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
Total	Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union (URS)	242.5 kg	Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union (URS)	242.5 kg	Shared silver
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	Janos Solyomvari 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	Janos Solyomvari Hungary (HUN)	210.0 kg
Total	Pavel Syrchin Soviet Union (URS)	385.0 kg	Janos Solyomvari 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
10	Japan	0	0	2	2
12	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		30	31	29	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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