1959 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Warszawa
Country POL
Held 29 September – 4 October 1959
Competitors 21
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men 29 September 1959 Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men 30 September 1959 Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 1 October 1959 Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men 2 October 1959 Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 3 October 1959 Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 3 October 1959 Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 4 October 1959 Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 4 3 0 7
2 Poland POL 1 2 2 5
3 United States USA 1 2 1 4
4 Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 1
5 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
= Iraq IRQ 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Stogov
bodyweight: 55.9 kg
URS Marian Jankowski
bodyweight: 55.7 kg
POL Imre Földi
bodyweight: 55.5 kg
HUN
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Marian Zieliński
bodyweight: 59.9 kg
POL Ike Berger
bodyweight: 59.5 kg
USA Sebastiano Mannironi
bodyweight: 59.3 kg
ITA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Bushuyev
bodyweight: 67.5 kg
URS Akop Faradzhyan
bodyweight: 66.9 kg
URS Abdul Wahid Aziz
bodyweight: 66.8 kg
IRQ
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono
bodyweight: 74.1 kg
USA Fyodor Bogdanovsky
bodyweight: 75.0 kg
URS Jan Bochenek
bodyweight: 74.7 kg
POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rudolf Plyukfelder
bodyweight: 81.6 kg
URS Ireneusz Paliński
bodyweight: 82.0 kg
POL Jim George
bodyweight: 81.1 kg
USA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Louis Martin
bodyweight: 88.6 kg
GBR Arkady Vorobyov
bodyweight: 89.7 kg
URS Czesław Białas
bodyweight: 89.3 kg
POL
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yury Vlasov
bodyweight: 115.0 kg
URS Jim Bradford
bodyweight: 130.0 kg
USA Ivan Veselinov
bodyweight: 164.3 kg
BUL