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. Weightlifters from Soviet Union
earned the highest number of gold medals (4) and the most overall medals (7). Host nation Poland finished second with 1 gold and 5 overall medals.
Four World Records broke in this tournament. in 82.5 kg category Rudolf Plyukfelder
from USSR set two new World Record in Snatch (141 kg) and Total (457.5 kg) while Ireneusz Paliński
from set a new World Record in Clean & Jerk (178.5 kg). in 90 kg, Yury Vlasov
broke the Snatch World Record (153 kg).
World Weightlifting Championships
World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation .It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first...
were held in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
from September 29 to October 4, 1959. There were 85 men in action from 19 nations. Weightlifters from Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
earned the highest number of gold medals (4) and the most overall medals (7). Host nation Poland finished second with 1 gold and 5 overall medals.
Four World Records broke in this tournament. in 82.5 kg category Rudolf Plyukfelder
Rudolf Plyukfelder
Rudolf Vladimirovich Plyukfelder is a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.He is Jewish, and was born in Novoorlovka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR....
from USSR set two new World Record in Snatch (141 kg) and Total (457.5 kg) while Ireneusz Paliński
Ireneusz Palinski
Ireneusz Paliński was a Polish weightlifter. He won two Olympic medals for Poland.- References :* *...
from set a new World Record in Clean & Jerk (178.5 kg). in 90 kg, Yury Vlasov
Yury Vlasov
Yury Petrovich Vlasov is a former Olympic heavyweight weightlifter for the Soviet Union, a writer and a politician.- Biography :...
broke the Snatch World Record (153 kg).
Medal summary
| Bantamweight 56 kg |
|332.5 kg | |320.0 kg | |295.0 kg |
| Featherweight 60 kg |
|365.0 kg | |362.5 kg | |350.0 kg |
| Lightweight 67.5 kg |
|385.0 kg | |370.0 kg | |362.5 kg |
| Middleweight 75 kg |
|425.0 kg | |417.5 kg | |392.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight 82.5 kg |
|457.5 kg | |432.5 kg | |417.5 kg |
| Middle heavyweight 90 kg |
|445.0 kg | |445.0 kg | |422.5 kg |
| Heavyweight +90 kg |
|500.0 kg | |492.5 kg | |455.0 kg |
Medal table
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  United States |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
 Iraq |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|