1978 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1978 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States from October 4 to October 8, 1978. There were 185 men in action from 35 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union	105.0 kg	Tadeusz Golik Poland	105.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor Cuba	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union	135.0 kg	Tadeusz Golik Poland	132.5 kg	Masamoto Takeuchi Japan	130.0 kg
Total	Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Tadeusz Golik Poland	237.5 kg	Francisco Casamayor Cuba	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Daniel Núñez Cuba	117.5 kg	Marek Seweryn Poland	115.0 kg	Stefan Dimitrov Bulgaria	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kenkichi Ando Japan	145.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk Poland	142.5 kg	Daniel Núñez Cuba	142.5 kg
Total	Daniel Núñez Cuba	260.0 kg	Marek Seweryn Poland	252.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando Japan	252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	István Lénárt Hungary	122.5 kg	László Száraz Hungary	122.5 kg	Tan Hanyong China	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Takashi Saito Japan	157.5 kg	Marek Sachmaciński Poland	155.0 kg	Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union	152.5 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union	270.0 kg	Takashi Saito Japan	267.5 kg	Valentin Todorov Bulgaria	267.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Mario Villalobo Cuba	135.0 kg	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria	135.0 kg	Virgil Dociu Romania	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria	175.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland	172.5 kg	Günter Ambraß East Germany	170.0 kg
Total	Yanko Rusev Bulgaria	310.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland	302.5 kg	Günter Ambraß East Germany	300.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Roberto Urrutia Cuba	155.0 kg	Julio Echenique Cuba	147.5 kg	Vardan Militosyan Soviet Union	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Roberto Urrutia Cuba	192.5 kg	Peter Wenzel East Germany	190.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan Soviet Union	190.0 kg
Total	Roberto Urrutia Cuba	347.5 kg	Vardan Militosyan Soviet Union	337.5 kg	Peter Wenzel East Germany	335.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Péter Baczakó Hungary	157.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski Poland	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Daniel Zayas Cuba	195.0 kg	Péter Baczakó Hungary	195.0 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union	377.5 kg WR	Péter Baczakó Hungary	352.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski Poland	345.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Andon Nikolov Bulgaria	170.0 kg	György Rehus-Uzor Hungary	165.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics Hungary	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser West Germany	215.0 kg	Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics Hungary	202.5 kg
Total	Rolf Milser West Germany	377.5 kg	Gennady Bessonov Soviet Union	375.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics Hungary	367.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Sergey Arakelov Soviet Union	172.5 kg	David Rigert Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Manfred Funke East Germany	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert Soviet Union	220.0 kg	Sergey Arakelov Soviet Union	217.5 kg	Anton Baraniak Czechoslovakia	205.0 kg
Total	David Rigert Soviet Union	390.0 kg	Sergey Arakelov Soviet Union	390.0 kg	Manfred Funke East Germany	367.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Leif Nilsson Sweden	175.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki East Germany	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union	230.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki East Germany	215.0 kg	György Szalai Hungary	210.0 kg
Total	Yury Zaitsev Soviet Union	402.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki East Germany	385.0 kg	Leif Nilsson Sweden	385.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union	187.5 kg	Hristo Plachkov Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser East Germany	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gerd Bonk East Germany	235.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser East Germany	232.5 kg	Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union	230.0 kg
Total	Jürgen Heuser East Germany	417.5 kg	Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union	417.5 kg	Gerd Bonk East Germany	410.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	9
2	Cuba	2	0	1	3
3	East Germany	1	1	4	6
4	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
5	West Germany	1	0	0	1
6	Poland	0	3	1	4
7	Hungary	0	1	1	2
7	Japan	0	1	1	2
9	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		10	10	10	30

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	13	8	4	25
2	Cuba	6	2	3	11
3	Bulgaria	3	2	2	7
4	East Germany	2	4	8	14
5	Japan	2	1	2	5
6	West Germany	2	0	0	2
7	Hungary	1	4	5	10
8	Sweden	1	0	1	2
9	Poland	0	9	2	11
10	China	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		30	30	30	90

References

Results (Sport 123)
Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

External links

International Weightlifting Federation

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