1991 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Donaueschingen
Country GER
Held 27 September – 6 October 1991
Competitors 75
Countries 18

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-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 2
-82.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 3
-100 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-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
-44 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-44 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-44 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 2
-48 kg Total Women — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
+82.5 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
+82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
+82.5 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 26 9 7 42
2 Soviet Union URS 15 8 4 27
3 Bulgaria BUL 6 12 12 30
4 Turkey TUR 3 0 0 3
5 South Korea KOR 2 4 7 13
6 Cuba CUB 2 1 3 6
7 North Korea PRK 2 0 1 3
8 Colombia COL 1 2 0 3
9 Germany GER 0 6 3 9
10 United States USA 0 5 3 8
11 Japan JPN 0 4 3 7
12 India IND 0 3 0 3
13 Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
= France FRA 0 1 1 2
= Poland POL 0 1 1 2
16 Hungary HUN 0 0 6 6
17 Chinese Taipei TPE 0 0 4 4
18 Israel ISR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Zhang Zairong CHN Ivan Ivanov BUL Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ivan Ivanov BUL Sevdalin Minchev BUL Zhang Shoulie CHN
-52 kg Total, Men Ivan Ivanov BUL Sevdalin Minchev BUL Zhang Zairong CHN
-56 kg Snatch, Men Liu Shoubin CHN Luo Jianming CHN Jeon Byeong-Gwan KOR
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Jeon Byeong-Gwan KOR Liu Shoubin CHN Luo Jianming CHN
-56 kg Total, Men Jeon Byeong-Gwan KOR Liu Shoubin CHN Luo Jianming CHN
-60 kg Snatch, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu TUR He Yingqiang CHN Yurik Sarkisyan URS
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu TUR Yurik Sarkisyan URS He Yingqiang CHN
-60 kg Total, Men Naim Süleymanoğlu TUR Yurik Sarkisyan URS He Yingqiang CHN
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Kim Myong-Nam PRK Israel Militosyan URS Yoto Yotov BUL
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ri Hi-Bong PRK Yoto Yotov BUL Wang Yong CHN
-67.5 kg Total, Men Yoto Yotov BUL Israel Militosyan URS Kim Myong-Nam PRK
-75 kg Snatch, Men Lu Gang CHN Pablo Lara CUB Roman Sevasteyev URS
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Pablo Lara CUB Roman Sevasteyev URS Rumen Stoyanov BUL
-75 kg Total, Men Pablo Lara CUB Roman Sevasteyev URS Tudor Casapu URS
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Oleksandr Blyshchyk URS Ibragim Samadov URS Marc Huster GER
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ibragim Samadov URS Cai Yanshu CHN Oleksandr Blyshchyk URS
-82.5 kg Total, Men Ibragim Samadov URS Oleksandr Blyshchyk URS Plamen Bratoychev BUL
-90 kg Snatch, Men Sergey Syrtsov URS Ivan Chakarov BUL Pedro Rodríguez CUB
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sergey Syrtsov URS Kim Byeong-Chan KOR Ivan Chakarov BUL
-90 kg Total, Men Sergey Syrtsov URS Ivan Chakarov BUL Kim Byeong-Chan KOR
-100 kg Snatch, Men Igor Sadykov URS Waldemar Malak POL Włodzimierz Ostapski POL
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Igor Sadykov URS Francis Tournefier FRA Omar Semanat CUB
-100 kg Total, Men Igor Sadykov URS Ivalin Raychev BUL Francis Tournefier FRA
-110 kg Snatch, Men Artur Akoyev URS Ronny Weller GER Yuri Dandik ISR
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Artur Akoyev URS Ronny Weller GER Frank Seipelt GER
-110 kg Total, Men Artur Akoyev URS Ronny Weller GER Ernesto Montoya CUB
+110 kg Snatch, Men Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Manfred Nerlinger GER Martin Zawieja GER
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Manfred Nerlinger GER Kim Tae-Hyeon KOR
+110 kg Total, Men Aliaksandr Kurlovich URS Manfred Nerlinger GER Kim Tae-Hyeon KOR
-44 kg Snatch, Women Xing Fen CHN Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi IND Satomi Saito JPN
-44 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Xing Fen CHN Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi IND Sibby Flowers USA
-44 kg Total, Women Xing Fen CHN Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi IND Sibby Flowers USA
-48 kg Snatch, Women Izabela Rifatova BUL Liao Shuping CHN Chu Nan-Mei TPE
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Liao Shuping CHN Izabela Rifatova BUL Donka Mincheva BUL
-48 kg Total, Women Izabela Rifatova BUL Liao Shuping CHN Donka Mincheva BUL
-52 kg Snatch, Women Peng Liping CHN Robin Byrd USA Janeta Georgieva BUL
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Peng Liping CHN Hiromi Uemura JPN Robin Byrd USA
-52 kg Total, Women Peng Liping CHN Robin Byrd USA Hiromi Uemura JPN
-56 kg Snatch, Women Sun Caiyan CHN Nancy Niro CAN Neli Yankova BUL
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Sun Caiyan CHN Neli Yankova BUL Mami Abe JPN
-56 kg Total, Women Sun Caiyan CHN Neli Yankova BUL Nancy Niro CAN
-60 kg Snatch, Women Han Lixia CHN Won Soon-Yi KOR Daniela Kerkelova BUL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Han Lixia CHN Won Soon-Yi KOR Daniela Kerkelova BUL
-60 kg Total, Women Han Lixia CHN Won Soon-Yi KOR Daniela Kerkelova BUL
-67.5 kg Snatch, Women Lei Li CHN Kumi Haseba JPN Kim Dong-Hee KOR
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Lei Li CHN Kumi Haseba JPN Kim Dong-Hee KOR
-67.5 kg Total, Women Lei Li CHN Kumi Haseba JPN Kim Dong-Hee KOR
-75 kg Snatch, Women Milena Trendafilova BUL Zhang Xiaoli CHN Mária Takács HUN
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Zhang Xiaoli CHN Milena Trendafilova BUL Mária Takács HUN
-75 kg Total, Women Zhang Xiaoli CHN Milena Trendafilova BUL Mária Takács HUN
-82.5 kg Snatch, Women María Isabel Urrutia COL Li Hongling CHN Chen Shu-Chih TPE
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Li Hongling CHN María Isabel Urrutia COL Chen Shu-Chih TPE
-82.5 kg Total, Women Li Hongling CHN María Isabel Urrutia COL Chen Shu-Chih TPE
+82.5 kg Snatch, Women Li Yajuan CHN Carla Garrett USA Erika Takács HUN
+82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Li Yajuan CHN Carla Garrett USA Erika Takács HUN
+82.5 kg Total, Women Li Yajuan CHN Carla Garrett USA Erika Takács HUN