Worlds · September 1973
1973 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1973 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Havana, Cuba, from 15 to 23 September 1973. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Mohammad Nassiri (52 kg, 240 kg), Atanas Kirov (56 kg, 257.5 kg), Dito Shanidze (60 kg, 272.5 kg), Mukharby Kirzhinov (67.5 kg, 305 kg), Nedelcho Kolev (75 kg, 337.5 kg), Vladimir Ryzhenkov (82.5 kg, 350 kg), David Rigert (90 kg, 365 kg), Pavel Pervushin (110 kg, 385 kg) and Vasily Alekseyev (+110 kg, 402.5 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 15 Sep 1973
The 1973 World Weightlifting Championships in numbers
How close each class finished.
Winning margin in each class
The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Men's 56 kg, Men's 67.5 kg, Men's 82.5 kg and Men's +110 kg each came down to 2.5 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Men's 75 kg by 20 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.
Men's 52 kg
Men's 56 kg
Men's 60 kg
Men's 67.5 kg
Men's 75 kg
Men's 82.5 kg
Men's 90 kg
Men's 110 kg
Men's +110 kg
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for, with the total.
Men's 52 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Mohammad Nassiri Iran
|
240 |
| 2 |
 Lajos Szűcs Hungary
|
230 |
| 3 |
 Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland
|
227.5 |
Men's 56 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Atanas Kirov Bulgaria
|
257.5 |
| 2 |
Georgi Todorov Bulgaria
|
255 |
| 3 |
 Koji Miki Japan
|
252.5 |
Men's 60 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dito Shanidze Soviet Union | 272.5 |
| 2 |
Norair Nurikyan Bulgaria
|
267.5 |
| 3 |
Jan Wojnowski Poland
|
257.5 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union | 305 |
| 2 |
Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria
|
302.5 |
| 3 |
Petar Yanev Bulgaria
|
292.5 |
Men's 75 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nedelcho Kolev Bulgaria
|
337.5 |
| 2 | Peter Wenzel East Germany | 317.5 |
| 3 |
András Stark Hungary
|
312.5 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Ryzhenkov Soviet Union | 350 |
| 2 | Frank Zielecke East Germany | 347.5 |
| 3 |
Stefan Sochanski Poland
|
332.5 |
Men's 90 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Rigert Soviet Union | 365 |
| 2 | Vasily Kolotov Soviet Union | 360 |
| 3 | Peter Petzold East Germany | 357.5 |
Men's 110 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Pervushin Soviet Union | 385 |
| 2 | Helmut Losch East Germany | 370 |
| 3 |
 Javier González Cuba
|
362.5 |
Men's +110 kg, 1973 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union | 402.5 |
| 2 | Rudolf Mang West Germany | 400 |
| 3 | Stanislav Batishchev Soviet Union | 392.5 |