1977 World Weightlifting Championships

The 51st world championships in men's weightlifting took place from September 17 to 25, 1977 in the German city ​​of Stuttgart . 186 weightlifters from 44 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	Alexander Voronin	107.5 kg	Masamoto Takeuchi	105.0 kg	György Kőszegi	102.5 kg
Bump	Alexander Voronin	140.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri	135.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor	132.5 kg
Duel	Alexander Voronin	247.5 kg	György Kőszegi	235.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor	230.0 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Daniel Nuñez	112.5 kg	Georgi Todorov	110.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk	110.0 kg
Bump	Jiro Hosotani	145.0 kg	Chen Manlin	140.0 kg	Frank Mavius	140.0 kg
Duel	Jiro Hosotani	252.5 kg	Georgi Todorov	247.5 kg	Chen Manlin	245.0 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Nikolai Kolesnikov	122.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura	122.5 kg	Yanko Rusev	122.5 kg
Bump	Nikolai Kolesnikov	157.5 kg	Yanko Rusev	155.0 kg	Ioan Buta	150.0 kg
Duel	Nikolai Kolesnikov	280.0 kg	Yanko Rusev	277.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura	270.0 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Roberto Urrutia	142.5 kg	Daniel Senet	135.0 kg	Werner Schraut	132.5 kg
Bump	Sergey Pevsner	172.5 kg	Roberto Urrutia	172.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	170.0 kg
Duel	Roberto Urrutia	315.0 kg	Sergey Pevsner	302.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	297.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Jurik Vardanyan	152.5 kg	Peter Wenzel	150.0 kg	András Stark	150.0 kg
Bump	Jurik Vardanyan	192.5 kg	Günter Schliwka	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel	187.5 kg
Duel	Jurik Vardanyan	345.0 kg	Peter Wenzel	337.5 kg	Günter Schliwka	330.0 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Gennady Bessonov	157.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev	155.0 kg	Péter Baczakó	152.5 kg
Bump	Gennady Bessonov	195.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski	192.5 kg	Péter Baczakó	192.5 kg
Duel	Gennady Bessonov	352.5 kg	Péter Baczakó	345.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski	337.5 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sergei Poltoratsky	167.5 kg	Rolf Milser	162.5 kg	Ferenc Antalovics	157.5 kg
Bump	Rolf Milser	207.5 kg	Sergei Poltoratsky	207.5 kg	Alberto Blanco	197.5 kg
Duel	Sergei Poltoratsky	375.0 kg	Rolf Milser	370.0 kg	Alberto Blanco	355.0 kg

Class up to 100 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Michel Broillet	170.0 kg	Anatoly Kozlov	162.5 kg	Helmut Losch	162.5 kg
Bump	Anatoly Kozlov	205.0 kg	Helmut Losch	205.0 kg	Mark Cameron	202.5 kg
Duel	Anatoly Kozlov	367.5 kg	Helmut Losch	367.5 kg	Michel Broillet	365.0 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Valentin Christow	180.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki	172.5 kg	Yuri Saizew	170.0 kg
Bump	Yuri Saizew	225.0 kg	Valentin Christow	225.0 kg	Leif Nilsson	220.0 kg
Duel	Valentin Christow	405.0 kg	Yuri Saizew	395.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki	390.0 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Vasily Alexeyev	185.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser	182.5 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev	182.5 kg
Bump	Vasily Alexeyev	245.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev	240.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser	237.5 kg
Duel	Vasily Alexeyev	430.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev	422.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser	420.0 kg

Individual evidence

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