1989 World Weightlifting Championships

The following is the final results of the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. Men's competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Snatch  He Zhuoqiang
China (CHN)
117.5 kg  Ivan Ivanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
117.5 kg  Traian Cihărean
Romania (ROU)
115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Ivan Ivanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
155.0 kg
WR
 Traian Cihărean
Romania (ROU)
145.0 kg  He Zhuoqiang
China (CHN)
145.0 kg
Total  Ivan Ivanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
272.5 kg
WR
 He Zhuoqiang
China (CHN)
262.5 kg  Traian Cihărean
Romania (ROU)
260.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch  Liu Shoubin
China (CHN)
130.0 kg  Hafiz Suleymanov
Soviet Union (URS)
130.0 kg  He Yingqiang
China (CHN)
125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Hafiz Suleymanov
Soviet Union (URS)
157.5 kg  Chun Byung-kwan
South Korea (KOR)
155.0 kg  Liu Shoubin
China (CHN)
155.0 kg
Total  Hafiz Suleymanov
Soviet Union (URS)
287.5 kg  Liu Shoubin
China (CHN)
285.0 kg  He Yingqiang
China (CHN)
280.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch  Naim Süleymanoğlu
Turkey (TUR)
145.0 kg  Attila Czanka
Romania (ROU)
137.5 kg  Ri Jae-son
North Korea (PRK)
137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Naim Süleymanoğlu
Turkey (TUR)
172.5 kg  Nikolay Peshalov
Bulgaria (BUL)
170.0 kg  Attila Czanka
Romania (ROU)
167.5 kg
Total  Naim Süleymanoğlu
Turkey (TUR)
317.5 kg  Nikolay Peshalov
Bulgaria (BUL)
307.5 kg  Attila Czanka
Romania (ROU)
305.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch  Israel Militosyan
Soviet Union (URS)
160.0 kg
WR
 Yoto Yotov
Bulgaria (BUL)
155.0 kg  Kim Myong-nam
North Korea (PRK)
152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Israel Militosyan
Soviet Union (URS)
187.5 kg  Andreas Behm
East Germany (GDR)
182.5 kg  Yoto Yotov
Bulgaria (BUL)
182.5 kg
Total  Israel Militosyan
Soviet Union (URS)
347.5 kg  Yoto Yotov
Bulgaria (BUL)
337.5 kg  Kim Myong-nam
North Korea (PRK)
327.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch  Cai Yanshu
China (CHN)
160.0 kg  Altimurat Orazdurdiev
Soviet Union (URS)
160.0 kg  Pablo Lara
Cuba (CUB)
157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Altimurat Orazdurdiev
Soviet Union (URS)
202.5 kg  Jon Chol-ho
North Korea (PRK)
200.0 kg  Aleksandar Varbanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
200.0 kg
Total  Altimurat Orazdurdiev
Soviet Union (URS)
362.5 kg  Pablo Lara
Cuba (CUB)
357.5 kg  Jon Chol-ho
North Korea (PRK)
355.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch  Kiril Kounev
Bulgaria (BUL)
172.5 kg  Ingo Steinhöfel
East Germany (GDR)
170.0 kg  Sergey Li
Soviet Union (URS)
170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Kiril Kounev
Bulgaria (BUL)
212.5 kg  Plamen Bratoychev
Bulgaria (BUL)
210.0 kg  Ingo Steinhöfel
East Germany (GDR)
207.5 kg
Total  Kiril Kounev
Bulgaria (BUL)
385.0 kg  Plamen Bratoychev
Bulgaria (BUL)
380.0 kg  Ingo Steinhöfel
East Germany (GDR)
377.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch  Sergey Syrtsov
Soviet Union (URS)
185.0 kg  Anatoly Khrapaty
Soviet Union (URS)
185.0 kg  Ivan Chakarov
Bulgaria (BUL)
180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Anatoly Khrapaty
Soviet Union (URS)
230.0 kg  Sergey Syrtsov
Soviet Union (URS)
222.5 kg  Ivan Chakarov
Bulgaria (BUL)
220.0 kg
Total  Anatoly Khrapaty
Soviet Union (URS)
415.0 kg  Sergey Syrtsov
Soviet Union (URS)
407.5 kg  Ivan Chakarov
Bulgaria (BUL)
400.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch  Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROU)
190.0 kg  Petar Stefanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
187.5 kg  Pavel Kuznetsov
Soviet Union (URS)
180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Petar Stefanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
227.5 kg  Udo Guse
East Germany (GDR)
222.5 kg  Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROU)
222.5 kg
Total  Petar Stefanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
415.0 kg  Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROU)
412.5 kg  Pavel Kuznetsov
Soviet Union (URS)
400.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch  Ronny Weller
East Germany (GDR)
202.5 kg  Yury Zakharevich
Soviet Union (URS)
202.5 kg  Andrew Davies
Great Britain (GBR)
185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Stefan Botev
Bulgaria (BUL)
242.5 kg  Mirosław Dąbrowski
Poland (POL)
212.5 kg  Andrew Davies
Great Britain (GBR)
210.0 kg
Total  Stefan Botev
Bulgaria (BUL)
427.5 kg  Andrew Davies
Great Britain (GBR)
395.0 kg  Mirosław Dąbrowski
Poland (POL)
382.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch  Aleksandr Kurlovich
Soviet Union (URS)
215.0 kg  Rizvan Geliskhanov
Soviet Union (URS)
200.0 kg  Michael Schubert
East Germany (GDR)
195.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Aleksandr Kurlovich
Soviet Union (URS)
245.0 kg  Manfred Nerlinger
West Germany (FRG)
242.5 kg  Rizvan Geliskhanov
Soviet Union (URS)
232.5 kg
Total  Aleksandr Kurlovich
Soviet Union (URS)
460.0 kg  Rizvan Geliskhanov
Soviet Union (URS)
432.5 kg  Michael Schubert
East Germany (GDR)
425.0 kg

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
44 kg
Snatch  Xing Fen
China (CHN)
72.5 kg
WR
 Kunjarani Devi
India (IND)
57.5 kg  Bastiyah Said Muhamad
Indonesia (INA)
57.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Xing Fen
China (CHN)
92.5 kg
WR
 Kunjarani Devi
India (IND)
75.0 kg  Bastiyah Said Muhamad
Indonesia (INA)
72.5 kg
Total  Xing Fen
China (CHN)
165.0 kg
WR
 Kunjarani Devi
India (IND)
132.5 kg  Bastiyah Said Muhamad
Indonesia (INA)
130.0 kg
48 kg
Snatch  Huang Xiaoyu
China (CHN)
75.0 kg  Choi Myung-shik
South Korea (KOR)
65.0 kg  Robin Byrd
United States (USA)
62.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Huang Xiaoyu
China (CHN)
97.5 kg
WR
 Choi Myung-shik
South Korea (KOR)
82.5 kg  Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
77.5 kg
Total  Huang Xiaoyu
China (CHN)
172.5 kg
WR
 Choi Myung-shik
South Korea (KOR)
147.5 kg  Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
137.5 kg
52 kg
Snatch  Peng Liping
China (CHN)
77.5 kg  Hiromi Uemura
Japan (JPN)
70.0 kg  Chhaya Adak
India (IND)
65.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Peng Liping
China (CHN)
107.5 kg
WR
 Hiromi Uemura
Japan (JPN)
85.0 kg  Siyka Stoeva
Bulgaria (BUL)
82.5 kg
Total  Peng Liping
China (CHN)
185.0 kg
WR
 Hiromi Uemura
Japan (JPN)
155.0 kg  Siyka Stoeva
Bulgaria (BUL)
147.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch  Xing Liwei
China (CHN)
77.5 kg  Lalita Polley
India (IND)
72.5 kg  Janeta Georgieva
Bulgaria (BUL)
77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Xing Liwei
China (CHN)
102.5 kg  Shyamala Shetty
India (IND)
92.5 kg  Yang Mei-tzu
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
90.0 kg
Total  Xing Liwei
China (CHN)
180.0 kg  Janeta Georgieva
Bulgaria (BUL)
162.5 kg  Lalita Polley
India (IND)
160.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch  Ma Na
China (CHN)
87.5 kg  Camelia Nikolaeva
Bulgaria (BUL)
87.5 kg
WR
 Daniela Kerkelova
Bulgaria (BUL)
82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Ma Na
China (CHN)
115.0 kg  Camelia Nikolaeva
Bulgaria (BUL)
115.0 kg
WR
 Maria Christoforidou
Greece (GRE)
100.0 kg
Total  Ma Na
China (CHN)
202.5 kg  Camelia Nikolaeva
Bulgaria (BUL)
202.5 kg
WR
 Daniela Kerkelova
Bulgaria (BUL)
182.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch  Guo Qiuxiang
China (CHN)
97.5 kg
WR
 Mária Takács
Hungary (HUN)
87.5 kg  Diana Fuhrman
United States (USA)
87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Guo Qiuxiang
China (CHN)
122.5 kg
WR
 Mária Takács
Hungary (HUN)
112.5 kg  Kumi Haseba
Japan (JPN)
107.5 kg
Total  Guo Qiuxiang
China (CHN)
220.0 kg
WR
 Mária Takács
Hungary (HUN)
200.0 kg  Valkana Tosheva
Bulgaria (BUL)
190.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch  Milena Trendafilova
Bulgaria (BUL)
95.0 kg
WR
 Arlys Kovach
United States (USA)
92.5 kg  Zhang Xiaoli
China (CHN)
90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Milena Trendafilova
Bulgaria (BUL)
125.0 kg  Zhang Xiaoli
China (CHN)
125.0 kg
WR
 Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
110.0 kg
Total  Milena Trendafilova
Bulgaria (BUL)
220.0 kg
WR
 Zhang Xiaoli
China (CHN)
215.0 kg  Arlys Kovach
United States (USA)
202.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch  Li Hongling
China (CHN)
102.5 kg
WR
 María Urrutia
Colombia (COL)
100.0 kg  Judy Oakes
Great Britain (GBR)
87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Li Hongling
China (CHN)
137.5 kg
WR
 María Urrutia
Colombia (COL)
130.0 kg  Erika Takács
Hungary (HUN)
117.5 kg
Total  Li Hongling
China (CHN)
240.0 kg
WR
 María Urrutia
Colombia (COL)
230.0 kg  Judy Oakes
Great Britain (GBR)
202.5 kg
+82.5 kg
Snatch  Karyn Marshall
United States (USA)
110.0 kg
WR
 Han Changmei
China (CHN)
105.0 kg  Christina Ilieva
Bulgaria (BUL)
82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Han Changmei
China (CHN)
137.5 kg
WR
 Karyn Marshall
United States (USA)
130.0 kg  Carol Cady
United States (USA)
105.0 kg
Total  Han Changmei
China (CHN)
242.5 kg
WR
 Karyn Marshall
United States (USA)
240.0 kg  Carol Cady
United States (USA)
185.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 8 3 1 12
2  Bulgaria 5 5 4 14
3  Soviet Union 5 2 1 8
4  Turkey 1 0 0 1
5  Romania 0 1 2 3
 United States 0 1 2 3
7  Great Britain 0 1 1 2
 India 0 1 1 2
9  Colombia 0 1 0 1
 Cuba 0 1 0 1
 Hungary 0 1 0 1
 Japan 0 1 0 1
 South Korea 0 1 0 1
14  East Germany 0 0 2 2
 North Korea 0 0 2 2
16  Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
 Indonesia 0 0 1 1
 Poland 0 0 1 1
Total 19 19 19 57

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

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 26 5 5 36
2  Soviet Union 13 8 4 25
3  Bulgaria 12 12 12 36
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3
5  Romania 1 3 5 9
 United States 1 3 5 9
7  East Germany 1 3 4 8
8  India 0 5 2 7
9  Great Britain 0 1 4 5
10  South Korea 0 4 0 4
11  Hungary 0 3 1 4
 Japan 0 3 1 4
13  Colombia 0 3 0 3
14  North Korea 0 1 4 5
15  Cuba 0 1 1 2
 Poland 0 1 1 2
17  West Germany 0 1 0 1
18  Chinese Taipei 0 0 4 4
19  Indonesia 0 0 3 3
20  Greece 0 0 1 1
Total 57 57 57 171

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