Worlds · September 1981
1981 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1981 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Lille, France, from 13 to 20 September 1981. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Kanybek Osmonaliyev (52 kg, 247.5 kg), Anton Kodzhabashev (56 kg, 272.5 kg), Beloslav Manolov (60 kg, 302.5 kg), Joachim Kunz (67.5 kg, 340 kg), Yanko Rusev (75 kg, 360 kg), Yurik Vardanyan (82.5 kg, 392.5 kg), Blagoy Blagoev (90 kg, 405 kg), Viktor Sots (100 kg, 407.5 kg), Valery Kravchuk (110 kg, 415 kg) and Anatoly Pisarenko (+110 kg, 425 kg).
- Medallists
- 30
- Classes
- 10
- Start date
- 13 Sep 1981
The 1981 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 and Men's 60 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 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 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, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union | 247.5 |
| 2 |
 Jacek Gutowski Poland
|
240 |
| 3 |
 Kazushito Manabe Japan
|
240 |
Men's 56 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Anton Kodzhabashev Bulgaria
|
272.5 |
| 2 | Andreas Letz East Germany | 272.5 |
| 3 | Nikolay Zakharov Soviet Union | 265 |
Men's 60 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beloslav Manolov Bulgaria
|
302.5 |
| 2 |
 Daniel Núñez Cuba
|
302.5 |
| 3 | Yurik Sarkisyan Soviet Union | 295 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Kunz East Germany | 340 |
| 2 |
Mincho Pashov Bulgaria
|
330 |
| 3 |
 Daniel Senet France
|
320 |
Men's 75 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yanko Rusev Bulgaria
|
360 |
| 2 | Oleksandr Perviy Soviet Union | 357.5 |
| 3 |
Julio Echenique Cuba
|
340 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | 392.5 |
| 2 |
Asen Zlatev Bulgaria
|
372.5 |
| 3 | Dušan Poliačik Czechoslovakia | 367.5 |
Men's 90 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria
|
405 |
| 2 | Yury Zakharevich Soviet Union | 397.5 |
| 3 |
Lubomir Usherov Bulgaria
|
380 |
Men's 100 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Sots Soviet Union | 407.5 |
| 2 | Bruno Matykiewicz Czechoslovakia | 392.5 |
| 3 |
Veselin Osikovski Bulgaria
|
387.5 |
Men's 110 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valery Kravchuk Soviet Union | 415 |
| 2 | Vyacheslav Klokov Soviet Union | 410 |
| 3 |
Plamen Asparukhov Bulgaria
|
405 |
Men's +110 kg, 1981 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Pisarenko Soviet Union | 425 |
| 2 | Senno Salzwedel East Germany | 417.5 |
| 3 |
Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland
|
415 |