1973 World Weightlifting Championships

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The 47th Men's Weightlifting World Championships took place from September 15 to 23, 1973 in the Cuban capital, Havana . 189 weightlifters from 39 nations took part in the competitions held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in one-on-one (snatch and push) .

Medalist

Men

Class up to 52 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear JapanJapan Takeshi Horikoshi 102.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Zygmunt Smalcerz 100.0 kg Romania 1965Romania Ion Hortopan 100.0 kg
Bump Iran 1964Iran Mohammad Nassiri 140.0 kg
World record 		HungaryHungary Lajos Szűcs 132.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Zygmunt Smalcerz 127.5 kg
Duel Iran 1964Iran Mohammad Nassiri 240.0 kg
World record 		HungaryHungary Lajos Szűcs 230.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Zygmunt Smalcerz 227.5 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear JapanJapan Koji Miki 117.5 kg
World record 		Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Georgi Todorov 112.5 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Atanas Kirov 110.0 kg
Bump Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Atanas Kirov 147.5 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Georgi Todorov 142.5 kg CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Karel Prohl 142.5 kg
Duel Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Atanas Kirov 257.5 kg
World record 		Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Georgi Todorov 255.0 kg JapanJapan Koji Miki 252.5 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear HungaryHungary János Benedek 122.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ditto Shanidze 120.0 kg AustriaAustria Kurt Pittner 115.0 kg
Bump Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Norair Nurikyan 152.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ditto Shanidze 152.5 kg JapanJapan Kazumasa Hirai 145.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ditto Shanidze 272.5 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Norair Nurikyan 267.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Jan Wojnowski 257.5 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Mladen Kuchev 132.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Mucharbi Kirschinow 130.0 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Petar Yanev 130.0 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Mucharbi Kirschinow 175.0 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Mladen Kuchev 170.0 kg JapanJapan Masao Kato 165.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Mucharbi Kirschinow 305.0 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Mladen Kuchev 302.5 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Petar Yanev 292.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nedeltscho Kolew 147.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Wenzel 140.0 kg CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Ondrej Hekel 137.5 kg
Bump Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nedeltscho Kolew 190.0 kg
World record 		HungaryHungary András Stark 177.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Wenzel 177.5 kg
Duel Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nedeltscho Kolew 337.5 kg
World record 		Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Wenzel 317.5 kg HungaryHungary András Stark 312.5 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear NorwayNorway Leif Jensen 160.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Ryzhenkov 157.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Frank Zielecke 155.0 kg
Bump Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Frank Zielecke 192.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Ryzhenkov 192.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Stefan Sochanski 187.5 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Ryzhenkov 350.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Frank Zielecke 347.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Stefan Sochanski 332.5 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Rigert 165.0 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Andon Nikolov 162.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Petzold 160.0 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Kolotov 202.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Rigert 200.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Petzold 197.5 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Rigert 365.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Kolotov 360.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Petzold 357.5 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Pavel Pervushin 170.0 kg CubaCuba Javier González 162.5 kg CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Rudolf Strejček 157.5 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Pavel Pervushin 215.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Helmut Losch 215.0 kg CubaCuba Javier González 200.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Pavel Pervushin 385.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Helmut Losch 370.0 kg CubaCuba Javier González 362.5 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Germany BRBR Germany Rudolf Mang 180.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Alexeyev 177.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Stanislav Batishchev 175.0 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Alexeyev 225.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Gerd Bonk 222.5 kg Germany BRBR Germany Rudolf Mang 220.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Alexeyev 402.5 kg Germany BRBR Germany Rudolf Mang 400.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Stanislav Batishchev 392.5 kg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 28, 2013.