1978 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1978 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States from October 4 to October 8, 1978. There were 185 men in action from 35 nations.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	105.0 kg	Tadeusz Golik  Poland	105.0 kg	Francisco Casamayor  Cuba	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	135.0 kg	Tadeusz Golik  Poland	132.5 kg	Masatomo Takeuchi  Japan	130.0 kg
Total	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Tadeusz Golik  Poland	237.5 kg	Francisco Casamayor  Cuba	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	117.5 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	115.0 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	145.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	142.5 kg	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	142.5 kg
Total	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	260.0 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	252.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	István Lénárt  Hungary	122.5 kg	László Száraz  Hungary	122.5 kg	Tan Hanyong  China	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Takashi Saito  Japan	157.5 kg	Marek Sachmaciński  Poland	155.0 kg	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	152.5 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	270.0 kg	Takashi Saito  Japan	267.5 kg	Valentin Todorov  Bulgaria	267.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Mario Villalobo  Cuba	135.0 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	135.0 kg	Virgil Dociu  Romania	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	175.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	172.5 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	170.0 kg
Total	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	310.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	302.5 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	300.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	155.0 kg	Julio Echenique  Cuba	147.5 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	192.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	190.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	190.0 kg
Total	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	347.5 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	337.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	335.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	157.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Daniel Zayas  Cuba	195.0 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	195.0 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	377.5 kg WR	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	352.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	345.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	170.0 kg	György Rehus-Uzor  Hungary	165.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics  Hungary	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	215.0 kg	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics  Hungary	202.5 kg
Total	Rolf Milser  West Germany	377.5 kg	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	375.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics  Hungary	367.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Sergey Arakelov  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	David Rigert  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Manfred Funke  East Germany	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	220.0 kg	Sergey Arakelov  Soviet Union	217.5 kg	Anton Baraniak  Czechoslovakia	205.0 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	390.0 kg	Sergey Arakelov  Soviet Union	390.0 kg	Manfred Funke  East Germany	367.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Leif Nilsson  Sweden	175.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	230.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	215.0 kg	György Szalai  Hungary	210.0 kg
Total	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	402.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	385.0 kg	Leif Nilsson  Sweden	385.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	187.5 kg	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	235.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	232.5 kg	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	230.0 kg
Total	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	417.5 kg	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	417.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	410.0 kg

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	9
2	Cuba	2	0	1	3
3	East Germany	1	1	4	6
4	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
5	West Germany	1	0	0	1
6	Poland	0	3	1	4
7	Hungary	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
9	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		10	10	10	30

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	13	8	4	25
2	Cuba	6	2	3	11
3	Bulgaria	3	2	2	7
4	East Germany	2	4	8	14
5	Japan	2	1	2	5
6	West Germany	2	0	0	2
7	Hungary	1	4	5	10
8	Sweden	1	0	1	2
9	Poland	0	9	2	11
10	China	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		30	30	30	90

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

• International Weightlifting Federation