Worlds · September to October 1959
1959 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1959 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Warsaw, Poland, from 29 September to 4 October 1959. This page lists the medallists in its seven classes. Gold went to Vladimir Stogov (56 kg), Marian Zieliński (60 kg), Viktor Bushuev (67.5 kg), Tommy Kono (75 kg), Rudolf Plyukfelder (82.5 kg), Louis Martin (90 kg) and Yury Vlasov (+90 kg).
- Medallists
- 21
- Classes
- 7
- Start date
- 29 Sep 1959
Medallists
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the competitions of 1920 to 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown.
Men's 56 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Marian Jankowski Poland
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| 3 |
 Imre Földi Hungary
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Men's 60 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Marian Zieliński Poland
|
| 2 |
 Isaac Berger United States
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| 3 |
 Sebastiano Mannironi Italy
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Men's 67.5 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Bushuev Soviet Union |
| 2 | Akop Faradzhyan Soviet Union |
| 3 |
 Abdul-Wahid Aziz Iraq
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Men's 75 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Tommy Kono United States
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| 2 | Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union |
| 3 |
Jan Bochenek Poland
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Men's 82.5 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rudolf Plyukfelder Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Ireneusz Paliński Poland
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| 3 |
Jim George United States
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Men's 90 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
 Louis Martin Great Britain
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| 2 | Arkady Vorobyov Soviet Union |
| 3 |
Czesław Białas Poland
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Men's +90 kg, 1959 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Vlasov Soviet Union |
| 2 |
James Bradford United States
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| 3 |
 Ivan Veselinov Bulgaria
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