1983 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Moskva
Country URS
Held 22 – 31 October 1983
Competitors 38
Countries 9

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 2
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 2
-100 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-100 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
+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 16 13 1 30
2 Bulgaria BUL 12 8 5 25
3 East Germany GDR 2 2 4 8
4 Poland POL 0 4 7 11
5 Hungary HUN 0 3 2 5
6 Romania ROU 0 0 5 5
7 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 4 4
8 China CHN 0 0 1 1
= Japan JPN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Neno Terziyski BUL Jacek Gutowski POL Hidemi Miyashita JPN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Neno Terziyski BUL Stefan Leletko POL Jacek Gutowski POL
-52 kg Total, Men Neno Terziyski BUL Jacek Gutowski POL Stefan Leletko POL
-56 kg Snatch, Men Naim Suleimanov BUL Oksen Mirzoyan URS Wu Shude CHN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Oksen Mirzoyan URS Andreas Letz GDR Naim Suleimanov BUL
-56 kg Total, Men Oksen Mirzoyan URS Naim Suleimanov BUL Andreas Letz GDR
-60 kg Snatch, Men Yurik Sarkisyan URS Marek Seweryn POL Stefan Topurov BUL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stefan Topurov BUL Yurik Sarkisyan URS Gelu Radu ROU
-60 kg Total, Men Yurik Sarkisyan URS Stefan Topurov BUL Gelu Radu ROU
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Andreas Behm GDR Joachim Kunz GDR
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Joachim Kunz GDR Yanko Rusev BUL Andreas Behm GDR
-67.5 kg Total, Men Joachim Kunz GDR Yanko Rusev BUL Andreas Behm GDR
-75 kg Snatch, Men Vladimir Kuznetsov URS Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Dragomir Cioroslan ROU
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Zdravko Stoichkov BUL Vladimir Kuznetsov URS
-75 kg Total, Men Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Vladimir Kuznetsov URS Zdravko Stoichkov BUL
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Asen Zlatev BUL Yuri Vardanyan URS László Barsi HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL Lubomír Vymazal TCH
-82.5 kg Total, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL László Barsi HUN
-90 kg Snatch, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Viktor Solodov URS Andrzej Piotrowski POL
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Viktor Solodov URS Andrzej Piotrowski POL
-90 kg Total, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Viktor Solodov URS Andrzej Piotrowski POL
-100 kg Snatch, Men Aleksandr Popov URS Pavel Kuznetsov URS Vasile Groapă ROU
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Pavel Kuznetsov URS Aleksandr Popov URS Andrzej Komar POL
-100 kg Total, Men Pavel Kuznetsov URS Aleksandr Popov URS Andrzej Komar POL
-110 kg Snatch, Men Vyacheslav Klokov URS József Jacsó HUN Ștefan Tașnadi ROU
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vyacheslav Klokov URS József Jacsó HUN Anton Baraniak TCH
-110 kg Total, Men Vyacheslav Klokov URS József Jacsó HUN Anton Baraniak TCH
+110 kg Snatch, Men Anatoly Pisarenko URS Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Pavel Khek TCH
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anatoly Pisarenko URS Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Antonio Krastev BUL
+110 kg Total, Men Anatoly Pisarenko URS Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Antonio Krastev BUL