1989 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Peiraias
Country GRE
Held 16 – 23 September 1989
Competitors 40
Countries 12

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 2
-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 2
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 2
+110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 13 8 4 25
2 Bulgaria BUL 9 8 5 22
3 China CHN 3 2 4 9
4 Turkey TUR 3 0 0 3
5 Romania ROU 1 3 5 9
6 East Germany GDR 1 3 4 8
7 North Korea PRK 0 1 4 5
8 Great Britain GBR 0 1 2 3
9 Cuba CUB 0 1 1 2
= Poland POL 0 1 1 2
11 Germany GER 0 1 0 1
= South Korea KOR 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men He Zhuoqiang CHN Ivan Ivanov BUL Traian Cihărean ROU
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ivan Ivanov BUL Traian Cihărean ROU He Zhuoqiang CHN
-52 kg Total, Men Ivan Ivanov BUL He Zhuoqiang CHN Traian Cihărean ROU
-56 kg Snatch, Men Liu Shoubin CHN Hafiz Suleymanov URS He Yingqiang CHN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Hafiz Suleymanov URS Jeon Byeong-Gwan KOR Liu Shoubin CHN
-56 kg Total, Men Hafiz Suleymanov URS Liu Shoubin CHN He Yingqiang CHN
-60 kg Snatch, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu TUR Attila Czanka ROU Li Jae-Son PRK
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu TUR Nikolay Peshalov BUL Attila Czanka ROU
-60 kg Total, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu TUR Nikolay Peshalov BUL Attila Czanka ROU
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Israel Militosyan URS Yoto Yotov BUL Kim Myong-Nam PRK
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Israel Militosyan URS Andreas Behm GDR Yoto Yotov BUL
-67.5 kg Total, Men Israel Militosyan URS Yoto Yotov BUL Kim Myong-Nam PRK
-75 kg Snatch, Men Cai Yanshu CHN Altymurat Orazdurdiyev URS Pablo Lara CUB
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Altymurat Orazdurdiyev URS Chon Chol-Ho PRK Aleksandar Varbanov BUL
-75 kg Total, Men Altymurat Orazdurdiyev URS Pablo Lara CUB Chon Chol-Ho PRK
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Kiril Kounev BUL Ingo Steinhöfel GDR Sergey Li URS
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Kiril Kounev BUL Plamen Bratoychev BUL Ingo Steinhöfel GDR
-82.5 kg Total, Men Kiril Kounev BUL Plamen Bratoychev BUL Ingo Steinhöfel GDR
-90 kg Snatch, Men Sergey Syrtsov URS Anatoly Khrapaty URS Ivan Chakarov BUL
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anatoly Khrapaty URS Sergey Syrtsov URS Ivan Chakarov BUL
-90 kg Total, Men Anatoly Khrapaty URS Sergey Syrtsov URS Ivan Chakarov BUL
-100 kg Snatch, Men Nicu Vlad ROU Petar Stefanov BUL Pavel Kuznetsov URS
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Petar Stefanov BUL Udo Guse GDR Nicu Vlad ROU
-100 kg Total, Men Petar Stefanov BUL Nicu Vlad ROU Pavel Kuznetsov URS
-110 kg Snatch, Men Ronny Weller GDR Yury Zakharevich URS Andrew Davies GBR
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stefan Botev Hristov BUL Mirosław Dąbrowski POL Andrew Davies GBR
-110 kg Total, Men Stefan Botev Hristov BUL Andrew Davies GBR Mirosław Dąbrowski POL
+110 kg Snatch, Men Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Rizvan Geliskhanov URS Michael Schubert GDR
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Manfred Nerlinger GER Rizvan Geliskhanov URS
+110 kg Total, Men Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Rizvan Geliskhanov URS Michael Schubert GDR