1983 World Weightlifting Championships
The 57th World Championships in men's weightlifting took place from October 22 to 31, 1983 in the Izmailovo Sports Palace in the Soviet capital Moscow . 187 weightlifters from 32 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: October 22, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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115.0 kg ![]() |
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112.5 kg |
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107.5 kg |
Bump |
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145.0 kg |
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140.0 kg |
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137.5 kg |
Duel |
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260.0 kg ![]() |
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250.0 kg |
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247.5 kg |
Class up to 56 kilograms
Sunday: October 23, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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130.0 kg ![]() |
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127.5 kg |
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125.0 kg |
Bump |
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165.0 kg |
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160.0 kg |
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160.0 kg |
Duel |
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292.5 kg ![]() |
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290.0 kg |
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280.0 kg |
- Andreas Letz improved his own world record to 161.0 kg in pushing, but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 160.0 kg were included in the rating. Oksen Mirsojan then increased the world record to 165.0 kg and then to 167.0 kg
.
Class up to 60 kilograms
Monday: October 24, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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137.5 kg |
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135.0 kg |
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132.5 kg |
Bump |
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180.0 kg ![]() |
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175.0 kg |
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162.5 kg |
Duel |
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312.5 kg ![]() |
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312.5 kg |
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292.5 kg |
- Sarkisjan set a new world record in snatch with 137.5 kg, the Seweryn in an additional attempt on 138.0 kg.
improved.
Class up to 67.5 kilograms
Tuesday: October 25, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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145.0 kg |
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145.0 kg |
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145.0 kg |
Bump |
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195.0 kg |
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192.5 kg |
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192.5 kg |
Duel |
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340.0 kg |
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337.5 kg |
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337.5 kg |
Class up to 75 kilograms
Wednesday: October 26, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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167.5 kg ![]() |
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160.0 kg |
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157.5 kg |
Bump |
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210.0 kg ![]() |
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207.5 kg |
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202.5 kg |
Duel |
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370.0 kg ![]() |
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370.0 kg |
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362.5 kg |
Class up to 82.5 kilograms
Thursday: October 27, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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180.0 kg |
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180.0 kg |
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165.0 kg |
Bump |
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212.5 kg |
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210.0 kg |
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210.0 kg |
Duel |
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392.5 kg |
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390.0 kg |
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370.0 kg |
- In the second attempt to tear, Vardanyan set
a new world record with 180.5 kg , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 180.0 kg were included in the rating.
Class up to 90 kilograms
Friday: October 28, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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190.0 kg |
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185.0 kg |
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170.0 kg |
Bump |
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227.5 kg |
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225.0 kg |
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212.5 kg |
Duel |
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417.5 kg |
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410.0 kg |
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382.5 kg |
Class up to 100 kilograms
Saturday: October 29, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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187.5 kg |
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182.5 kg |
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180.0 kg |
Bump |
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240.0 kg |
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235.0 kg |
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227.5 kg |
Duel |
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422.5 kg |
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422.5 kg |
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407.5 kg |
Class up to 110 kilograms
Sunday: October 30, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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192.5 kg |
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185.0 kg |
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182.5 kg |
Bump |
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247.5 kg ![]() |
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225.0 kg |
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220.0 kg |
Duel |
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440.0 kg ![]() |
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410.0 kg |
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400.0 kg |
- Klokow set a new world record with 245.0 kg in his second attempt to push, which he then improved to 247.5 kg.
Class over 110 kilograms
Monday: October 31, 1983
discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
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Tear |
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205.0 kg |
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205.0 kg |
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197.5 kg |
Bump |
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245.0 kg |
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245.0 kg |
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237.5 kg |
Duel |
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450.0 kg |
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450.0 kg |
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427.5 kg |
literature
- New Germany . No. 248-258 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1983, ISSN 0323-3375 .
- Manfred Seifert: Sport83. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1983, ISSN 0232-203X , p. 241 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 23, 2013.