185.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser East Germany (GDR)	182.5 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev Soviet Union (URS)	182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union (URS)	245.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev Soviet Union (URS)	240.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser East Germany (GDR)	237.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union (URS)	430.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev Soviet Union (URS)	422.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser East Germany (GDR)	420.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	21	6	2	29
2	Cuba	3	1	4	8
3	Bulgaria	2	6	1	9
4	Japan	2	1	0	3
5	West Germany	1	2	1	4
6	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
7	East Germany	0	7	7	14
8	Hungary	0	2	5	7
8	Poland	0	2	5	7
10	China	0	1	1	2
11	France	0	1	0	1
11	Iran	0	1	0	1
13	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		30	30	30	90

References

Results (Sport 123)
Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

External links

International Weightlifting Federation

World Weightlifting Championships

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List of medalists (men, women)

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