Worlds · October 1978
1978 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1978 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Gettysburg, the United States, from 4 to 8 October 1978. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Kanybek Osmonaliyev (52 kg, 240 kg), Daniel Núñez (56 kg, 260 kg), Nikolay Kolesnikov (60 kg, 270 kg), Yanko Rusev (67.5 kg, 310 kg), Roberto Urrutia (75 kg, 347.5 kg), Yurik Vardanyan (82.5 kg, 377.5 kg), Rolf Milser (90 kg, 377.5 kg), David Rigert (100 kg, 390 kg), Yury Zaitsev (110 kg, 402.5 kg) and Jürgen Heuser (+110 kg, 417.5 kg).
- Medallists
- 30
- Classes
- 10
- Start date
- 4 Oct 1978
The 1978 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 100 kg and Men's +110 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Men's 82.5 kg by 25 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, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union | 240 |
| 2 |
 Tadeusz Golik Poland
|
237.5 |
| 3 |
 Francisco Casamayor Cuba
|
230 |
Men's 56 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Daniel Núñez Cuba
|
260 |
| 2 |
Marek Seweryn Poland
|
252.5 |
| 3 |
 Kenkichi Ando Japan
|
252.5 |
Men's 60 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union | 270 |
| 2 |
Takashi Saito Japan
|
267.5 |
| 3 |
 Valentin Todorov Bulgaria
|
267.5 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yanko Rusev Bulgaria
|
310 |
| 2 |
Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland
|
302.5 |
| 3 | Günter Ambraß East Germany | 300 |
Men's 75 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Roberto Urrutia Cuba
|
347.5 |
| 2 | Vardan Militosyan Soviet Union | 337.5 |
| 3 | Peter Wenzel East Germany | 335 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | 377.5 |
| 2 |
 Péter Baczakó Hungary
|
352.5 |
| 3 |
Paweł Rabczewski Poland
|
345 |
Men's 90 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolf Milser West Germany | 377.5 |
| 2 | Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union | 375 |
| 3 |
Ferenc Antalovics Hungary
|
367.5 |
Men's 100 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Rigert Soviet Union | 390 |
| 2 | Sergey Arakelov Soviet Union | 390 |
| 3 | Manfred Funke East Germany | 367.5 |
Men's 110 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union | 402.5 |
| 2 | Jürgen Ciezki East Germany | 385 |
| 3 |
 Leif Nilsson Sweden
|
385 |
Men's +110 kg, 1978 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jürgen Heuser East Germany | 417.5 |
| 2 | Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union | 417.5 |
| 3 | Gerd Bonk East Germany | 410 |