1975 World Weightlifting Championships

1975 Men's World Championships

Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union
Dates	15–23 September 1975
Main venue	Luzhniki Sports Palace

The 1975 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 15 to September 23, 1975. There were 169 men in action from 33 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	105.0 kg	Masatomo Takeuchi  Japan	105.0 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	132.5 kg	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	132.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	130.0 kg
Total	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	237.5 kg	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	232.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Waldemar Korcz  Poland	112.5 kg	Włodzimierz Jakub  Poland	112.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	140.0 kg	Waldemar Korcz  Poland	140.0 kg
Total	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	255.0 kg	Waldemar Korcz  Poland	252.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	250.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	125.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	125.0 kg	Setsuya Goto  Japan	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Takashi Saito  Japan	155.0 kg	Antoni Pawlak  Poland	155.0 kg
Total	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	285.0 kg WR	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	277.5 kg	Antoni Pawlak  Poland	275.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	137.5 kg	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	135.0 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	177.5 kg WR	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	175.0 kg	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	172.5 kg
Total	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	312.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	312.5 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	302.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	150.0 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	190.0 kg	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	182.5 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	180.0 kg
Total	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	335.0 kg	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	332.5 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	325.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	162.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	200.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	195.0 kg
Total	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	357.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	357.5 kg	Juhani Avellan  Finland	350.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	167.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Peter Petzold  East Germany	202.5 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	377.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	372.5 kg	Peter Petzold  East Germany	362.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Vasily Mazheikov  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	237.5 kg	Vasily Mazheikov  Soviet Union	220.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	220.0 kg
Total	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	417.5 kg	Vasily Mazheikov  Soviet Union	390.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	195.0 kg	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	187.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	242.5 kg	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	232.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	427.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	422.5 kg	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	420.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	4	0	8
2	Bulgaria	3	2	3	8
3	Poland	1	2	1	4
4	East Germany	1	1	2	4
5	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	12	2	23
2	Bulgaria	9	6	6	21
3	Poland	5	4	3	12
4	East Germany	3	1	8	12
5	West Germany	1	0	0	1
6	Japan	0	2	1	3
7	Czechoslovakia	0	1	2	3
8	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
9	Hungary	0	0	4	4
10	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		27	27	27	81

References

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

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation