1989 World Weightlifting Championships

The 3rd World Championships in women's weightlifting took place from November 24th to 26th, 1989 in the British city ​​of Manchester , while the 62nd World Championships in men's weightlifting were held in the Greek capital Athens from September 16-23, 1989 . 133 female weightlifters from 25 nations and 220 weightlifters from 37 nations took part in the competitions organized 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	Hey Zhuoqiang	117.5 kg	Ivan Ivanov	117.5 kg	Traian Cihărean	115.0 kg
Bump	Ivan Ivanov	155.0 kg	Traian Cihărean	145.0 kg	Hey Zhuoqiang	145.0 kg
Duel	Ivan Ivanov	272.5 kg	Hey Zhuoqiang	262.5 kg	Traian Cihărean	260.0 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Liu Shoubin	130.0 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	130.0 kg	Hey Yingqiang	125.0 kg
Bump	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	157.5 kg	Chun Byung-Kwan	155.0 kg	Liu Shoubin	155.0 kg
Duel	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	287.5 kg	Liu Shoubin	285.0 kg	Hey Yingqiang	280.0 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Naim Suleymanoglu	145.0 kg	Attila Czanka	137.5 kg	Ri Jae-Son	137.5 kg
Bump	Naim Suleymanoglu	172.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	170.0 kg	Attila Czanka	167.5 kg
Duel	Naim Suleymanoglu	317.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	307.5 kg	Attila Czanka	305.0 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Israjel Militosjan	160.0 kg	Yoto Yotov	155.0 kg	Kim Myong-Nam	152.5 kg
Bump	Israjel Militosjan	187.5 kg	Andreas Behm	182.5 kg	Yoto Yotov	182.5 kg
Duel	Israjel Militosjan	347.5 kg	Yoto Yotov	337.5 kg	Kim Myong-Nam	327.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Cai Yanshu	160.0 kg	Altimurat Orazdurdiev	160.0 kg	Pablo Lara	157.5 kg
Bump	Altimurat Orazdurdiev	202.5 kg	Jon Chol-Ho	200.0 kg	Alexander Varbanov	200.0 kg
Duel	Altimurat Orazdurdiev	362.5 kg	Pablo Lara	357.5 kg	Jon Chol-Ho	355.0 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Kiril Kounev	172.5 kg	Ingo Steinhöfel	170.0 kg	Sergey Li	170.0 kg
Bump	Kiril Kounev	212.5 kg	Plamen Bratoychev	210.0 kg	Ingo Steinhöfel	207.5 kg
Duel	Kiril Kounev	385.0 kg	Plamen Bratoychev	380.0 kg	Ingo Steinhöfel	377.5 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sergey Syrtsov	185.0 kg	Anatoly Chrapaty	185.0 kg	Ivan Chakarov	180.0 kg
Bump	Anatoly Chrapaty	230.0 kg	Sergey Syrtsov	222.5 kg	Ivan Chakarov	220.0 kg
Duel	Anatoly Chrapaty	415.0 kg	Sergey Syrtsov	407.5 kg	Ivan Chakarov	400.0 kg

Class up to 100 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Nicu Vlad	190.0 kg	Petar Stefanov	187.5 kg	Pavel Kuznetsov	180.0 kg
Bump	Petar Stefanov	227.5 kg	Udo Guse	222.5 kg	Nicu Vlad	222.5 kg
Duel	Petar Stefanov	415.0 kg	Nicu Vlad	412.5 kg	Pavel Kuznetsov	400.0 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Ronny Weller	202.5 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	202.5 kg	Andrew Davies	185.0 kg
Bump	Stefan Botev	242.5 kg	Mirosław Dąbrowski	212.5 kg	Andrew Davies	210.0 kg
Duel	Stefan Botev	427.5 kg	Andrew Davies	395.0 kg	Mirosław Dąbrowski	382.5 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Aleksandr Kurlowitsch	215.0 kg	Rizvan Geliskhanov	200.0 kg	Michael Schubert	195.0 kg
Bump	Aleksandr Kurlowitsch	245.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger	242.5 kg	Rizvan Geliskhanov	232.5 kg
Duel	Aleksandr Kurlowitsch	460.0 kg	Rizvan Geliskhanov	432.5 kg	Michael Schubert	425.0 kg

Women

Class up to 44 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Xing Fen	72.5 kg	Kunjarani Devi	57.5 kg	Bastiyah Said Muhamad	57.5 kg
Bump	Xing Fen	92.5 kg	Kunjarani Devi	75.0 kg	Bastiyah Said Muhamad	72.5 kg
Duel	Xing Fen	165.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi	132.5 kg	Bastiyah Said Muhamad	130.0 kg

Class up to 48 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Huang Xiaoyu	75.0 kg	Choi Myung-Shik	65.0 kg	Robin Byrd	62.5 kg
Bump	Huang Xiaoyu	97.5 kg	Choi Myung-Shik	82.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei	77.5 kg
Duel	Huang Xiaoyu	172.5 kg	Choi Myung-Shik	147.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei	137.5 kg

Class up to 52 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Peng Liping	77.5 kg	Hiromi Uemura	70.0 kg	Chhaya Adak	65.0 kg
Bump	Peng Liping	107.5 kg	Hiromi Uemura	85.0 kg	Siyka Stoeva	82.5 kg
Duel	Peng Liping	185.0 kg	Hiromi Uemura	155.0 kg	Siyka Stoeva	147.5 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Xing Liwei	77.5 kg	Lalita Polley	72.5 kg	Janeta Georgieva	77.5 kg
Bump	Xing Liwei	102.5 kg	Shyamala Shetty	92.5 kg	Yang Mei-tzu	90.0 kg
Duel	Xing Liwei	180.0 kg	Janeta Georgieva	162.5 kg	Lalita Polley	160.0 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Ma Na	87.5 kg	Camelia Nikolaeva	87.5 kg	Daniela Kerkelova	82.5 kg
Bump	Ma Na	115.0 kg	Camelia Nikolaeva	115.0 kg	Maria Christoforidou	100.0 kg
Duel	Ma Na	202.5 kg	Camelia Nikolaeva	202.5 kg	Daniela Kerkelova	182.5 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Guo Qiuxiang	97.5 kg	Mária Takács	87.5 kg	Diana Fuhrman	87.5 kg
Bump	Guo Qiuxiang	122.5 kg	Mária Takács	112.5 kg	Kumi Haseba	107.5 kg
Duel	Guo Qiuxiang	220.0 kg	Mária Takács	200.0 kg	Valkana Tosheva	190.0 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Milena Trendafilova	95.0 kg	Arlys Kovach	92.5 kg	Zhang Xiaoli	90.0 kg
Bump	Milena Trendafilova	125.0 kg	Zhang Xiaoli	125.0 kg	Chen Shu-chih	110.0 kg
Duel	Milena Trendafilova	220.0 kg	Zhang Xiaoli	215.0 kg	Arlys Kovach	202.5 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Li Hongling	102.5 kg	María Urrutia	100.0 kg	Judy Oakes	87.5 kg
Bump	Li Hongling	137.5 kg	María Urrutia	130.0 kg	Erika Takács	117.5 kg
Duel	Li Hongling	240.0 kg	María Urrutia	230.0 kg	Judy Oakes	202.5 kg

Class over 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Karyn Marshall	110.0 kg	Han Changmei	105.0 kg	Christina Ilieva	82.5 kg
Bump	Han Changmei	137.5 kg	Karyn Marshall	130.0 kg	Carol Cady	105.0 kg
Duel	Han Changmei	242.5 kg	Karyn Marshall	240.0 kg	Carol Cady	185.0 kg

Individual evidence

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