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).[1]
Medal summary
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Medal table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg Poland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | File:Flag of the United States (1959–1960).svg United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Iraq (1959–1963).svg Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
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- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine