1974 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1974 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Manila, Philippines from September 21 to September 29, 1974. There were 143 men in action from 32 nations.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	György Kőszegi  Hungary	105.0 kg	Takeshi Horikoshi  Japan	105.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	132.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	127.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	125.0 kg
Total	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	232.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	230.0 kg	Takeshi Horikoshi  Japan	227.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	112.5 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Davoud Maleki  Iran	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jiro Hosotani  Japan	147.5 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	137.5 kg
Total	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	255.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	250.0 kg	Jiro Hosotani  Japan	245.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	125.0 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	122.5 kg	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	155.0 kg
Total	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	280.0 kg WR	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	277.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	277.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi  Iran	130.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	175.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	172.5 kg	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	167.5 kg
Total	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	305.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	302.5 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi  Iran	295.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	152.5 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	150.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	180.0 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	180.0 kg
Total	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	335.0 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	332.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	322.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	195.0 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	195.0 kg	Tsvetko Petkov  Bulgaria	195.0 kg
Total	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	350.0 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	350.0 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	347.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Jaakko Kailajärvi  Finland	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	215.0 kg WR	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	205.0 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	202.5 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	387.5 kg WR	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Peter Petzold  East Germany	355.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valery Ustyuzhin  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	165.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	212.5 kg	Valery Ustyuzhin  Soviet Union	212.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	207.5 kg
Total	Valery Ustyuzhin  Soviet Union	380.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	377.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	367.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	220.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	217.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	425.0 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	390.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	382.5 kg

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	2	1	7
2	Bulgaria	4	1	1	6
3	Iran	1	0	1	2
4	Poland	0	2	0	2
5	East Germany	0	1	3	4
6	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
9	Japan	0	0	2	2
10	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 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	13	5	4	22
2	Bulgaria	8	8	5	21
3	Iran	2	1	3	6
4	Poland	1	4	3	8
5	East Germany	1	3	6	10
6	Japan	1	1	2	4
7	Hungary	1	1	1	3
8	Norway	0	2	1	3
9	Belgium	0	2	0	2
10	Finland	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		27	27	27	81

Rank	Team	Points
1	Bulgaria	78
2	Soviet Union	74
3	Poland	50
4	Japan	42
5	East Germany	39
6	Hungary	35

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

• International Weightlifting Federation