1977 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1977 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany from September 17 to September 25, 1977. There were 186 men in action from 44 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	107.5 kg	Masatomo Takeuchi  Japan	105.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	140.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	135.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor  Cuba	132.5 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	247.5 kg WR	György Kőszegi  Hungary	235.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor  Cuba	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	112.5 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jiro Hosotani  Japan	145.0 kg	Chen Manlin  China	140.0 kg	Frank Mavius  East Germany	140.0 kg
Total	Jiro Hosotani  Japan	252.5 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	247.5 kg	Chen Manlin  China	245.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	122.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	122.5 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Ioan Buta  Romania	150.0 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	280.0 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	277.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	142.5 kg WR	Daniel Senet  France	135.0 kg	Werner Schraut  West Germany	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sergey Pevsner  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	172.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	170.0 kg
Total	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	315.0 kg	Sergey Pevsner  Soviet Union	302.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	297.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	150.0 kg	András Stark  Hungary	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	192.5 kg	Günter Schliwka  East Germany	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	187.5 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	345.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	337.5 kg	Günter Schliwka  East Germany	330.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	192.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	192.5 kg
Total	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	352.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	345.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	337.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	162.5 kg	Ferenc Antalovics  Hungary	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	207.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Alberto Blanco  Cuba	197.5 kg
Total	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	375.0 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	370.0 kg	Alberto Blanco  Cuba	355.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	170.0 kg	Anatoly Kozlov  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Kozlov  Soviet Union	205.0 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	205.0 kg	Mark Cameron  United States	202.5 kg
Total	Anatoly Kozlov  Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	367.5 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	365.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	172.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	225.0 kg	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	225.0 kg	Leif Nilsson  Sweden	220.0 kg
Total	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	405.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	395.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	182.5 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev  Soviet Union	182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	237.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	430.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev  Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	420.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	7	3	0	10
2	Bulgaria	1	2	0	3
3	Cuba	1	0	2	3
4	Japan	1	0	0	1
5	East Germany	0	2	3	5
6	Hungary	0	2	0	2
7	West Germany	0	1	0	1
8	Poland	0	0	3	3
9	China	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		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	21	6	2	29
2	Cuba	3	1	4	8
3	Bulgaria	2	6	1	9
4	Japan	2	1	0	3
5	West Germany	1	2	1	4
6	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
7	East Germany	0	7	7	14
8	Hungary	0	2	5	7
	Poland	0	2	5	7
10	China	0	1	1	2
11	France	0	1	0	1
	Iran	0	1	0	1
13	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		30	30	30	90

References

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

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation