World Weightlifting Championships 1978

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The 52nd World Men's Weightlifting Championships were held from October 4 to 8, 1978 in the US city ​​of Gettysburg , Pennsylvania . 185 weightlifters from 35 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 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kanybek Osmonaliyev 105.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Tadeusz Golik 105.0 kg CubaCuba Francisco Casamayor 102.5 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kanybek Osmonaliyev 135.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Tadeusz Golik 132.5 kg JapanJapan Masamoto Takeuchi 130.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kanybek Osmonaliyev 240.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Tadeusz Golik 237.5 kg CubaCuba Francisco Casamayor 230.0 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear CubaCuba Daniel Nuñez 117.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Marek Seweryn 115.0 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Stefan Dimitrov 110.0 kg
Bump JapanJapan Kenkichi Ando 145.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Tadeusz Dembończyk 142.5 kg CubaCuba Daniel Nuñez 142.5 kg
Duel CubaCuba Daniel Nuñez 260.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Marek Seweryn 252.5 kg JapanJapan Kenkichi Ando 252.5 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear HungaryHungary István Lénárt 122.5 kg HungaryHungary László Száraz 122.5 kg China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tan Hanyong 120.0 kg
Bump JapanJapan Takashi Saito 157.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Marek Sachmaciński 155.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Kolesnikov 152.5 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Kolesnikov 270.0 kg JapanJapan Takashi Saito 267.5 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Valentin Todorov 267.5 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear CubaCuba Mario Villalobo 135.0 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Yanko Rusev 135.0 kg Romania 1965Romania Virgil Dociu 132.5 kg
Bump Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Yanko Rusev 175.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Zbigniew Kaczmarek 172.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Günter Ambraß 170.0 kg
Duel Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Yanko Rusev 310.0 kg Poland 1944Poland Zbigniew Kaczmarek 302.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Günter Ambraß 300.0 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear CubaCuba Roberto Urrutia 155.0 kg CubaCuba Julio Echenique 147.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vartan Militosyan 147.5 kg
Bump CubaCuba Roberto Urrutia 192.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Wenzel 190.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vartan Militosyan 190.0 kg
Duel CubaCuba Roberto Urrutia 347.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vartan Militosyan 337.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Peter Wenzel 335.0 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Jurik Vardanyan 170.0 kg HungaryHungary Péter Baczakó 157.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Paweł Rabczewski 150.0 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Jurik Vardanyan 207.5 kg CubaCuba Daniel Zayas 195.0 kg HungaryHungary Péter Baczakó 195.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Jurik Vardanyan 377.5 kg
World record 		HungaryHungary Péter Baczakó 352.5 kg Poland 1944Poland Paweł Rabczewski 345.0 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Andon Nikolov 170.0 kg HungaryHungary György Rehus-Uzor 165.0 kg HungaryHungary Ferenc Antalovics 165.0 kg
Bump Germany BRBR Germany Rolf Milser 215.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Gennady Bessonov 210.0 kg HungaryHungary Ferenc Antalovics 202.5 kg
Duel Germany BRBR Germany Rolf Milser 377.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Gennady Bessonov 375.0 kg HungaryHungary Ferenc Antalovics 367.5 kg

Class up to 100 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sergey Arakelov 172.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Rigert 170.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Manfred Funke 167.5 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Rigert 220.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sergey Arakelov 217.5 kg CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Anton Baraniak 205.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Rigert 390.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sergey Arakelov 390.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Manfred Funke 367.5 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear SwedenSweden Leif Nilsson 175.0 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Yuri Saizew 172.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Ciezki 170.0 kg
Bump Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Yuri Saizew 230.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Ciezki 215.0 kg HungaryHungary György Szalai 210.0 kg
Duel Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Yuri Saizew 402.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Ciezki 385.0 kg SwedenSweden Leif Nilsson 385.0 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline gold silver bronze
Tear Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sultan Rachmanov 187.5 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Christo Plaschkow 187.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Heuser 185.0 kg
Bump Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Gerd Bonk 235.0 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Heuser 232.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sultan Rachmanov 230.0 kg
Duel Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Heuser 417.5 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sultan Rachmanov 417.5 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Gerd Bonk 410.0 kg

Individual evidence

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