1959 World Weightlifting Championships

1959 Men's World Championships
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The 1959 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 29 to October 4, 1959. There were 85 men in action from 19 nations.

The Soviet Union earned the most gold medals (4) and the most overall medals (7). Host nation Poland finished second with one gold and five overall medals.

Four World Records were broken: in 82.5 kg category, Rudolf Plyukfelder of the Soviet Union set two new world records in the snatch (141 kg) and the total (457.5 kg), while Ireneusz Paliński of Poland set a new world record in the clean & jerk (178.5 kg). Plyukfelder's total would have also won the 90 kg category.

In the 90+ kg category, Yury Vlasov of the Soviet Union broke the world record in the snatch (153 kg).[1]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
56 kg
Vladimir Stogov
 Soviet Union
332.5 kg Marian Jankowski
 Poland
320.0 kg Imre Földi
 Hungary
295.0 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Marian Zieliński
 Poland
365.0 kg Isaac Berger
 United States
362.5 kg Sebastiano Mannironi
 Italy
350.0 kg
Lightweight
67.5 kg
Viktor Bushuev
 Soviet Union
385.0 kg Akop Faradzhyan
 Soviet Union
370.0 kg Abdul-Wahid Aziz
 Iraq
362.5 kg
Middleweight
75 kg
Tommy Kono
 United States
425.0 kg Fyodor Bogdanovsky
 Soviet Union
417.5 kg Jan Bochenek
 Poland
392.5 kg
Light heavyweight
82.5 kg
Rudolf Plyukfelder
 Soviet Union
457.5 kg Ireneusz Paliński
 Poland
432.5 kg Jim George
 United States
417.5 kg
Middle heavyweight
90 kg
Louis Martin
 Great Britain
445.0 kg Arkady Vorobyov
 Soviet Union
445.0 kg Czesław Białas
 Poland
422.5 kg
Heavyweight
+90 kg
Yury Vlasov
 Soviet Union
500.0 kg James Bradford
 United States
492.5 kg Ivan Veselinov
 Bulgaria
455.0 kg

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union4307
2 Poland1225
3 United States1214
4 Great Britain1001
5 Bulgaria0011
 Hungary0011
 Iraq0011
 Italy0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

References

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  1. ^ "Progresja Rekordów Świata MęŜczyzn, w latach 1946–1972" (PDF) (in Polish). polska.sztanga.prv.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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