1959 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition 1959 Men's World Championships 1958 1961 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).http://polska-sztanga.h2.pl/ps/rekordy-s/prog_rs_72.pdf Progresja Rekordów Świata MęŜczyzn, w latach 1946–1972 polska.sztanga.prv.pl polish 15 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065016/http://polska-sztanga.h2.pl/ps/rekordy-s/prog_rs_72.pdf 25 April 2012 dead Medal summary Bantamweight56 kgVladimir Stogov URS 1955332.5 kgMarian Jankowski POL 1928320.0 kgImre Földi HUN295.0 kgFeatherweight60 kgMarian Zieliński POL 1928365.0 kgIsaac Berger USA 1959362.5 kgSebastiano Mannironi ITA350.0 kgLightweight67.5 kgViktor Bushuev URS 1955385.0 kgAkop Faradzhyan URS 1955370.0 kgAbdul-Wahid Aziz IRQ 1959362.5 kgMiddleweight75 kgTommy Kono USA 1959425.0 kgFyodor Bogdanovsky URS 1955417.5 kgJan Bochenek POL 1928392.5 kgLight heavyweight82.5 kgRudolf Plyukfelder URS 1955457.5 kgIreneusz Paliński POL 1928432.5 kgJim George USA 1959417.5 kgMiddle heavyweight90 kgLouis Martin GBR445.0 kgArkady Vorobyov URS 1955445.0 kgCzesław Białas POL 1928422.5 kgHeavyweight+90 kgYury Vlasov URS 1955500.0 kgJames Bradford USA 1959492.5 kgIvan Veselinov BUL 1946455.0 kg Medal table flagcountry 4 3 0 URS 1955 1 2 2 POL 1928 1 2 1 USA 1959 1 0 0 0 0 1 BUL 1946 0 0 1 0 0 1 IRQ 1959 0 0 1 References Results https://web.archive.org/web/20110709130554/http://sports123.com/wei/index.html 2011-07-09 (Sport 123) Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172617/http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF 2011-05-27 External links International Weightlifting Federation World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships Category:World Weightlifting Championships Category:International weightlifting competitions hosted by Poland