1977 World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Sofia
Country	BUL
Held	9 – 17 July 1977
Competitors	40
Countries	11

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	URS	16	8	2	26
2	Bulgaria	BUL	4	10	5	19
3	Cuba	CUB	4	4	4	12
4	Hungary	HUN	4	2	2	8
5	East Germany	GDR	2	3	9	14
6	Poland	POL	0	2	1	3
7	Iran	IRI	0	1	1	2
8	South Korea	KOR	0	0	3	3
9	Japan	JPN	0	0	1	1
=	Mongolia	MGL	0	0	1	1
=	Sweden	SWE	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men	Ferenc Hornyák bodyweight: 51.7 kg	HUN	Jan Matura bodyweight: 51.5 kg	POL	Dorjiin Enkhbaatar bodyweight: 51.65 kg	MGL
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ferenc Hornyák bodyweight: 51.7 kg	HUN	Mincho Pashov bodyweight: 51.55 kg	BUL	Jan Matura bodyweight: 51.5 kg	POL
-52 kg Total, Men	Ferenc Hornyák bodyweight: 51.7 kg	HUN	Jan Matura bodyweight: 51.5 kg	POL	Mincho Pashov bodyweight: 51.55 kg	BUL
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Daniel Núñez bodyweight: 55.25 kg	CUB	Oleg Karayanidi bodyweight: 56.0 kg	URS	Vicente Quintana bodyweight: 55.3 kg	CUB
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Oleg Karayanidi bodyweight: 56.0 kg	URS	Daniel Núñez bodyweight: 55.25 kg	CUB	Vladimir Starkov bodyweight: 55.8 kg	URS
-56 kg Total, Men	Oleg Karayanidi bodyweight: 56.0 kg	URS	Daniel Núñez bodyweight: 55.25 kg	CUB	Vladimir Starkov bodyweight: 55.8 kg	URS
-60 kg Snatch, Men	Stefan Dimitrov bodyweight: 59.75 kg	BUL	Nasko Bozev bodyweight: 59.80 kg	BUL	Joachim Kunz bodyweight: 59.95 kg	GDR
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Joachim Kunz bodyweight: 59.95 kg	GDR	Stefan Dimitrov bodyweight: 59.75 kg	BUL	Abdollah Ashrafi bodyweight: 59.5 kg	IRI
-60 kg Total, Men	Joachim Kunz bodyweight: 59.95 kg	GDR	Stefan Dimitrov bodyweight: 59.75 kg	BUL	Nasko Bozev bodyweight: 59.80 kg	BUL
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men	Stefan Petrov bodyweight: 66.95 kg	BUL	Ali Pakizehjam bodyweight: 67.2 kg	IRI	Teruhiko Fukuda bodyweight: 66.6 kg	JPN
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vladimir Mikhalev bodyweight: 67.4 kg	URS	Yanko Rusev bodyweight: 66.7 kg	BUL	Stefan Petrov bodyweight: 66.95 kg	BUL
-67.5 kg Total, Men	Vladimir Mikhalev bodyweight: 67.4 kg	URS	Stefan Petrov bodyweight: 66.95 kg	BUL	Yanko Rusev bodyweight: 66.7 kg	BUL
-75 kg Snatch, Men	Daniel Zayas bodyweight: 74.8 kg	CUB	Valery Talayev bodyweight: 74.85 kg	URS	Julio Echenique bodyweight: 74.1 kg	CUB
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Daniel Zayas bodyweight: 74.8 kg	CUB	Valery Talayev bodyweight: 74.85 kg	URS	Julio Echenique bodyweight: 74.1 kg	CUB
-75 kg Total, Men	Daniel Zayas bodyweight: 74.8 kg	CUB	Valery Talayev bodyweight: 74.85 kg	URS	Julio Echenique bodyweight: 74.1 kg	CUB
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men	Nikolay Gruzdiev bodyweight: 82.1 kg	URS	József Kovács bodyweight: 81.95 kg	HUN	Hristo Belichovsky bodyweight: 81.8 kg	BUL
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Nikolay Gruzdiev bodyweight: 82.1 kg	URS	Hristo Belichovsky bodyweight: 81.8 kg	BUL	Harald Georgi bodyweight: 81.2 kg	GDR
-82.5 kg Total, Men	Nikolay Gruzdiev bodyweight: 82.1 kg	URS	Hristo Belichovsky bodyweight: 81.8 kg	BUL	Harald Georgi bodyweight: 81.2 kg	GDR
-90 kg Snatch, Men	Pavel Syrchin bodyweight: 89.55 kg	URS	Isa Movsarov bodyweight: 89.2 kg	URS	An Ji-Yeong bodyweight: 88.0 kg	KOR
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Pavel Syrchin bodyweight: 89.55 kg	URS	Detlef Jahnel bodyweight: 88.7 kg	GDR	An Ji-Yeong bodyweight: 88.0 kg	KOR
-90 kg Total, Men	Pavel Syrchin bodyweight: 89.55 kg	URS	Detlef Jahnel bodyweight: 88.7 kg	GDR	An Ji-Yeong bodyweight: 88.0 kg	KOR
-100 kg Snatch, Men	Sergey Arakelov bodyweight: 99.1 kg	URS	Viktor Sots bodyweight: 90.6 kg	URS	Ferenc Sinkovics bodyweight: 97.8 kg	HUN
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Sergey Arakelov bodyweight: 99.1 kg	URS	Viktor Sots bodyweight: 90.6 kg	URS	René Wyßuwa bodyweight: 98.2 kg	GDR
-100 kg Total, Men	Sergey Arakelov bodyweight: 99.1 kg	URS	Viktor Sots bodyweight: 90.6 kg	URS	René Wyßuwa bodyweight: 98.2 kg	GDR
-110 kg Snatch, Men	Gennady Klimenchukov bodyweight: 100.3 kg	URS	Toshko Malev bodyweight: 106.7 kg	BUL	Ulrich Merker bodyweight: 107.85 kg	GDR
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Gennady Klimenchukov bodyweight: 100.3 kg	URS	Francisco Méndez bodyweight: 108.25 kg	CUB	Ulrich Merker bodyweight: 107.85 kg	GDR
-110 kg Total, Men	Gennady Klimenchukov bodyweight: 100.3 kg	URS	Francisco Méndez bodyweight: 108.25 kg	CUB	Ulrich Merker bodyweight: 107.85 kg	GDR
+110 kg Snatch, Men	István Réti bodyweight: 131.2 kg	HUN	Rumen Milchev bodyweight: 110.5 kg	BUL	Hans Larsson bodyweight: 112.2 kg	SWE
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Rumen Milchev bodyweight: 110.5 kg	BUL	Heiner Winkler bodyweight: 112.6 kg	GDR	István Réti bodyweight: 131.2 kg	HUN
+110 kg Total, Men	Rumen Milchev bodyweight: 110.5 kg	BUL	István Réti bodyweight: 131.2 kg	HUN	Heiner Winkler bodyweight: 112.6 kg	GDR