1986 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Sofia
Country BUL
Held 8 – 15 November 1986
Competitors 41
Countries 10

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 2
-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 4 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 2
-110 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
-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 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 POL He Zhuoqiang CHN Lyu Jun-Sik PRK
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sevdalin Marinov BUL Aleksey Kolokoltsev URS Jacek Gutowski POL
-52 kg Total, Men Sevdalin Marinov BUL Jacek Gutowski POL Aleksey Kolokoltsev URS
-56 kg Snatch, Men He Yingqiang CHN Mitko Grablev BUL Lai Runming CHN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mitko Grablev BUL Oksen Mirzoyan URS He Yingqiang CHN
-56 kg Total, Men Mitko Grablev BUL He Yingqiang CHN Oksen Mirzoyan URS
-60 kg Snatch, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu BUL Attila Czanka ROU Ye Huanming CHN
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu BUL Andreas Letz GDR Kim Yong-Su PRK
-60 kg Total, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu BUL Attila Czanka ROU Andreas Letz GDR
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Mikhail Petrov BUL Stefan Topurov BUL Andreas Behm GDR
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mikhail Petrov BUL Stefan Topurov BUL Xiao Minglin CHN
-67.5 kg Total, Men Mikhail Petrov BUL Stefan Topurov BUL Marek Seweryn POL
-75 kg Snatch, Men Borislav Gidikov BUL Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Andrei Socaci ROU
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Borislav Gidikov BUL Andrei Socaci ROU
-75 kg Total, Men Aleksandar Varbanov BUL Borislav Gidikov BUL Andrei Socaci ROU
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Asen Zlatev BUL Israil Arsamakov URS László Barsi HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Asen Zlatev BUL Enrique Sabari CUB Israil Arsamakov
Zdravko Stoichkov
URS
BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Asen Zlatev BUL Israil Arsamakov URS László Barsi HUN
-90 kg Snatch, Men Anatoly Khrapaty URS Zoltán Balázsfi HUN Viktor Solodov URS
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anatoly Khrapaty URS Viktor Solodov URS Sławomir Zawada POL
-90 kg Total, Men Anatoly Khrapaty URS Viktor Solodov URS Zoltán Balázsfi HUN
-100 kg Snatch, Men Nicu Vlad ROU Boris Seregin URS Andor Szanyi HUN
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nicu Vlad ROU Boris Seregin URS Andor Szanyi HUN
-100 kg Total, Men Nicu Vlad ROU Boris Seregin URS Andor Szanyi HUN
-110 kg Snatch, Men Yury Zakharevich URS Sergey Nagirny URS József Jacsó HUN
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yury Zakharevich URS Sergey Nagirny URS József Jacsó HUN
-110 kg Total, Men Yury Zakharevich URS Sergey Nagirny URS József Jacsó HUN
+110 kg Snatch, Men Antonio Krastev BUL Leonid Taranenko URS Robert Skolimowski POL
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Manfred Nerlinger GER Antonio Krastev BUL Robert Skolimowski POL
+110 kg Total, Men Antonio Krastev BUL Manfred Nerlinger GER Robert Skolimowski POL