1981 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Lille
Country FRA
Held 13 – 20 September 1981
Competitors 39
Countries 11

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 3
-75 kg Total Men Medal 3 3
-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 2
-90 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
-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 2
-110 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 3
-110 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
+110 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
+110 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 3
+110 kg Total Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 15 8 6 29
2 Bulgaria BUL 10 7 9 26
3 East Germany GDR 3 5 1 9
4 Cuba CUB 1 2 2 5
5 France FRA 1 0 1 2
6 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 4 3 7
7 Poland POL 0 2 4 6
8 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= North Korea PRK 0 1 0 1
10 Japan JPN 0 0 3 3
11 Germany GER 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS Jacek Gutowski POL Kazushito Manabe JPN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS Ho Bong-Chol PRK Kazushito Manabe JPN
-52 kg Total, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS Jacek Gutowski POL Kazushito Manabe JPN
-56 kg Snatch, Men Andreas Letz GDR Anton Kodzhabashev BUL Nikolay Zakharov URS
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anton Kodzhabashev BUL Andreas Letz GDR Nikolay Zakharov URS
-56 kg Total, Men Anton Kodzhabashev BUL Andreas Letz GDR Nikolay Zakharov URS
-60 kg Snatch, Men Daniel Núñez CUB Beloslav Manolov BUL Yurik Sarkisyan URS
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Beloslav Manolov BUL Daniel Núñez CUB Yurik Sarkisyan URS
-60 kg Total, Men Beloslav Manolov BUL Daniel Núñez CUB Yurik Sarkisyan URS
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Daniel Senet FRA Joachim Kunz GDR Mincho Pashov BUL
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Joachim Kunz GDR Mincho Pashov BUL Karl-Heinz Radschinsky GER
-67.5 kg Total, Men Joachim Kunz GDR Mincho Pashov BUL Daniel Senet FRA
-75 kg Snatch, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Aleksandr Pervy URS Julio Echenique CUB
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Aleksandr Pervy URS Hermann Kubenka GDR
-75 kg Total, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Aleksandr Pervy URS Julio Echenique CUB
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL Janusz Alchimowicz POL
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Dušan Poliačik TCH Asen Zlatev BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL Dušan Poliačik TCH
-90 kg Snatch, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Yury Zakharevich URS Andrzej Piotrowski POL
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Yury Zakharevich URS Lubomir Usherov BUL
-90 kg Total, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Yury Zakharevich URS Lubomir Usherov BUL
-100 kg Snatch, Men Viktor Sots URS András Hlavati HUN Bruno Matykiewicz TCH
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Viktor Sots URS Veselin Osikovski BUL Bruno Matykiewicz TCH
-100 kg Total, Men Viktor Sots URS Bruno Matykiewicz TCH Veselin Osikovski BUL
-110 kg Snatch, Men Vyacheslav Klokov URS Valery Kravchuk URS Plamen Asparuhov BUL
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Valery Kravchuk URS Anton Baraniak TCH Plamen Asparuhov BUL
-110 kg Total, Men Valery Kravchuk URS Vyacheslav Klokov URS Plamen Asparuhov BUL
+110 kg Snatch, Men Anatoly Pisarenko URS Rudolf Strejček TCH Antonio Krastev BUL
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anatoly Pisarenko URS Senno Salzwedel GDR Tadeusz Rutkowski POL
+110 kg Total, Men Anatoly Pisarenko URS Senno Salzwedel GDR Tadeusz Rutkowski POL