Worlds · September 1975
1975 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1975 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Moscow, the Soviet Union, from 15 to 23 September 1975. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Zygmunt Smalcerz (52 kg, 237.5 kg), Atanas Kirov (56 kg, 255 kg), Georgi Todorov (60 kg, 285 kg), Petro Korol (67.5 kg, 312.5 kg), Peter Wenzel (75 kg, 335 kg), Valery Shary (82.5 kg, 357.5 kg), David Rigert (90 kg, 377.5 kg), Valentin Hristov (110 kg, 417.5 kg) and Vasily Alekseyev (+110 kg, 427.5 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 15 Sep 1975
The 1975 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 67.5 kg and Men's 82.5 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Men's 110 kg by 27.5 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, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland
|
237.5 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union | 232.5 |
| 3 |
 Lajos Szűcs Hungary
|
230 |
Men's 56 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Atanas Kirov Bulgaria
|
255 |
| 2 |
Waldemar Korcz Poland
|
252.5 |
| 3 | Karel Prohl Czechoslovakia | 250 |
Men's 60 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Georgi Todorov Bulgaria
|
285 |
| 2 | Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union | 277.5 |
| 3 |
Antoni Pawlak Poland
|
275 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petro Korol Soviet Union | 312.5 |
| 2 |
Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland
|
312.5 |
| 3 |
Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria
|
302.5 |
Men's 75 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Wenzel East Germany | 335 |
| 2 |
Yordan Mitkov Bulgaria
|
332.5 |
| 3 |
Nedelcho Kolev Bulgaria
|
325 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valery Shary Soviet Union | 357.5 |
| 2 |
Trendafil Stoychev Bulgaria
|
357.5 |
| 3 |
 Juhani Avellan Finland
|
350 |
Men's 90 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Rigert Soviet Union | 377.5 |
| 2 | Sergey Poltoratsky Soviet Union | 372.5 |
| 3 | Peter Petzold East Germany | 362.5 |
Men's 110 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Valentin Hristov Bulgaria
|
417.5 |
| 2 | Vasily Mazheikov Soviet Union | 390 |
| 3 | Jürgen Ciezki East Germany | 390 |
Men's +110 kg, 1975 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union | 427.5 |
| 2 | Gerd Bonk East Germany | 422.5 |
| 3 |
Hristo Plachkov Bulgaria
|
420 |