1979 Asian Weightlifting Championships

Host City Tokyo
Country JPN
Held 15 – 17 August 1979
Competitors 36
Countries 7

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 2
-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 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 3
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-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 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 Japan JPN 10 7 6 23
2 China CHN 5 6 10 21
3 Iraq IRQ 4 9 1 14
4 North Korea PRK 4 6 5 15
5 South Korea KOR 3 1 2 6
6 Lebanon LBN 3 0 0 3
7 Iran IRI 1 1 6 8

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Tan Weixong CHN Chol Ho-Bong PRK Takeshi Horikoshi JPN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Im Jung-Gwan PRK Chol Ho-Bong PRK Tan Weixong CHN
-52 kg Total, Men Im Jung-Gwan PRK Chol Ho-Bong PRK Tan Weixong CHN
-56 kg Snatch, Men Kenkichi Ando JPN Yang Eui-Yong PRK Faisalah Nasseri IRI
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yang Eui-Yong PRK Lee Myeong-Su KOR Faisalah Nasseri IRI
-56 kg Total, Men Yang Eui-Yong PRK Kenkichi Ando JPN Faisalah Nasseri IRI
-60 kg Snatch, Men Chen Jiancai CHN Takashi Saito JPN Song Sung-Rim PRK
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Takashi Saito JPN Song Sung-Rim PRK Chen Jiancai CHN
-60 kg Total, Men Takashi Saito JPN Chen Jiancai CHN Song Sung-Rim PRK
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Kazumasa Hirai JPN Li Gwang-Ju PRK Yao Jingyuan CHN
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yao Jingyuan CHN Kazumasa Hirai JPN Li Gwang-Ju PRK
-67.5 kg Total, Men Kazumasa Hirai JPN Yao Jingyuan CHN Li Gwang-Ju PRK
-75 kg Snatch, Men Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi LBN Tamotsu Sunami JPN Li Shunzhu CHN
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi LBN Tamotsu Sunami JPN Li Shunzhu CHN
-75 kg Total, Men Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi LBN Tamotsu Sunami JPN Li Shunzhu CHN
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Kaoru Sato JPN Talal Hassoun Abdul Kader IRQ Ryu Dong-Il PRK
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mehdi Attar Ashrafi IRI C. Fuxiang CHN Kaoru Sato JPN
-82.5 kg Total, Men Kaoru Sato JPN Mehdi Attar Ashrafi IRI Talal Hassoun Abdul Kader IRQ
-90 kg Snatch, Men Mitsumasa Sato JPN Hafidh Shihab IRQ Yang Guilin CHN
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mitsumasa Sato JPN Hafidh Shihab IRQ Kim Sang-Hoo KOR
-90 kg Total, Men Mitsumasa Sato JPN Hafidh Shihab IRQ Kim Sang-Hoo KOR
-100 kg Snatch, Men Ahn Ji-Young KOR Yoshiaki Shimosaka JPN Song Zhenzhu CHN
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ahn Ji-Young KOR Song Zhenzhu CHN Yoshiaki Shimosaka JPN
-100 kg Total, Men Ahn Ji-Young KOR Song Zhenzhu CHN Yoshiaki Shimosaka JPN
-110 kg Snatch, Men Ali Abdul Kader Maneer IRQ Yang Huaiqing CHN H. Karegarnezhad IRI
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yang Huaiqing CHN Ali Abdul Kader Maneer IRQ H. Karegarnezhad IRI
-110 kg Total, Men Yang Huaiqing CHN Ali Abdul Kader Maneer IRQ H. Karegarnezhad IRI
+110 kg Snatch, Men Tariq Al-Adeeb IRQ Mahmoud Mansour IRQ Seiki Sugimoto JPN
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Tariq Al-Adeeb IRQ Mahmoud Mansour IRQ G. Wei CHN
+110 kg Total, Men Tariq Al-Adeeb IRQ Mahmoud Mansour IRQ Seiki Sugimoto JPN