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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
110.0 kg |
|
110.0 kg |
|
107.5 kg |
| Bump |
|
137.5 kg |
|
132.5 kg |
|
132.5 kg |
| Duel |
|
247.5 kg |
|
240.0 kg |
|
240.0 kg |
Class up to 56 kilograms
Sunday: September 13, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
120.0 kg |
|
117.5 kg |
|
117.5 kg |
| Bump |
|
155.0 kg |
|
152.5 kg |
|
147.5 kg |
| Duel |
|
272.5 kg |
|
272.5 kg |
|
265.0 kg |
Class up to 60 kilograms
Monday: September 14, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
135.0 kg |
|
132.5 kg |
|
130.0 kg |
| Bump |
|
170.0 kg |
|
167.5 kg |
|
165.0 kg |
| Duel |
|
302.5 kg |
|
302.5 kg |
|
295.0 kg |
Class up to 67.5 kilograms
Tuesday: September 15, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
150.0 kg |
|
150.0 kg |
|
147.5 kg |
| Bump |
|
190.0 kg |
|
182.5 kg |
|
175.0 kg |
| Duel |
|
340.0 kg |
|
330.0 kg |
|
320.0 kg |
Class up to 75 kilograms
Wednesday: September 16, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
157.5 kg |
|
155.0 kg |
|
152.5 kg |
| Bump |
|
202.5 kg |
|
202.5 kg |
|
190.0 kg |
| Duel |
|
360.0 kg |
|
357.5 kg |
|
340.0 kg |
Class up to 82.5 kilograms
Thursday: September 17, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
170.0 kg |
|
170.0 kg |
|
160.0 kg |
| Bump |
|
222.5 kg |
|
210.0 kg |
|
202.5 kg |
| Duel |
|
392.5 kg |
|
372.5 kg |
|
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
185.0 kg |
|
180.0 kg |
|
167.5 kg |
| Bump |
|
220.0 kg |
|
217.5 kg |
|
212.5 kg |
| Duel |
|
405.0 kg |
|
397.5 kg |
|
380.0 kg |
Class up to 100 kilograms
Saturday: September 19, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
182.5 kg |
|
177.5 kg |
|
175.0 kg |
| Bump |
|
225.0 kg |
|
217.5 kg |
|
217.5 kg |
| Duel |
|
407.5 kg |
|
392.5 kg |
|
387.5 kg |
Class up to 110 kilograms
Saturday: September 19, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
185.0 kg |
|
180.0 kg |
|
180.0 kg |
| Bump |
|
235.0 kg |
|
227.5 kg |
|
225.0 kg |
| Duel |
|
415.0 kg |
|
410.0 kg |
|
405.0 kg |
Class over 110 kilograms
Sunday: September 20, 1981
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tear |
|
187.5 kg |
|
187.5 kg |
|
185.0 kg |
| Bump |
|
237.5 kg |
|
237.5 kg |
|
232.5 kg |
| Duel |
|
425.0 kg |
|
417.5 kg |
|
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.