1969 World Weightlifting Championships

Sports competition
1969 Men's World Championships
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The 1969 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 20 to September 28, 1969. There were 166 men from 37 nations in the competition.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Press Vladislav Krishchishin
 Soviet Union		 112.5 kg Sándor Holczreiter
 Hungary		 110.0 kg Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Poland		 105.0 kg
Snatch Vladimir Smetanin
 Soviet Union		 102.5 kg Walter Szołtysek
 Poland		 100.0 kg Chaiya Sukchinda
 Thailand		 97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Vladimir Smetanin
 Soviet Union		 130.0 kg Walter Szołtysek
 Poland		 130.0 kg Vladislav Krishchishin
 Soviet Union		 127.5 kg
Total Vladislav Krishchishin
 Soviet Union		 337.5 kg
WR 		Vladimir Smetanin
 Soviet Union		 337.5 kg Walter Szołtysek
 Poland		 335.0 kg
56 kg
Press Imre Földi
 Hungary		 125.0 kg Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran		 120.0 kg Fernando Báez
 Puerto Rico		 115.0 kg
Snatch Henryk Trębicki
 Poland		 107.5 kg Imre Földi
 Hungary		 105.0 kg Hiroshi Ono
 Japan		 105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran		 140.0 kg Atanas Kirov
 Bulgaria		 137.5 kg Hiroshi Ono
 Japan		 132.5 kg
Total Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran		 360.0 kg Atanas Kirov
 Bulgaria		 347.5 kg Hiroshi Ono
 Japan		 342.5 kg
60 kg
Press Mladen Kuchev
 Bulgaria		 130.0 kg Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan		 125.0 kg Jan Wojnowski
 Poland		 122.5 kg
Snatch Masao Kato
 Japan		 117.5 kg Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan		 115.0 kg Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union		 115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union		 150.0 kg Masao Kato
 Japan		 147.5 kg Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan		 145.0 kg
Total Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan		 385.0 kg Mladen Kuchev
 Bulgaria		 385.0 kg Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union		 380.0 kg
67.5 kg
Press Nasrollah Dehnavi
 Iran		 140.0 kg Zbigniew Kaczmarek
 Poland		 140.0 kg Waldemar Baszanowski
 Poland		 140.0 kg
Snatch Waldemar Baszanowski
 Poland		 135.0 kg Ondrej Hekel
 Czechoslovakia		 130.0 kg János Bagócs
 Hungary		 127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Waldemar Baszanowski
 Poland		 170.0 kg János Bagócs
 Hungary		 167.5 kg Ondrej Hekel
 Czechoslovakia		 162.5 kg
Total Waldemar Baszanowski
 Poland		 445.0 kg
WR 		János Bagócs
 Hungary		 430.0 kg Zbigniew Kaczmarek
 Poland		 425.0 kg
75 kg
Press Viktor Kurentsov
 Soviet Union		 152.5 kg Juhani Mursu
 Finland		 145.0 kg Leif Jenssen
 Norway		 142.5 kg
Snatch Aimé Terme
 France		 140.0 kg Viktor Kurentsov
 Soviet Union		 137.5 kg Gábor Szarvas
 Hungary		 135.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Viktor Kurentsov
 Soviet Union		 177.5 kg Gábor Szarvas
 Hungary		 175.0 kg Tamotsu Sunami
 Japan		 165.0 kg
Total Viktor Kurentsov
 Soviet Union		 467.5 kg Gábor Szarvas
 Hungary		 440.0 kg Juhani Mursu
 Finland		 437.5 kg
82.5 kg
Press Russell Knipp
 United States		 162.5 kg Hans Bettembourg
 Sweden		 162.5 kg Boris Selitsky
 Soviet Union		 160.0 kg
Snatch Masushi Ouchi
 Japan		 152.5 kg
WR 		Norbert Ozimek
 Poland		 145.0 kg Valery Shary
 Soviet Union		 142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Károly Bakos
 Hungary		 185.0 kg Valery Shary
 Soviet Union		 182.5 kg Boris Selitsky
 Soviet Union		 182.5 kg
Total Masushi Ouchi
 Japan		 487.5 kg Károly Bakos
 Hungary		 487.5 kg Boris Selitsky
 Soviet Union		 482.5 kg
90 kg
Press Kaarlo Kangasniemi
 Finland		 175.0 kg Karl Arnold
 East Germany		 170.0 kg Bo Johansson
 Sweden		 165.0 kg
Snatch Bo Johansson
 Sweden		 150.0 kg Kaarlo Kangasniemi
 Finland		 150.0 kg Géza Tóth
 Hungary		 145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Géza Tóth
 Hungary		 190.0 kg Kaarlo Kangasniemi
 Finland		 190.0 kg Bakr El-Sayed Bassam
 United Arab Republic		 187.5 kg
Total Kaarlo Kangasniemi
 Finland		 515.0 kg Bo Johansson
 Sweden		 500.0 kg Géza Tóth
 Hungary		 495.0 kg
110 kg
Press Bob Bednarski
 United States		 182.5 kg Jaan Talts
 Soviet Union		 180.0 kg Eivind Rekustad
 Norway		 175.0 kg
Snatch Bob Bednarski
 United States		 160.0 kg
WR 		Jaan Talts
 Soviet Union		 155.0 kg Kauko Kangasniemi
 Finland		 155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Jaan Talts
 Soviet Union		 212.5 kg
WR 		Bob Bednarski
 United States		 212.5 kg Kauko Kangasniemi
 Finland		 190.0 kg
Total Bob Bednarski
 United States		 555.0 kg
WR 		Jaan Talts
 Soviet Union		 547.5 kg Kauko Kangasniemi
 Finland		 507.5 kg
+110 kg
Press Serge Reding
 Belgium		 202.5 kg Joseph Dube
 United States		 202.5 kg Stanislav Batishchev
 Soviet Union		 192.5 kg
Snatch Stanislav Batishchev
 Soviet Union		 165.0 kg Joseph Dube
 United States		 162.5 kg Leonid Zhabotinsky
 Soviet Union		 162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Serge Reding
 Belgium		 215.0 kg Stanislav Batishchev
 Soviet Union		 212.5 kg Joseph Dube
 United States		 212.5 kg
Total Joseph Dube
 United States		 577.5 kg Serge Reding
 Belgium		 570.0 kg Stanislav Batishchev
 Soviet Union		 570.0 kg

Medal table

Medal winners of 56 kg. From left to right, Atanas Kirov, Mohammad Nassiri and Hiroshi Ono.

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2237
2 Japan2013
3 United States2002
4 Finland1023
 Poland1023
6 Iran1001
7 Hungary0314
8 Bulgaria0202
9 Belgium0101
 Sweden0101
Totals (10 entries)99927

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union1071027
2 United States5319
3 Poland44513
4 Japan43512
5 Hungary37414
6 Iran3104
7 Finland2349
8 Belgium2103
9 Bulgaria1304
10 Sweden1214
11 France1001
12 Czechoslovakia0112
13 East Germany0101
14 Norway0022
15 Puerto Rico0011
 Thailand0011
 United Arab Republic0011
Totals (17 entries)363636108

References

  • Results (Sport 123)
  • Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • International Weightlifting Federation