1985 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Södertälje
Country SWE
Held 23 August – 1 September 1985
Competitors 38
Countries 12

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 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 2
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
-67.5 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
-75 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 2
-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 2
-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 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 3
+110 kg Total Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Bulgaria BUL 16 9 1 26
2 Soviet Union URS 12 10 3 25
3 Hungary HUN 4 0 3 7
4 East Germany GDR 1 1 3 5
= Romania ROU 1 1 3 5
6 China CHN 0 2 6 8
7 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 2 1 3
8 Italy ITA 0 1 2 3
9 Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
= North Korea PRK 0 1 0 1
11 Poland POL 0 0 4 4
12 Germany GER 0 0 2 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Sevdalin Marinov BUL Lyu Jun-Sik PRK Tadeusz Golik POL
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sevdalin Marinov BUL Zeng Guoqiang CHN Wang Huanbing CHN
-52 kg Total, Men Sevdalin Marinov BUL Zeng Guoqiang CHN Bernard Piekorz POL
-56 kg Snatch, Men Neno Terziyski BUL Oksen Mirzoyan URS He Yingqiang CHN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Neno Terziyski BUL Oksen Mirzoyan URS He Yingqiang CHN
-56 kg Total, Men Neno Terziyski BUL Oksen Mirzoyan URS He Yingqiang CHN
-60 kg Snatch, Men Naum Shalamanov BUL Yurik Sarkisyan URS Andreas Letz GDR
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Naum Shalamanov BUL Yurik Sarkisyan URS Andreas Letz GDR
-60 kg Total, Men Naum Shalamanov BUL Yurik Sarkisyan URS Andreas Letz GDR
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Veselin Galabarov BUL Mikhail Petrov
Jouni Grönman
BUL
FIN
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mikhail Petrov BUL Veselin Galabarov BUL Yao Jingyuan CHN
-67.5 kg Total, Men Mikhail Petrov BUL Veselin Galabarov BUL Yao Jingyuan CHN
-75 kg Snatch, Men Andrei Socaci ROU Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Mincho Pashov BUL
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Mincho Pashov BUL Andrei Socaci ROU
-75 kg Total, Men Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Mincho Pashov BUL Andrei Socaci ROU
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL László Király HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL László Király HUN
-82.5 kg Total, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Asen Zlatev BUL László Király HUN
-90 kg Snatch, Men Anatoly Khrapaty
Viktor Solodov
Zoltán Balázsfi
URS
URS
HUN
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anatoly Khrapaty
Viktor Solodov
URS
URS
Piotr Krukowski POL
-90 kg Total, Men Anatoly Khrapaty
Viktor Solodov
URS
URS
Piotr Krukowski POL
-100 kg Snatch, Men Andor Szanyi HUN Nicu Vlad ROU Pavel Kuznetsov URS
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Andor Szanyi HUN René Wyßuwa GDR Pavel Kuznetsov URS
-100 kg Total, Men Andor Szanyi HUN Pavel Kuznetsov URS Nicu Vlad ROU
-110 kg Snatch, Men Yury Zakharevich URS Norberto Oberburger ITA Miloš Čiernik TCH
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yury Zakharevich URS Miloš Čiernik TCH Norberto Oberburger ITA
-110 kg Total, Men Yury Zakharevich URS Miloš Čiernik TCH Norberto Oberburger ITA
+110 kg Snatch, Men Antonio Krastev BUL Aleksandr Gunyashev URS Leonid Taranenko URS
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Senno Salzwedel GDR Aleksandr Gunyashev URS Manfred Nerlinger GER
+110 kg Total, Men Antonio Krastev BUL Aleksandr Gunyashev URS Manfred Nerlinger GER