1986 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Sofia
Country	BUL
Held	8 – 15 November 1986
Competitors	192
Countries	41

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
-52 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	20	15
-52 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	20	15
-52 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	20	15
-56 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	11	10
-56 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	11	10
-56 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	11	10
-60 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	17	15
-60 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	17	15
-60 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	17	15
-67.5 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	21	15
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	20	15
-67.5 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	21	15
-75 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	25	20
-75 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	25	20
-75 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	25	20
-82.5 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	22	17
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	22	17
-82.5 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	22	18
-90 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	23	17
-90 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	23	17
-90 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	23	17
-100 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	19	15
-100 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	16	13
-100 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	19	15
-110 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	20	17
-110 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	19	16
-110 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	20	17
+110 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	14	14
+110 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	14	14
+110 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	14	14

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	BUL	18	8	1	27
2	Soviet Union	URS	6	13	4	23
3	Romania	ROU	3	2	3	8
4	China	CHN	1	2	4	7
5	Poland	POL	1	1	6	8
6	Germany	GER	1	1	0	2
7	Hungary	HUN	0	1	9	10
8	East Germany	GDR	0	1	2	3
9	Cuba	CUB	0	1	0	1
10	North Korea	PRK	0	0	2	2

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men	Jacek Gutowski bodyweight: 51.50 kg	POL	He Zhuoqiang bodyweight: 51.40 kg	CHN	Lyu Jun-Sik bodyweight: 51.60 kg	PRK
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Sevdalin Marinov bodyweight: 51.80 kg	BUL	Aleksey Kolokoltsev bodyweight: 51.50 kg	URS	Jacek Gutowski bodyweight: 51.50 kg	POL
-52 kg Total, Men	Sevdalin Marinov bodyweight: 51.80 kg	BUL	Jacek Gutowski bodyweight: 51.50 kg	POL	Aleksey Kolokoltsev bodyweight: 51.50 kg	URS
-56 kg Snatch, Men	He Yingqiang bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN	Mitko Grablev bodyweight: 55.80 kg	BUL	Lai Runming bodyweight: 55.90 kg	CHN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mitko Grablev bodyweight: 55.80 kg	BUL	Oksen Mirzoyan bodyweight: 55.60 kg	URS	He Yingqiang bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN
-56 kg Total, Men	Mitko Grablev bodyweight: 55.80 kg	BUL	He Yingqiang bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN	Oksen Mirzoyan bodyweight: 55.60 kg	URS
-60 kg Snatch, Men	Naum Shalamanov bodyweight: 59.80 kg	BUL	Attila Czanka bodyweight: 59.60 kg	ROU	Ye Huanming bodyweight: 59.00 kg	CHN
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Naum Shalamanov bodyweight: 59.80 kg	BUL	Andreas Letz bodyweight: 59.30 kg	GDR	Kim Yong-Su bodyweight: 59.50 kg	PRK
-60 kg Total, Men	Naum Shalamanov bodyweight: 59.80 kg	BUL	Attila Czanka bodyweight: 59.60 kg	ROU	Andreas Letz bodyweight: 59.30 kg	GDR
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men	Mikhail Petrov bodyweight: 67.05 kg	BUL	Stefan Topurov bodyweight: 67.00 kg	BUL	Andreas Behm bodyweight: 66.70 kg	GDR
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mikhail Petrov bodyweight: 67.05 kg	BUL	Stefan Topurov bodyweight: 67.00 kg	BUL	Xiao Minglin bodyweight: 67.30 kg	CHN
-67.5 kg Total, Men	Mikhail Petrov bodyweight: 67.05 kg	BUL	Stefan Topurov bodyweight: 67.00 kg	BUL	Marek Seweryn bodyweight: 67.10 kg	POL
-75 kg Snatch, Men	Borislav Gidikov bodyweight: 75.00 kg	BUL	Aleksandar Varbanov bodyweight: 74.65 kg	BUL	Andrei Socaci bodyweight: 74.35 kg	ROU
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Aleksandar Varbanov bodyweight: 74.65 kg	BUL	Borislav Gidikov bodyweight: 75.00 kg	BUL	Andrei Socaci bodyweight: 74.35 kg	ROU
-75 kg Total, Men	Aleksandar Varbanov bodyweight: 74.65 kg	BUL	Borislav Gidikov bodyweight: 75.00 kg	BUL	Andrei Socaci bodyweight: 74.35 kg	ROU
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men	Asen Zlatev bodyweight: 82.30 kg	BUL	Israil Arsamakov bodyweight: 81.80 kg	URS	László Barsi bodyweight: 81.60 kg	HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Asen Zlatev bodyweight: 82.30 kg	BUL	Enrique Sabari bodyweight: 81.80 kg	CUB	Israil Arsamakov bodyweight: 81.80 kg Zdravko Stoichkov bodyweight: 81.80 kg	URS BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men	Asen Zlatev bodyweight: 82.30 kg	BUL	Israil Arsamakov bodyweight: 81.80 kg	URS	László Barsi bodyweight: 81.60 kg	HUN
-90 kg Snatch, Men	Anatoly Khrapaty bodyweight: 89.30 kg	URS	Zoltán Balázsfi bodyweight: 89.50 kg	HUN	Viktor Solodov bodyweight: 89.40 kg	URS
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Anatoly Khrapaty bodyweight: 89.30 kg	URS	Viktor Solodov bodyweight: 89.40 kg	URS	Sławomir Zawada bodyweight: 88.20 kg	POL
-90 kg Total, Men	Anatoly Khrapaty bodyweight: 89.30 kg	URS	Viktor Solodov bodyweight: 89.40 kg	URS	Zoltán Balázsfi bodyweight: 89.50 kg	HUN
-100 kg Snatch, Men	Nicu Vlad bodyweight: 99.60 kg	ROU	Boris Seregin bodyweight: 99.75 kg	URS	Andor Szanyi bodyweight: 96.90 kg	HUN
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Nicu Vlad bodyweight: 99.60 kg	ROU	Boris Seregin bodyweight: 99.75 kg	URS	Andor Szanyi bodyweight: 96.90 kg	HUN
-100 kg Total, Men	Nicu Vlad bodyweight: 99.60 kg	ROU	Boris Seregin bodyweight: 99.75 kg	URS	Andor Szanyi bodyweight: 96.90 kg	HUN
-110 kg Snatch, Men	Yury Zakharevich bodyweight: 109.10 kg	URS	Sergey Nagirny bodyweight: 109.80 kg	URS	József Jacsó bodyweight: 108.90 kg	HUN
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yury Zakharevich bodyweight: 109.10 kg	URS	Sergey Nagirny bodyweight: 109.80 kg	URS	József Jacsó bodyweight: 108.90 kg	HUN
-110 kg Total, Men	Yury Zakharevich bodyweight: 109.10 kg	URS	Sergey Nagirny bodyweight: 109.80 kg	URS	József Jacsó bodyweight: 108.90 kg	HUN
+110 kg Snatch, Men	Antonio Krastev bodyweight: 161.00 kg	BUL	Leonid Taranenko bodyweight: 138.40 kg	URS	Robert Skolimowski bodyweight: 154.00 kg	POL
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Manfred Nerlinger bodyweight: 140.50 kg	GER	Antonio Krastev bodyweight: 161.00 kg	BUL	Robert Skolimowski bodyweight: 154.00 kg	POL
+110 kg Total, Men	Antonio Krastev bodyweight: 161.00 kg	BUL	Manfred Nerlinger bodyweight: 140.50 kg	GER	Robert Skolimowski bodyweight: 154.00 kg	POL