World Weightlifting Championships 1981
The 55th Men's Weightlifting World Championships took place from September 12th to 20th, 1981 in the French city of Lille . 194 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
Saturday: September 12, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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110.0 kg |
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110.0 kg |
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107.5 kg |
Bump |
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137.5 kg |
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132.5 kg |
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132.5 kg |
Duel |
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247.5 kg ![]() |
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240.0 kg |
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240.0 kg |
Class up to 56 kilograms
Sunday: September 13, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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120.0 kg |
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117.5 kg |
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117.5 kg |
Bump |
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155.0 kg |
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152.5 kg |
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147.5 kg |
Duel |
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272.5 kg |
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272.5 kg |
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265.0 kg |
Class up to 60 kilograms
Monday: September 14, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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135.0 kg ![]() |
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132.5 kg |
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130.0 kg |
Bump |
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170.0 kg ![]() |
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167.5 kg |
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165.0 kg |
Duel |
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302.5 kg ![]() |
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302.5 kg ![]() |
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295.0 kg |
Class up to 67.5 kilograms
Tuesday: September 15, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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150.0 kg |
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150.0 kg |
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147.5 kg |
Bump |
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190.0 kg |
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182.5 kg |
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175.0 kg |
Duel |
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340.0 kg |
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330.0 kg |
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320.0 kg |
Class up to 75 kilograms
Wednesday: September 16, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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157.5 kg |
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155.0 kg |
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152.5 kg |
Bump |
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202.5 kg |
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202.5 kg |
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190.0 kg |
Duel |
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360.0 kg ![]() |
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357.5 kg |
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340.0 kg |
Class up to 82.5 kilograms
Thursday: September 17, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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170.0 kg |
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170.0 kg |
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160.0 kg |
Bump |
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222.5 kg |
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210.0 kg |
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202.5 kg |
Duel |
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392.5 kg |
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372.5 kg |
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367.5 kg |
- Wardanyan managed 178.0 kg in an additional attempt in snatch.
- Vardanyan managed
to hit 223.0 kg , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 222.5 kg were included in the duel.
Class up to 90 kilograms
Friday: September 18, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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185.0 kg ![]() |
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180.0 kg |
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167.5 kg |
Bump |
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220.0 kg |
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217.5 kg |
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212.5 kg |
Duel |
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405.0 kg ![]() |
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397.5 kg |
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380.0 kg |
Class up to 100 kilograms
Saturday: September 19, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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182.5 kg |
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177.5 kg |
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175.0 kg |
Bump |
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225.0 kg |
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217.5 kg |
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217.5 kg |
Duel |
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407.5 kg |
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392.5 kg |
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387.5 kg |
Class up to 110 kilograms
Saturday: September 19, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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185.0 kg |
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180.0 kg |
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180.0 kg |
Bump |
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235.0 kg |
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227.5 kg |
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225.0 kg |
Duel |
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415.0 kg |
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410.0 kg |
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405.0 kg |
Class over 110 kilograms
Sunday: September 20, 1981
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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187.5 kg |
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187.5 kg |
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185.0 kg |
Bump |
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237.5 kg |
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237.5 kg |
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232.5 kg |
Duel |
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425.0 kg |
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417.5 kg |
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415.0 kg |
literature
- New Germany . No. 218-225 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1981, ISSN 0323-3375 .
- Manfred Seifert: Sport81. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1981, ISSN 0232-203X , p. 229-230 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 23, 2013.