1973 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City La Habana
Country CUB
Held 15 – 23 September 1973
Competitors 39
Countries 13

Events

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 12 8 2 22
2 Bulgaria BUL 7 7 3 17
3 Japan JPN 2 0 3 5
4 Iran IRI 2 0 0 2
5 East Germany GDR 1 6 5 12
6 Hungary HUN 1 3 1 5
7 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
8 Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
9 Poland POL 0 1 5 6
10 Cuba CUB 0 1 2 3
11 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 3 3
12 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= Romania ROU 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men Takeshi Horikoshi JPN Zygmunt Smalcerz POL Ion Hortopan ROU
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mohammad Nassiri IRI Lajos Szűcs HUN Zygmunt Smalcerz POL
flyweight -52 kg Total, Men Mohammad Nassiri IRI Lajos Szűcs HUN Zygmunt Smalcerz POL
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men Koji Miki JPN Georgi Todorov BUL Atanas Kirov BUL
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Atanas Kirov BUL Georgi Todorov BUL Karel Prohl TCH
bantamweight -56 kg Total, Men Atanas Kirov BUL Georgi Todorov BUL Koji Miki JPN
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men János Benedek HUN Dito Shanidze URS Kurt Pittner AUT
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Norayr Nurikyan BUL Dito Shanidze URS Kazumasa Hirai JPN
featherweight -60 kg Total, Men Dito Shanidze URS Norayr Nurikyan BUL Jan Wojnowski POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men Mladen Kuchev BUL Mukharby Kirzhinov URS Petar Yanev BUL
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mukharby Kirzhinov URS Mladen Kuchev BUL Masao Kato JPN
lightweight -67.5 kg Total, Men Mukharby Kirzhinov URS Mladen Kuchev BUL Petar Yanev BUL
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men Nedelcho Kolev BUL Peter Wenzel GDR Ondrej Hekel TCH
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nedelcho Kolev BUL András Stark HUN Peter Wenzel GDR
middleweight -75 kg Total, Men Nedelcho Kolev BUL Peter Wenzel GDR András Stark HUN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men Leif Jensen NOR Vladimir Ryzhenkov URS Frank Zielecke GDR
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Frank Zielecke GDR Vladimir Ryzhenkov URS Stefan Sochański POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total, Men Vladimir Ryzhenkov URS Frank Zielecke GDR Stefan Sochański POL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men David Rigert URS Andon Nikolov BUL Peter Petzold GDR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vasily Kolotov URS David Rigert URS Peter Petzold GDR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total, Men David Rigert URS Vasily Kolotov URS Peter Petzold GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men Pavel Pervushin URS Javier González CUB Rudolf Strejček TCH
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Pavel Pervushin URS Helmut Losch GDR Javier González CUB
heavyweight -110 kg Total, Men Pavel Pervushin URS Helmut Losch GDR Javier González CUB
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men Rudolf Mang GER Vasily Alekseyev URS Stanislav Batishchev URS
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Gerd Bonk GDR Rudolf Mang GER
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Rudolf Mang GER Stanislav Batishchev URS