Worlds · September 1989
1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
The 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships ran in Athens, Greece, from 16 to 23 September 1989. This page lists the medallists in its ten classes. Gold went to Ivan Ivanov (52 kg, 272.5 kg), Hafız Süleymanoğlu (56 kg, 287.5 kg), Naim Süleymanoğlu (60 kg, 317.5 kg), Israel Militosyan (67.5 kg, 347.5 kg), Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew (75 kg, 362.5 kg), Kiril Kounev (82.5 kg, 385 kg), Anatoly Khrapaty (90 kg, 415 kg), Petar Stefanov (100 kg, 415 kg), Stefan Botev (110 kg, 427.5 kg) and Aleksandr Kurlovich (+110 kg, 460 kg).
- Medallists
- 30
- Classes
- 10
- Start date
- 16 Sep 1989
The 1989 Men's 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 100 kg each came down to 2.5 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Men's 110 kg by 32.5 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, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria
|
272.5 |
| 2 |
 He Zhuoqiang China
|
262.5 |
| 3 |
 Traian Cihărean Romania
|
260 |
Men's 56 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hafız Süleymanoğlu Soviet Union | 287.5 |
| 2 |
Liu Shoubin China
|
285 |
| 3 |
He Yingqiang China
|
280 |
Men's 60 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey
|
317.5 |
| 2 |
Nikolaj Pešalov Bulgaria
|
307.5 |
| 3 |
Attila Czanka Romania
|
305 |
Men's 67.5 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel Militosyan Soviet Union | 347.5 |
| 2 |
Yoto Yotov Bulgaria
|
337.5 |
| 3 |
 Kim Myong-nam North Korea
|
327.5 |
Men's 75 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew Soviet Union | 362.5 |
| 2 |
 Pablo Lara Cuba
|
357.5 |
| 3 |
Jon Chol-ho North Korea
|
355 |
Men's 82.5 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kiril Kounev Bulgaria
|
385 |
| 2 |
Plamen Bratoychev Bulgaria
|
380 |
| 3 | Ingo Steinhöfel East Germany | 377.5 |
Men's 90 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Khrapaty Soviet Union | 415 |
| 2 | Sergey Syrtsov Soviet Union | 407.5 |
| 3 |
Ivan Chakarov Bulgaria
|
400 |
Men's 100 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Petar Stefanov Bulgaria
|
415 |
| 2 |
Nicu Vlad Romania
|
412.5 |
| 3 | Pavel Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 400 |
Men's 110 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stefan Botev Bulgaria
|
427.5 |
| 2 |
 Andrew Davies Great Britain
|
395 |
| 3 |
 Mirosław Dąbrowski Poland
|
382.5 |
Men's +110 kg, 1989 Men's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Kurlovich Soviet Union | 460 |
| 2 | Rizvan Geliskhanov Soviet Union | 432.5 |
| 3 | Michael Schubert East Germany | 425 |