1969 World Weightlifting Championships

1969 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1969 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 20 to September 28, 1969. There were 166 men from 37 nations in the competition.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Press	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	112.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	110.0 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	105.0 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Smetanin  Soviet Union	102.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	100.0 kg	Chaiya Sukchinda  Thailand	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vladimir Smetanin  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	130.0 kg	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	127.5 kg
Total	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	337.5 kg WR	Vladimir Smetanin  Soviet Union	337.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	335.0 kg
56 kg
Press	Imre Földi  Hungary	125.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	120.0 kg	Fernando Báez  Puerto Rico	115.0 kg
Snatch	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	107.5 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary	105.0 kg	Hiroshi Ono  Japan	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	140.0 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	137.5 kg	Hiroshi Ono  Japan	132.5 kg
Total	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	360.0 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	347.5 kg	Hiroshi Ono  Japan	342.5 kg
60 kg
Press	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	130.0 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	125.0 kg	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	122.5 kg
Snatch	Masao Kato  Japan	117.5 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	115.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	150.0 kg	Masao Kato  Japan	147.5 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	145.0 kg
Total	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	385.0 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	385.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	380.0 kg
67.5 kg
Press	Nasrollah Dehnavi  Iran	140.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	140.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	140.0 kg
Snatch	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	135.0 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	130.0 kg	János Bagócs  Hungary	127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	170.0 kg	János Bagócs  Hungary	167.5 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	162.5 kg
Total	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	445.0 kg WR	János Bagócs  Hungary	430.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	425.0 kg
75 kg
Press	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Juhani Mursu  Finland	145.0 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	142.5 kg
Snatch	Aimé Terme  France	140.0 kg	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	137.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	135.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	175.0 kg	Tamotsu Sunami  Japan	165.0 kg
Total	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	467.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	440.0 kg	Juhani Mursu  Finland	437.5 kg
82.5 kg
Press	Russell Knipp  United States	162.5 kg	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden	162.5 kg	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	160.0 kg
Snatch	Masushi Ouchi  Japan	152.5 kg WR	Norbert Ozimek  Poland	145.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Károly Bakos  Hungary	185.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	182.5 kg	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	182.5 kg
Total	Masushi Ouchi  Japan	487.5 kg	Károly Bakos  Hungary	487.5 kg	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	482.5 kg
90 kg
Press	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	175.0 kg	Karl Arnold  East Germany	170.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	165.0 kg
Snatch	Bo Johansson  Sweden	150.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	150.0 kg	Géza Tóth  Hungary	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Géza Tóth  Hungary	190.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	190.0 kg	Bakr El-Sayed Bassam  United Arab Republic	187.5 kg
Total	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	515.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	500.0 kg	Géza Tóth  Hungary	495.0 kg
110 kg
Press	Bob Bednarski  United States	182.5 kg	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Eivind Rekustad  Norway	175.0 kg
Snatch	Bob Bednarski  United States	160.0 kg WR	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	155.0 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	212.5 kg WR	Bob Bednarski  United States	212.5 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	190.0 kg
Total	Bob Bednarski  United States	555.0 kg WR	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	547.5 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	507.5 kg
+110 kg
Press	Serge Reding  Belgium	202.5 kg	Joseph Dube  United States	202.5 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	192.5 kg
Snatch	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Joseph Dube  United States	162.5 kg	Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Serge Reding  Belgium	215.0 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	212.5 kg	Joseph Dube  United States	212.5 kg
Total	Joseph Dube  United States	577.5 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	570.0 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	570.0 kg

Medal table

Medal winners of 56 kg. From left to right, Atanas Kirov, Mohammad Nassiri and Hiroshi Ono.

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	3	7
2	Japan	2	0	1	3
3	United States	2	0	0	2
4	Finland	1	0	2	3
	Poland	1	0	2	3
6	Iran	1	0	0	1
7	Hungary	0	3	1	4
8	Bulgaria	0	2	0	2
9	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Press, Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	10	7	10	27
2	United States	5	3	1	9
3	Poland	4	4	5	13
4	Japan	4	3	5	12
5	Hungary	3	7	4	14
6	Iran	3	1	0	4
7	Finland	2	3	4	9
8	Belgium	2	1	0	3
9	Bulgaria	1	3	0	4
10	Sweden	1	2	1	4
11	France	1	0	0	1
12	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
13	East Germany	0	1	0	1
14	Norway	0	0	2	2
15	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		36	36	36	108

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation