1982 World Weightlifting Championships

The 56th World Championships in men's weightlifting took place from September 18 to 26, 1982 in the Hala Tivoli of the Yugoslav city ​​of Ljubljana . Today Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia . 205 weightlifters from 38 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 18, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Jacek Gutowski	115.0 kg	Hidemi Miyashita	110.0 kg	Lubomir Khadzhiev	107.5 kg
Bump	Stefan Leletko	142.5 kg 000	Yenia Sarandaliev	137.5 kg	Lubomir Khadzhiev	135.0 kg
Duel	Stefan Leletko	250.0 kg 000	Yenia Sarandaliev	245.0 kg	Jacek Gutowski	245.0 kg

• Leletko managed to push 143.5 kg in an additional attempt.

Class up to 56 kilograms

Sunday: September 19, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Anton Kodschabashev	125.0 kg 000	Wu Shude	125.0 kg	Frank Mavius	120.0 kg
Bump	Anton Kodschabashev	155.0 kg 000	Oksen Mirsojan	152.5 kg	Andreas Letz	147.5 kg
Duel	Anton Kodschabashev	280.0 kg	Oksen Mirsojan	272.5 kg	Wu Shude	270.0 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

Monday: September 20, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Andreas Behm	135.0 kg	Daniel Nuñez	132.5 kg	Jurik Sarkisjan	132.5 kg
Bump	Jurik Sarkisjan	170.0 kg	Andreas Behm	165.0 kg	Daniel Nuñez	162.5 kg
Duel	Jurik Sarkisjan	302.5 kg	Andreas Behm	300.0 kg	Daniel Nuñez	295.0 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

Tuesday: September 21, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Piotr Mandra	150.0 kg	Virgil Dociu	140.0 kg	Zhao Xinming	135.0 kg
Bump	Joachim Kunz	177.5 kg	Piotr Mandra	175.0 kg	Zhao Xinming	170.0 kg
Duel	Piotr Mandra	325.0 kg	Virgil Dociu	310.0 kg	Zhao Xinming	305.0 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

Wednesday: September 22, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Yanko Russew	157.5 kg 000	Vladimir Mikhalev	152.5 kg	Edward coolies	150.0 kg
Bump	Yanko Russew	207.5 kg 000	Mincho Pashov	207.5 kg	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky	192.5 kg
Duel	Yanko Russew	365.0 kg	Mincho Pashov	357.5 kg	Vladimir Mikhalev	345.0 kg

• Pashov initially achieved a new world record with 207.5 kg, which Russew improved to 208.0 kg in the third attempt , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 207.5 kg were included in the duel.
• in additional fourth attempts, first Pashov improved the world record in pushing to 208.5 kg and then Russew to 209.0 kg
• Russew first improved the world record to 362.5 kg and then to 365.0 kg in a duel.

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

Thursday: September 23, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Assen Slatew	180.0 kg	Alexander Pervi	175.0 kg	Francisco Ferreira	160.0 kg
Bump	Assen Slatew	220.0 kg 000	Alexander Pervi	217.5 kg	Horst Appel	195.0 kg
Duel	Assen Slatew	400.0 kg	Alexander Pervi	392.5 kg	Bertalan Mandzák	350.0 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

Friday: September 24, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Blagoy Blagoev	192.5 kg	Jurik Vardanyan	185.0 kg	Péter Baczakó	170.0 kg
Bump	Blagoy Blagoev	222.5 kg	Andrzej Piotrowski	212.5 kg	Jurik Vardanyan	210.0 kg
Duel	Blagoy Blagoev	415.0 kg	Jurik Vardanyan	395.0 kg	Frank Mantek	377.5 kg

Class up to 100 kilograms

Saturday: September 25, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Yuri Sakharevich	195.0 kg	Viktor Sots	190.0 kg	Bruno Matykiewicz	180.0 kg
Bump	Viktor Sots	232.5 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	225.0 kg	Bruno Matykiewicz	217.5 kg
Duel	Viktor Sots	422.5 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	420.0 kg	Bruno Matykiewicz	397.5 kg

• Sakharevich managed 195.5 kg in snatch , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 195.0 kg went into the duel.

Class up to 110 kilograms

Saturday: September 25, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sergey Arakelov	190.0 kg	Vyacheslav Klokov	190.0 kg	Yordan Chalakov	180.0 kg
Bump	Sergey Arakelov	237.5 kg	Vyacheslav Klokov	237.5 kg	Anton Baraniak	230.0 kg
Duel	Sergey Arakelov	427.5 kg	Vyacheslav Klokov	427.5 kg	Anton Baraniak	405.0 kg

• Arakelov managed to push 241.5 kg in an additional attempt.

Class over 110 kilograms

Sunday: September 26, 1982

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Antonio Krastew	200.0 kg	Anatoly Pysarenko	197.5 kg	Pavel Khek	192.5 kg
Bump	Anatoly Pysarenko	247.5 kg	Antonio Krastew	242.5 kg	Bohuslav Braum	230.0 kg
Duel	Anatoly Pysarenko	445.0 kg	Antonio Krastew	442.5 kg	Bohuslav Braum	420.0 kg

literature

• New Germany . No. 220-227 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1982, ISSN  0323-3375 .
• Manfred Seifert: Sport82. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1982, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 251-252 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 23, 2013.