1979 World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City Debrecen
Country HUN
Held 16 – 23 June 1979
Competitors 37
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 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 2
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-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 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 2
-100 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 Soviet Union URS 11 9 8 28
2 Bulgaria BUL 10 10 5 25
3 Cuba CUB 5 1 3 9
4 East Germany GDR 3 4 8 15
5 China CHN 1 2 0 3
6 Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
7 Poland POL 0 1 2 3
8 Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
9 Japan JPN 0 0 1 1
= Norway NOR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Wu Shude
bodyweight: 51.6 kg 		CHN Jacek Gutowski
bodyweight: 50.7 kg 		POL Masahiro Kotaka
bodyweight: 50.9 kg 		JPN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Zhenya Sarandaliev
bodyweight: 51.1 kg 		BUL Su Chingyang
bodyweight: 51.7 kg 		CHN Jacek Gutowski
bodyweight: 50.7 kg 		POL
-52 kg Total, Men Zhenya Sarandaliev
bodyweight: 51.1 kg 		BUL Wu Shude
bodyweight: 51.6 kg 		CHN Jacek Gutowski
bodyweight: 50.7 kg 		POL
-56 kg Snatch, Men Victor Rusu
bodyweight: 55.85 kg 		ROU Samuel Muradyan
bodyweight: 55.95 kg 		URS Yurik Sarkisyan
bodyweight: 55.8 kg 		URS
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yurik Sarkisyan
bodyweight: 55.8 kg 		URS Redzheb Redzhebov
bodyweight: 55.95 kg 		BUL Samuel Muradyan
bodyweight: 55.95 kg 		URS
-56 kg Total, Men Yurik Sarkisyan
bodyweight: 55.8 kg 		URS Samuel Muradyan
bodyweight: 55.95 kg 		BUL Redzheb Redzhebov
bodyweight: 55.95 kg 		BUL
-60 kg Snatch, Men Georgi Panchev
bodyweight: 59.4 kg 		BUL István Lénárt
bodyweight: 59.45 kg 		HUN Julio Loscos
bodyweight: 59.95 kg 		CUB
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Georgi Panchev
bodyweight: 59.4 kg 		BUL Sergey Kuznetsov
bodyweight: 59.55 kg 		URS Julio Loscos
bodyweight: 59.95 kg 		CUB
-60 kg Total, Men Georgi Panchev
bodyweight: 59.4 kg 		BUL Sergey Kuznetsov
bodyweight: 59.55 kg 		URS Julio Loscos
bodyweight: 59.95 kg 		CUB
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Joachim Kunz
bodyweight: 67.35 kg 		GDR Eugen Chivu
bodyweight: 67.15 kg 		ROU Budin Dimitrov
bodyweight: 66.65 kg 		BUL
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Joachim Kunz
bodyweight: 67.35 kg 		GDR Budin Dimitrov
bodyweight: 66.65 kg 		BUL Hermann Kubenka
bodyweight: kg 		GDR
-67.5 kg Total, Men Joachim Kunz
bodyweight: 67.35 kg 		GDR Budin Dimitrov
bodyweight: 66.65 kg 		BUL Eugen Chivu
bodyweight: 67.15 kg 		ROU
-75 kg Snatch, Men Julio Echenique
bodyweight: 74.3 kg
Viktor Bugrov
bodyweight: 74.3 kg 		CUB
URS 		Aleksandr Pervy
bodyweight: 74.25 kg 		URS
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Julio Echenique
bodyweight: kg 		CUB Aleksandr Pervy
bodyweight: kg 		URS Viktor Bugrov
bodyweight: kg 		URS
-75 kg Total, Men Julio Echenique
bodyweight: 74.3 kg 		CUB Viktor Bugrov
bodyweight: 74.3 kg 		URS Aleksandr Pervy
bodyweight: 74.25 kg 		URS
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Stanimir Bayraktarov
bodyweight: 81.75 kg 		BUL Aleksey Glukhov
bodyweight: 82.2 kg 		URS József Kalmár
bodyweight: 81.5 kg 		HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stanimir Bayraktarov
bodyweight: 81.75 kg 		BUL Aleksey Glukhov
bodyweight: 82.2 kg 		URS Radi Radev
bodyweight: 81.9 kg 		BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Stanimir Bayraktarov
bodyweight: 81.75 kg 		BUL Aleksey Glukhov
bodyweight: 82.2 kg 		URS Radi Radev
bodyweight: 81.9 kg 		BUL
-90 kg Snatch, Men Aleksey Khilazhev
bodyweight: 89.65 kg 		URS Frank Mantek
bodyweight: 88.9 kg 		GDR Lyubomir Nikolov
bodyweight: 88.4 kg 		BUL
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksey Khilazhev
bodyweight: 89.65 kg 		URS Lyubomir Nikolov
bodyweight: 88.4 kg 		BUL Frank Mantek
bodyweight: 88.9 kg 		GDR
-90 kg Total, Men Aleksey Khilazhev
bodyweight: 89.65 kg 		URS Lyubomir Nikolov
bodyweight: 88.4 kg 		BUL Frank Mantek
bodyweight: 88.9 kg 		GDR
-100 kg Snatch, Men Krasimir Keranov
bodyweight: 96.9 kg 		BUL Oleg Tanurov
bodyweight: 98.15 kg 		URS Sergey Gnezdilov
bodyweight: 99.3 kg 		URS
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sergey Gnezdilov
bodyweight: 99.3 kg 		URS Krasimir Keranov
bodyweight: 96.9 kg 		BUL Oleg Tanurov
bodyweight: 98.15 kg 		URS
-100 kg Total, Men Sergey Gnezdilov
bodyweight: 99.3 kg 		URS Krasimir Keranov
bodyweight: 96.9 kg 		BUL Oleg Tanurov
bodyweight: 98.15 kg 		URS
-110 kg Snatch, Men Vyacheslav Klokov
bodyweight: 106.55 kg 		URS René Wyßuwa
bodyweight: 109.7 kg 		GDR Michael Kahnfeld
bodyweight: 102.1 kg 		GDR
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vyacheslav Klokov
bodyweight: 106.55 kg 		URS René Wyßuwa
bodyweight: 109.7 kg 		GDR Michael Kahnfeld
bodyweight: 102.1 kg 		GDR
-110 kg Total, Men Vyacheslav Klokov
bodyweight: 106.55 kg 		URS René Wyßuwa
bodyweight: 109.7 kg 		GDR Michael Kahnfeld
bodyweight: 102.1 kg 		GDR
+110 kg Snatch, Men Antonio Krastev
bodyweight: 119.8 kg 		BUL Francisco Méndez
bodyweight: 129.6 kg 		CUB Tage Knudsen
bodyweight: 111.1 kg 		NOR
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Francisco Méndez
bodyweight: 129.6 kg 		CUB Antonio Krastev
bodyweight: 119.8 kg 		BUL Senno Salzwedel
bodyweight: 121.55 kg 		GDR
+110 kg Total, Men Francisco Méndez
bodyweight: 129.6 kg 		CUB Antonio Krastev
bodyweight: 119.8 kg 		BUL Senno Salzwedel
bodyweight: 121.55 kg 		GDR