1959 World Weightlifting Championships

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The 1959 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 29 to October 4, 1959. There were 85 men in action from 19 nations.

The Soviet Union earned the most gold medals (4) and the most overall medals (7). Host nation Poland finished second with one gold and five overall medals.

Four World Records were broken: in 82.5 kg category, Rudolf Plyukfelder of the Soviet Union set two new world records in the snatch (141 kg) and the total (457.5 kg), while Ireneusz Paliński of Poland set a new world record in the clean & jerk (178.5 kg). Plyukfelder's total would have also won the 90 kg category.

In the 90+ kg category, Yury Vlasov of the Soviet Union broke the world record in the snatch (153 kg).{{cite web|url=http://polska-sztanga.h2.pl/ps/rekordy-s/prog_rs_72.pdf|title=Progresja Rekordów Świata MęŜczyzn, w latach 1946–1972|publisher=polska.sztanga.prv.pl|language=polish|accessdate=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065016/http://polska-sztanga.h2.pl/ps/rekordy-s/prog_rs_72.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2012|url-status=dead}}

Medal summary

Bantamweight
56 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Vladimir Stogov|URS|1955}}

332.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Marian Jankowski|POL|1928}}

320.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Imre Földi|HUN}}

295.0 kg

Featherweight
60 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Marian Zieliński|POL|1928}}

365.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Isaac Berger|USA|1959}}

362.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Sebastiano Mannironi|ITA}}

350.0 kg

Lightweight
67.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Viktor Bushuev|URS|1955}}

385.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Akop Faradzhyan|URS|1955}}

370.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Abdul-Wahid Aziz|IRQ|1959}}

362.5 kg

Middleweight
75 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Tommy Kono|USA|1959}}

425.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Fyodor Bogdanovsky|URS|1955}}

417.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Jan Bochenek|POL|1928}}

392.5 kg

Light heavyweight
82.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Rudolf Plyukfelder|URS|1955}}

457.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Ireneusz Paliński|POL|1928}}

432.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Jim George|USA|1959}}

417.5 kg

Middle heavyweight
90 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Louis Martin|GBR}}

445.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Arkady Vorobyov|URS|1955}}

445.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Czesław Białas|POL|1928}}

422.5 kg

Heavyweight
+90 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Yury Vlasov|URS|1955}}

500.0 kg

|{{flagmedalist|James Bradford|USA|1959}}

492.5 kg

|{{flagmedalist|Ivan Veselinov|BUL|1946}}

455.0 kg

Medal table

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| gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS = {{flagcountry|URS|1955}}

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 2 | name_POL = {{flagcountry|POL|1928}}

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 1 | name_USA = {{flagcountry|USA|1959}}

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1 | name_BUL = {{flagcountry|BUL|1946}}

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1

| gold_IRQ = 0 | silver_IRQ = 0 | bronze_IRQ = 1 | name_IRQ = {{flagcountry|IRQ|1959}}

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

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References

[http://sports123.com/wei/index.html Results] (Sport 123)
[http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172617/http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF |date=2011-05-27 }}

External links

[http://www.iwf.net/ International Weightlifting Federation]

World Weightlifting Championships

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