1984 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1984 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from July 29 to August 8, 1984. There were 187 men in action from 48 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1984 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships. The Soviet-led boycott meant that the most dominant forces in weightlifting at the time, the USSR, Bulgaria and East Germany did not take part.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Snatch Zhou Peishun
 China
107.5 kg Hidemi Miyashita
 Japan
107.5 kg Zeng Guoqiang
 China
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Zeng Guoqiang
 China
130.0 kg Kazushito Manabe
 Japan
130.0 kg Zhou Peishun
 China
127.5 kg
Total Zeng Guoqiang
 China
235.0 kg Zhou Peishun
 China
235.0 kg Kazushito Manabe
 Japan
232.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch Lai Runming
 China
125.0 kg Wu Shude
 China
120.0 kg Masahiro Kotaka
 Japan
112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Wu Shude
 China
147.5 kg Takashi Ichiba
 Japan
140.0 kg Masahiro Kotaka
 Japan
140.0 kg
Total Wu Shude
 China
267.5 kg Lai Runming
 China
265.0 kg Masahiro Kotaka
 Japan
252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch Tsai Wen-yee
 Chinese Taipei
125.0 kg Chen Weiqiang
 China
125.0 kg Gelu Radu
 Romania
125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Weiqiang
 China
157.5 kg Gelu Radu
 Romania
155.0 kg Uolevi Kahelin
 Finland
155.0 kg
Total Chen Weiqiang
 China
282.5 kg Gelu Radu
 Romania
280.0 kg Tsai Wen-yee
 Chinese Taipei
272.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch Andrei Socaci
 Romania
142.5 kg Yao Jingyuan
 China
142.5 kg Dean Willey
 Great Britain
140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Yao Jingyuan
 China
177.5 kg Choji Taira
 Japan
172.5 kg Jouni Grönman
 Finland
172.5 kg
Total Yao Jingyuan
 China
320.0 kg Andrei Socaci
 Romania
312.5 kg Jouni Grönman
 Finland
312.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
 West Germany
150.0 kg Li Shunzhu
 China
147.5 kg Dragomir Cioroslan
 Romania
147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
 West Germany
190.0 kg Jacques Demers
 Canada
187.5 kg Dave Morgan
 Great Britain
185.0 kg
Total Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
 West Germany
340.0 kg Jacques Demers
 Canada
335.0 kg Dragomir Cioroslan
 Romania
332.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch Petre Becheru
 Romania
155.0 kg Giuseppe Lagrotteria
 Italy
150.0 kg Ryoji Isaoka
 Japan
150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Petre Becheru
 Romania
200.0 kg Robert Kabbas
 Australia
192.5 kg Ryoji Isaoka
 Japan
190.0 kg
Total Petre Becheru
 Romania
355.0 kg Robert Kabbas
 Australia
342.5 kg Ryoji Isaoka
 Japan
340.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch Nicu Vlad
 Romania
172.5 kg Petre Dumitru
 Romania
165.0 kg David Mercer
 Great Britain
157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Nicu Vlad
 Romania
220.0 kg Hwang Woo-won
 South Korea
197.5 kg Petre Dumitru
 Romania
195.0 kg
Total Nicu Vlad
 Romania
392.5 kg Petre Dumitru
 Romania
360.0 kg David Mercer
 Great Britain
352.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch Oliver Orok
 Nigeria
172.5 kg Rolf Milser
 West Germany
167.5 kg Vasile Groapă
 Romania
165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Vasile Groapă
 Romania
217.5 kg Rolf Milser
 West Germany
217.5 kg Pekka Niemi
 Finland
207.5 kg
Total Rolf Milser
 West Germany
385.0 kg Vasile Groapă
 Romania
382.5 kg Pekka Niemi
 Finland
367.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch Norberto Oberburger
 Italy
175.0 kg Gary Taylor
 Great Britain
170.0 kg Guy Carlton
 United States
167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Norberto Oberburger
 Italy
215.0 kg Ștefan Tașnadi
 Romania
212.5 kg Guy Carlton
 United States
210.0 kg
Total Norberto Oberburger
 Italy
390.0 kg Ștefan Tașnadi
 Romania
380.0 kg Guy Carlton
 United States
377.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch Mario Martinez
 United States
185.0 kg Manfred Nerlinger
 West Germany
177.5 kg Dean Lukin
 Australia
172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Dean Lukin
 Australia
240.0 kg Mario Martinez
 United States
225.0 kg Manfred Nerlinger
 West Germany
220.0 kg
Total Dean Lukin
 Australia
412.5 kg Mario Martinez
 United States
410.0 kg Manfred Nerlinger
 West Germany
397.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China4206
2 Romania2518
3 West Germany2013
4 Australia1102
5 Italy1001
6 United States0112
7 Canada0101
8 Japan0033
9 Finland0022
10 Chinese Taipei0011
 Great Britain0011
Totals (11 nations)10101030

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China106218
2 Romania88521
3 West Germany4329
4 Italy3104
5 Australia2215
6 United States1236
7 Chinese Taipei1012
8 Nigeria1001
9 Japan04711
10 Canada0202
11 Great Britain0145
12 South Korea0101
13 Finland0055
Totals (13 nations)30303090

See also

References

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