1959 World Weightlifting Championships

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.

1959 Men's World Championships
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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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