1984 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1984 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from July 29 to August 8, 1984. There were 187 men in action from 48 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1984 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships. The Soviet-led boycott meant that the most dominant forces in weightlifting at the time, the USSR, Bulgaria and East Germany did not take part.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Snatch  Zhou Peishun
China (CHN)
107.5 kg  Hidemi Miyashita
Japan (JPN)
107.5 kg  Zeng Guoqiang
China (CHN)
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Zeng Guoqiang
China (CHN)
130.0 kg  Kazushito Manabe
Japan (JPN)
130.0 kg  Zhou Peishun
China (CHN)
127.5 kg
Total  Zeng Guoqiang
China (CHN)
235.0 kg  Zhou Peishun
China (CHN)
235.0 kg  Kazushito Manabe
Japan (JPN)
232.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch  Lai Runming
China (CHN)
125.0 kg  Wu Shude
China (CHN)
120.0 kg  Masahiro Kotaka
Japan (JPN)
112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Wu Shude
China (CHN)
147.5 kg  Takashi Ichiba
Japan (JPN)
140.0 kg  Masahiro Kotaka
Japan (JPN)
140.0 kg
Total  Wu Shude
China (CHN)
267.5 kg  Lai Runming
China (CHN)
265.0 kg  Masahiro Kotaka
Japan (JPN)
252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch  Tsai Wen-yee
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
125.0 kg  Chen Weiqiang
China (CHN)
125.0 kg  Gelu Radu
Romania (ROU)
125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Chen Weiqiang
China (CHN)
157.5 kg  Gelu Radu
Romania (ROU)
155.0 kg  Uolevi Kahelin
Finland (FIN)
155.0 kg
Total  Chen Weiqiang
China (CHN)
282.5 kg  Gelu Radu
Romania (ROU)
280.0 kg  Tsai Wen-yee
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
272.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch  Andrei Socaci
Romania (ROU)
142.5 kg  Yao Jingyuan
China (CHN)
142.5 kg  Dean Willey
Great Britain (GBR)
140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Yao Jingyuan
China (CHN)
177.5 kg  Choji Taira
Japan (JPN)
172.5 kg  Jouni Grönman
Finland (FIN)
172.5 kg
Total  Yao Jingyuan
China (CHN)
320.0 kg  Andrei Socaci
Romania (ROU)
312.5 kg  Jouni Grönman
Finland (FIN)
312.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch  Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
West Germany (FRG)
150.0 kg  Li Shunzhu
China (CHN)
147.5 kg  Dragomir Cioroslan
Romania (ROU)
147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
West Germany (FRG)
190.0 kg  Jacques Demers
Canada (CAN)
187.5 kg  Dave Morgan
Great Britain (GBR)
185.0 kg
Total  Karl-Heinz Radschinsky
West Germany (FRG)
340.0 kg  Jacques Demers
Canada (CAN)
335.0 kg  Dragomir Cioroslan
Romania (ROU)
332.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch  Petre Becheru
Romania (ROU)
155.0 kg  Giuseppe Lagrotteria
Italy (ITA)
150.0 kg  Ryoji Isaoka
Japan (JPN)
150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Petre Becheru
Romania (ROU)
200.0 kg  Robert Kabbas
Australia (AUS)
192.5 kg  Ryoji Isaoka
Japan (JPN)
190.0 kg
Total  Petre Becheru
Romania (ROU)
355.0 kg  Robert Kabbas
Australia (AUS)
342.5 kg  Ryoji Isaoka
Japan (JPN)
340.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch  Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROU)
172.5 kg  Dumitru Petre
Romania (ROU)
165.0 kg  David Mercer
Great Britain (GBR)
157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROU)
220.0 kg  Hwang Woo-won
South Korea (KOR)
197.5 kg  Dumitru Petre
Romania (ROU)
195.0 kg
Total  Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROU)
392.5 kg  Dumitru Petre
Romania (ROU)
360.0 kg  David Mercer
Great Britain (GBR)
352.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch  Oliver Orok
Nigeria (NGR)
172.5 kg  Rolf Milser
West Germany (FRG)
167.5 kg  Vasile Groapă
Romania (ROU)
165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Vasile Groapă
Romania (ROU)
217.5 kg  Rolf Milser
West Germany (FRG)
217.5 kg  Pekka Niemi
Finland (FIN)
207.5 kg
Total  Rolf Milser
West Germany (FRG)
385.0 kg  Vasile Groapă
Romania (ROU)
382.5 kg  Pekka Niemi
Finland (FIN)
367.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch  Norberto Oberburger
Italy (ITA)
175.0 kg  Gary Taylor
Great Britain (GBR)
170.0 kg  Guy Carlton
United States (USA)
167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Norberto Oberburger
Italy (ITA)
215.0 kg  Ştefan Taşnadi
Romania (ROU)
212.5 kg  Guy Carlton
United States (USA)
210.0 kg
Total  Norberto Oberburger
Italy (ITA)
390.0 kg  Ştefan Taşnadi
Romania (ROU)
380.0 kg  Guy Carlton
United States (USA)
377.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch  Mario Martinez
United States (USA)
185.0 kg  Manfred Nerlinger
West Germany (FRG)
177.5 kg  Dean Lukin
Australia (AUS)
172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Dean Lukin
Australia (AUS)
240.0 kg  Mario Martinez
United States (USA)
225.0 kg  Manfred Nerlinger
West Germany (FRG)
220.0 kg
Total  Dean Lukin
Australia (AUS)
412.5 kg  Mario Martinez
United States (USA)
410.0 kg  Manfred Nerlinger
West Germany (FRG)
397.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 4 2 0 6
2  Romania 2 5 1 8
3  West Germany 2 0 1 3
4  Australia 1 1 0 2
5  Italy 1 0 0 1
6  United States 0 1 1 2
7  Canada 0 1 0 1
8  Japan 0 0 3 3
9  Finland 0 0 2 2
10  Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
 Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 10 30

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

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 10 6 2 18
2  Romania 8 8 5 21
3  West Germany 4 3 2 9
4  Italy 3 1 0 4
5  Australia 2 2 1 5
6  United States 1 2 3 6
7  Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 2
8  Nigeria 1 0 0 1
9  Japan 0 4 7 11
10  Canada 0 2 0 2
11  Great Britain 0 1 4 5
12  South Korea 0 1 0 1
13  Finland 0 0 5 5
Total 30 30 30 90

See also

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