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
edit| 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
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine