1979 World Weightlifting Championships

The 53rd Men's Weightlifting World Championships took place from November 3rd to 11th, 1979 in the Greek city ​​of Thessaloniki . 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	Wu Shude	110.0 kg	Alexander Voronin	110.0 kg	Cai Juncheng	107.5 kg
Bump	Kanybek Osmonaliyev	137.5 kg	Ferenc Hornyák	135.0 kg	Alexander Voronin	132.5 kg
Duel	Kanybek Osmonaliyev	242.5 kg	Ferenc Hornyák Alexander Voronin	242.5 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Tadeusz Dembończyk	117.5 kg	Anton Kodzhabashev	117.5 kg	Daniel Nuñez	115.0 kg
Bump	Viktor Veretennikov	150.0 kg	Anton Kodzhabashev	150.0 kg	Andreas Letz	147.5 kg
Duel	Anton Kodzhabashev	267.5 kg	Viktor Veretennikov	262.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk	260.0 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Marek Seweryn	127.5 kg	Nikolai Kolesnikov	125.0 kg	Zhang Zhifang	125.0 kg
Bump	Marek Seweryn	155.0 kg	Georgi Todorov	155.0 kg	Setsuya Goto	150.0 kg
Duel	Marek Seweryn	282.5 kg	Georgi Todorov	275.0 kg	Setsuya Goto	270.0 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Yanko Rusev	145.0 kg	Joachim Kunz	145.0 kg	Daniel Senet	142.5 kg
Bump	Yanko Rusev	187.5 kg	Joachim Kunz	180.0 kg	Yao Jingyuan	172.5 kg
Duel	Yanko Rusev	332.5 kg	Joachim Kunz	325.0 kg	Daniel Senet	312.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Roberto Urrutia	155.0 kg	Nedeltscho Kolew	155.0 kg	Jordan Mitkow	150.0 kg
Bump	Roberto Urrutia	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel	190.0 kg	Jürgen Negwer	187.5 kg
Duel	Roberto Urrutia	345.0 kg	Nedeltscho Kolew	342.5 kg	Peter Wenzel	337.5 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Jurik Vardanyan	170.0 kg	Blagoy Blagoev	170.0 kg	Bertalan Mandzák	155.0 kg
Bump	Jurik Vardanyan	200.0 kg	András Stark	195.0 kg	Norbert Bergmann	195.0 kg
Duel	Jurik Vardanyan	370.0 kg	Blagoy Blagoev	362.5 kg	Dušan Poliačik	350.0 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Gennady Bessonov	170.0 kg	Rolf Milser	165.0 kg	Witold Walo	160.0 kg
Bump	Rolf Milser	212.5 kg	Gennady Bessonov	210.0 kg	Witold Walo	202.5 kg
Duel	Gennady Bessonov	380.0 kg	Rolf Milser	377.5 kg	Witold Walo	362.5 kg

Class up to 100 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Janos Solyomvari	175.0 kg	Ota Zaremba	172.5 kg	Plamen Asparukhov	167.5 kg
Bump	Pavel Syrchin	217.5 kg	Anton Baraniak	210.0 kg	Janos Solyomvari	210.0 kg
Duel	Pavel Syrchin	385.0 kg	Janos Solyomvari	385.0 kg	Alberto Blanco	372.5 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sergey Arakelov	185.0 kg	Leonid Taranenko	182.5 kg	Valentin Christow	177.5 kg
Bump	Sergey Arakelov	225.0 kg	Valentin Christow	225.0 kg	Leif Nilsson	220.0 kg
Duel	Sergey Arakelov	410.0 kg	Valentin Christow	402.5 kg	Leonid Taranenko	402.5 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sultan Rachmanov	192.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser	187.5 kg	Rudolf Strejček	185.0 kg
Bump	Sultan Rachmanov	237.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser	232.5 kg	Gerd Bonk	230.0 kg
Duel	Sultan Rachmanov	430.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser	420.0 kg	Gerd Bonk	412.5 kg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 27, 2013.