1975 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Moskva
Country URS
Held 15 – 23 September 1975
Competitors 36
Countries 10

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 3
bantamweight -56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
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 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
lightweight -67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
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 2
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 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 9 12 2 23
2 Bulgaria BUL 9 6 6 21
3 Poland POL 5 4 3 12
4 East Germany GDR 3 1 8 12
5 Germany GER 1 0 0 1
6 Japan JPN 0 2 1 3
7 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 2 3
8 Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
9 Hungary HUN 0 0 4 4
10 Finland FIN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men Zygmunt Smalcerz POL Masatomo Takeuchi JPN Lajos Szűcs HUN
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Zygmunt Smalcerz POL Aleksandr Voronin URS Lajos Szűcs HUN
flyweight -52 kg Total, Men Zygmunt Smalcerz POL Aleksandr Voronin URS Lajos Szűcs HUN
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men Waldemar Korcz POL Włodzimierz Jakób POL Karel Prohl TCH
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Atanas Kirov BUL Karel Prohl TCH Waldemar Korcz POL
bantamweight -56 kg Total, Men Atanas Kirov BUL Waldemar Korcz POL Karel Prohl TCH
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Georgi Todorov BUL Setsuya Goto JPN
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Georgi Todorov BUL Takashi Saito JPN Antoni Pawlak POL
featherweight -60 kg Total, Men Georgi Todorov BUL Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Antoni Pawlak POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL Pyotr Korol URS Mladen Kuchev BUL
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Pyotr Korol URS Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL Mukharby Kirzhinov URS
lightweight -67.5 kg Total, Men Pyotr Korol URS Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL Mladen Kuchev BUL
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL Peter Wenzel GDR
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Peter Wenzel GDR Yordan Mitkov BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL
middleweight -75 kg Total, Men Peter Wenzel GDR Yordan Mitkov BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men Valery Shary URS Trendafil Stoychev BUL Péter Baczakó HUN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Rolf Milser GER Valery Shary URS Trendafil Stoychev BUL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total, Men Valery Shary URS Trendafil Stoychev BUL Juhani Avellan FIN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men David Rigert URS Michel Broillet SUI Sergey Poltoratsky URS
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men David Rigert URS Sergey Poltoratsky URS Peter Petzold GDR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total, Men David Rigert URS Sergey Poltoratsky URS Peter Petzold GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men Valentin Hristov BUL Vasily Mazheykov URS Jürgen Ciezki GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Valentin Hristov BUL Vasily Mazheykov URS Jürgen Ciezki GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Total, Men Valentin Hristov BUL Vasily Mazheykov URS Jürgen Ciezki GDR
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men Hristo Plachkov BUL Vasily Alekseyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Gerd Bonk GDR Vasily Alekseyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Gerd Bonk GDR Hristo Plachkov BUL