Worlds · September 1977
1977 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1977 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Stuttgart, West Germany, from 17 to 25 September 1977. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Aleksandr Voronin (52 kg, 247.5 kg), Jiro Hosotani (56 kg, 252.5 kg), Nikolay Kolesnikov (60 kg, 280 kg), Roberto Urrutia (67.5 kg, 315 kg), Yurik Vardanyan (75 kg, 345 kg), Gennady Bessonov (82.5 kg, 352.5 kg), Sergey Poltoratsky (90 kg, 375 kg), Anatoly Kozlov (100 kg, 367.5 kg), Valentin Hristov (110 kg, 405 kg) and Vasily Alekseyev (+110 kg, 430 kg).
- Medallists
- 30
- Classes
- 10
- Start date
- 17 Sep 1977
The 1977 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 final: Men's 100 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Men's 52 kg and Men's 67.5 kg by 12.5 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 100 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, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union | 247.5 |
| 2 |
 György Kőszegi Hungary
|
235 |
| 3 |
 Francisco Casamayor Cuba
|
230 |
Men's 56 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Jiro Hosotani Japan
|
252.5 |
| 2 |
 Georgi Todorov Bulgaria
|
247.5 |
| 3 |
 Chen Manlin China
|
245 |
Men's 60 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union | 280 |
| 2 |
Yanko Rusev Bulgaria
|
277.5 |
| 3 |
 Grzegorz Cziura Poland
|
270 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Roberto Urrutia Cuba
|
315 |
| 2 | Sergey Pevsner Soviet Union | 302.5 |
| 3 |
Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland
|
297.5 |
Men's 75 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | 345 |
| 2 | Peter Wenzel East Germany | 337.5 |
| 3 | Günter Schliwka East Germany | 330 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union | 352.5 |
| 2 |
Péter Baczakó Hungary
|
345 |
| 3 |
Paweł Rabczewski Poland
|
337.5 |
Men's 90 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Poltoratsky Soviet Union | 375 |
| 2 | Rolf Milser West Germany | 370 |
| 3 |
Alberto Blanco Cuba
|
355 |
Men's 100 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Kozlov Soviet Union | 367.5 |
| 2 | Helmut Losch East Germany | 367.5 |
| 3 |
 Michel Broillet Switzerland
|
365 |
Men's 110 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Valentin Hristov Bulgaria
|
405 |
| 2 | Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union | 395 |
| 3 | Jürgen Ciezki East Germany | 390 |
Men's +110 kg, 1977 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union | 430 |
| 2 | Aslanbek Yenaldiev Soviet Union | 422.5 |
| 3 | Jürgen Heuser East Germany | 420 |