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 Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 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 URS Marian Jankowski POL Imre Földi HUN
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Marian Zieliński POL Ike Berger USA Sebastiano Mannironi ITA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Bushuyev URS Akop Faradzhyan URS Abdul Wahid Aziz IRQ
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Tommy Kono USA Fyodor Bogdanovsky URS Jan Bochenek POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rudolf Plyukfelder URS Ireneusz Paliński POL Jim George USA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Louis Martin GBR Arkady Vorobyov URS Czesław Białas POL
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yury Vlasov URS Jim Bradford USA Ivan Veselinov BUL