Worlds · November 1979
1979 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1979 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 3 to 11 November 1979. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Kanybek Osmonaliyev (52 kg, 242.5 kg), Anton Kodzhabashev (56 kg, 267.5 kg), Marek Seweryn (60 kg, 282.5 kg), Yanko Rusev (67.5 kg, 332.5 kg), Roberto Urrutia (75 kg, 345 kg), Yurik Vardanyan (82.5 kg, 370 kg), Gennady Bessonov (90 kg, 380 kg), Pavel Syrchin (100 kg, 385 kg), Sergey Arakelov (110 kg, 410 kg) and Sultan Rakhmanov (+110 kg, 430 kg).
- Medallists
- 30
- Classes
- 10
- Start date
- 3 Nov 1979
The 1979 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 52 kg and Men's 100 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Men's +110 kg by 10 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, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union | 242.5 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union | 242.5 |
| 2 |
 Ferenc Hornyák Hungary
|
242.5 |
Aleksandr Voronin and Ferenc Hornyák shared the silver medal, so no bronze was awarded.
Men's 56 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Anton Kodzhabashev Bulgaria
|
267.5 |
| 2 | Viktor Veretennikov Soviet Union | 262.5 |
| 3 |
 Tadeusz Dembończyk Poland
|
260 |
Men's 60 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Marek Seweryn Poland
|
282.5 |
| 2 |
Georgi Todorov Bulgaria
|
275 |
| 3 |
 Setsuya Goto Japan
|
270 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yanko Rusev Bulgaria
|
332.5 |
| 2 | Joachim Kunz East Germany | 325 |
| 3 |
 Daniel Senet France
|
312.5 |
Men's 75 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Roberto Urrutia Cuba
|
345 |
| 2 |
Nedelcho Kolev Bulgaria
|
342.5 |
| 3 | Peter Wenzel East Germany | 337.5 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | 370 |
| 2 |
Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria
|
362.5 |
| 3 | Dušan Poliačik Czechoslovakia | 350 |
Men's 90 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union | 380 |
| 2 | Rolf Milser West Germany | 377.5 |
| 3 |
Witold Walo Poland
|
362.5 |
Men's 100 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Syrchin Soviet Union | 385 |
| 2 |
János Sólyomvári Hungary
|
385 |
| 3 |
Alberto Blanco Cuba
|
372.5 |
Men's 110 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Arakelov Soviet Union | 410 |
| 2 |
Valentin Hristov Bulgaria
|
402.5 |
| 3 | Leonid Taranenko Soviet Union | 402.5 |
Men's +110 kg, 1979 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union | 430 |
| 2 | Jürgen Heuser East Germany | 420 |
| 3 | Gerd Bonk East Germany | 412.5 |