Worlds · October 1983
1983 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1983 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Moscow, the Soviet Union, from 22 to 31 October 1983. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Neno Terziyski (52 kg, 260 kg), Oksen Mirzoyan (56 kg, 292.5 kg), Yurik Sarkisyan (60 kg, 312.5 kg), Joachim Kunz (67.5 kg, 340 kg), Aleksandar Varbanov (75 kg, 370 kg), Yurik Vardanyan (82.5 kg, 392.5 kg), Blagoy Blagoev (90 kg, 417.5 kg), Pavel Kuznetsov (100 kg, 422.5 kg), Vyacheslav Klokov (110 kg, 440 kg) and Anatoly Pisarenko (+110 kg, 450 kg).
- Medallists
- 30
- Classes
- 10
- Start date
- 22 Oct 1983
The 1983 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 60 kg, Men's 75 kg, 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 110 kg by 30 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, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Neno Terziyski Bulgaria
|
260 |
| 2 |
 Jacek Gutowski Poland
|
250 |
| 3 |
Stefan Leletko Poland
|
247.5 |
Men's 56 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oksen Mirzoyan Soviet Union | 292.5 |
| 2 |
Naim Süleymanoğlu Bulgaria
|
290 |
| 3 | Andreas Letz East Germany | 280 |
Men's 60 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Sarkisyan Soviet Union | 312.5 |
| 2 |
Stefan Topurov Bulgaria
|
312.5 |
| 3 |
 Gelu Radu Romania
|
292.5 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Kunz East Germany | 340 |
| 2 |
Yanko Rusev Bulgaria
|
337.5 |
| 3 | Andreas Behm East Germany | 337.5 |
Men's 75 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Aleksandar Varbanov Bulgaria
|
370 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 370 |
| 3 |
Zdravko Stoichkov Bulgaria
|
362.5 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | 392.5 |
| 2 |
Asen Zlatev Bulgaria
|
390 |
| 3 |
 László Barsi Hungary
|
370 |
Men's 90 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria
|
417.5 |
| 2 | Viktor Solodov Soviet Union | 410 |
| 3 |
Andrzej Piotrowski Poland
|
382.5 |
Men's 100 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 422.5 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Popov Soviet Union | 422.5 |
| 3 |
Andrzej Komar Poland
|
407.5 |
Men's 110 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vyacheslav Klokov Soviet Union | 440 |
| 2 |
József Jacsó Hungary
|
410 |
| 3 | Anton Baraniak Czechoslovakia | 400 |
Men's +110 kg, 1983 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Pisarenko Soviet Union | 450 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kurlovich Soviet Union | 450 |
| 3 |
Antonio Krastev Bulgaria
|
427.5 |