1969 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Warszawa
Country POL
Held 20 – 28 September 1969
Competitors 48
Countries 17

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
flyweight -52 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
flyweight -52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
flyweight -52 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 2
bantamweight -56 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Press Men — Medal 3 2
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Press Men — Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total (three lifts) Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 10 7 10 27
2 United States USA 5 3 1 9
3 Poland POL 4 4 5 13
4 Japan JPN 4 3 5 12
5 Hungary HUN 3 7 4 14
6 Iran IRI 3 1 0 4
7 Finland FIN 2 3 4 9
8 Belgium BEL 2 1 0 3
9 Bulgaria BUL 1 3 0 4
10 Sweden SWE 1 2 1 4
11 France FRA 1 0 0 1
12 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 1 2
13 East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
14 Norway NOR 0 0 2 2
15 Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
= Thailand THA 0 0 1 1
= United Arab Republic UAR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Press, Men Vladislav Krishchishin URS Sándor Holczreiter HUN Zygmunt Smalcerz POL
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men Vladimir Smetanin URS Walter Szołtysek POL Chaiya Sukchinda THA
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vladimir Smetanin URS Walter Szołtysek POL Vladislav Krishchishin URS
flyweight -52 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladislav Krishchishin URS Vladimir Smetanin URS Walter Szołtysek POL
bantamweight -56 kg Press, Men Imre Földi HUN Mohammad Nassiri IRI Fernando Báez PUR
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men Henryk Trębicki POL Imre Földi HUN Hiroshi Ono JPN
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mohammad Nassiri IRI Atanas Kirov BUL Hiroshi Ono JPN
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Mohammad Nassiri IRI Atanas Kirov BUL Hiroshi Ono JPN
featherweight -60 kg Press, Men Mladen Kuchev BUL Yoshiyuki Miyake JPN Jan Wojnowski POL
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men Masao Kato JPN Yoshiyuki Miyake JPN Dito Shanidze URS
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Dito Shanidze URS Masao Kato JPN Yoshiyuki Miyake JPN
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yoshiyuki Miyake JPN Mladen Kuchev BUL Dito Shanidze URS
lightweight -67.5 kg Press, Men Nasrollah Dehnavi IRI Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL Waldemar Baszanowski POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men Waldemar Baszanowski POL Ondrej Hekel TCH János Bagócs HUN
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Waldemar Baszanowski POL János Bagócs HUN Ondrej Hekel TCH
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Waldemar Baszanowski POL János Bagócs HUN Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL
middleweight -75 kg Press, Men Viktor Kurentsov URS Juhani Mursu FIN Leif Jensen NOR
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men Aimé Terme FRA Viktor Kurentsov URS Gábor Szarvas HUN
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Viktor Kurentsov URS Gábor Szarvas HUN Tamotsu Sunami JPN
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Kurentsov URS Gábor Szarvas HUN Juhani Mursu FIN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Press, Men Russ Knipp USA Hans Bettembourg SWE Boris Selitsky URS
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men Masashi Ohuchi JPN Norbert Ozimek POL Valery Shary URS
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Károly Bakos HUN Valery Shary URS Boris Selitsky URS
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Masashi Ohuchi JPN Károly Bakos HUN Boris Selitsky URS
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Press, Men Kaarlo Kangasniemi FIN Karl Arnold GDR Bo Johansson SWE
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men Bo Johansson SWE Kaarlo Kangasniemi FIN Géza Tóth HUN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Géza Tóth HUN Kaarlo Kangasniemi FIN Bakr Bassam UAR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Kaarlo Kangasniemi FIN Bo Johansson SWE Géza Tóth HUN
heavyweight -110 kg Press, Men Robert Bednarski USA Jaan Talts URS Eivind Rekustad NOR
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men Robert Bednarski USA Jaan Talts URS Kauko Kangasniemi FIN
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Jaan Talts URS Robert Bednarski USA Kauko Kangasniemi FIN
heavyweight -110 kg Total (three lifts), Men Robert Bednarski USA Jaan Talts URS Kauko Kangasniemi FIN
super-heavyweight +110 kg Press, Men Serge Reding BEL Joe Dube USA Stanislav Batishchev URS
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men Stanislav Batishchev URS Joe Dube USA Leonid Zhabotinsky URS
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Serge Reding BEL Stanislav Batishchev URS Joe Dube USA
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total (three lifts), Men Joe Dube USA Serge Reding BEL Stanislav Batishchev URS