1977 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Stuttgart
Country GER
Held 17 – 25 September 1977
Competitors 43
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-82.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
+110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
+110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 21 6 2 29
2 Cuba CUB 3 1 4 8
3 Bulgaria BUL 2 6 1 9
4 Japan JPN 2 1 0 3
5 Germany GER 1 2 1 4
6 Switzerland SUI 1 0 1 2
7 East Germany GDR 0 7 7 14
8 Hungary HUN 0 2 5 7
= Poland POL 0 2 5 7
10 China CHN 0 1 1 2
11 France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Iran IRI 0 1 0 1
13 Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
= United States USA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS Masatomo Takeuchi JPN György Kőszegi HUN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS Mohammad Nassiri IRI Francisco Casamayor CUB
-52 kg Total, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS György Kőszegi HUN Francisco Casamayor CUB
-56 kg Snatch, Men Daniel Núñez CUB Georgi Todorov BUL Tadeusz Dembończyk POL
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Jiro Hosotani JPN Chen Manlin CHN Frank Mavius GDR
-56 kg Total, Men Jiro Hosotani JPN Georgi Todorov BUL Chen Manlin CHN
-60 kg Snatch, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Grzegorz Cziura POL Yanko Rusev BUL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Yanko Rusev BUL Ioan Buta ROU
-60 kg Total, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Yanko Rusev BUL Grzegorz Cziura POL
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Tony Urrutia CUB Daniel Senet FRA Werner Schraut GER
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sergey Pevsner URS Tony Urrutia CUB Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL
-67.5 kg Total, Men Tony Urrutia CUB Sergey Pevsner URS Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL
-75 kg Snatch, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Peter Wenzel GDR András Stark HUN
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Günter Schliwka GDR Peter Wenzel GDR
-75 kg Total, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Peter Wenzel GDR Günter Schliwka GDR
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Gennady Bessonov URS Blagoy Blagoev BUL Péter Baczakó HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Gennady Bessonov URS Paweł Rabczewski POL Péter Baczakó HUN
-82.5 kg Total, Men Gennady Bessonov URS Péter Baczakó HUN Paweł Rabczewski POL
-90 kg Snatch, Men Sergey Poltoratsky URS Rolf Milser GER Ferenc Antalovics HUN
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Rolf Milser GER Sergey Poltoratsky URS Alberto Blanco CUB
-90 kg Total, Men Sergey Poltoratsky URS Rolf Milser GER Alberto Blanco CUB
-100 kg Snatch, Men Michel Broillet SUI Anatoly Kozlov URS Helmut Losch GDR
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anatoly Kozlov URS Helmut Losch GDR Mark Cameron USA
-100 kg Total, Men Anatoly Kozlov URS Helmut Losch GDR Michel Broillet SUI
-110 kg Snatch, Men Valentin Hristov BUL Jürgen Ciezki GDR Yury Zaytsev URS
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Valentin Hristov BUL Leif Nilsson SWE
-110 kg Total, Men Valentin Hristov BUL Yury Zaytsev URS Jürgen Ciezki GDR
+110 kg Snatch, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR Aslanbek Yenaldiyev URS
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Aslanbek Yenaldiyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR
+110 kg Total, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Aslanbek Yenaldiyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR