1973 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1973 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from September 15 to September 23, 1973. There were 189 men from 39 nations in the competition. These were the first championships held since the elimination of the clean and press from competition.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Snatch Takeshi Horikoshi
 Japan (JPN)
102.5 kg Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Poland (POL)
100.0 kg Ion Hortopan
 Romania (ROU)
100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran (IRI)
140.0 kg
WR
Lajos Szűcs
 Hungary (HUN)
132.5 kg Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Poland (POL)
127.5 kg
Total Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran (IRI)
240.0 kg
WR
Lajos Szűcs
 Hungary (HUN)
230.0 kg Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Poland (POL)
227.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch Koji Miki
 Japan (JPN)
117.5 kg
WR
Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
112.5 kg Atanas Kirov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Atanas Kirov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
147.5 kg Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
142.5 kg Karel Prohl
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
142.5 kg
Total Atanas Kirov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
257.5 kg
WR
Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
255.0 kg Koji Miki
 Japan (JPN)
252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch János Benedek
 Hungary (HUN)
122.5 kg Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union (URS)
120.0 kg Kurt Pittner
 Austria (AUT)
115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Norair Nurikyan
 Bulgaria (BUL)
152.5 kg Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union (URS)
152.5 kg Kazumasa Hirai
 Japan (JPN)
145.0 kg
Total Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union (URS)
272.5 kg Norair Nurikyan
 Bulgaria (BUL)
267.5 kg Jan Wojnowski
 Poland (POL)
257.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch Mladen Kuchev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
132.5 kg Mukharby Kirzhinov
 Soviet Union (URS)
130.0 kg Petar Yanev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Mukharby Kirzhinov
 Soviet Union (URS)
175.0 kg Mladen Kuchev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
170.0 kg Masao Kato
 Japan (JPN)
165.0 kg
Total Mukharby Kirzhinov
 Soviet Union (URS)
305.0 kg Mladen Kuchev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
302.5 kg Petar Yanev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
292.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch Nedelcho Kolev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
147.5 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
140.0 kg Ondrej Hekel
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Nedelcho Kolev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
190.0 kg
WR
András Stark
 Hungary (HUN)
177.5 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
177.5 kg
Total Nedelcho Kolev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
337.5 kg
WR
Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
317.5 kg András Stark
 Hungary (HUN)
312.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch Leif Jenssen
 Norway (NOR)
160.0 kg Vladimir Ryzhenkov
 Soviet Union (URS)
157.5 kg Frank Zielecke
 East Germany (GDR)
155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Frank Zielecke
 East Germany (GDR)
192.5 kg Vladimir Ryzhenkov
 Soviet Union (URS)
192.5 kg Stefan Sochanski
 Poland (POL)
187.5 kg
Total Vladimir Ryzhenkov
 Soviet Union (URS)
350.0 kg Frank Zielecke
 East Germany (GDR)
347.5 kg Stefan Sochanski
 Poland (POL)
332.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch David Rigert
 Soviet Union (URS)
165.0 kg Andon Nikolov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
162.5 kg Peter Petzold
 East Germany (GDR)
160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Vasily Kolotov
 Soviet Union (URS)
202.5 kg David Rigert
 Soviet Union (URS)
200.0 kg Peter Petzold
 East Germany (GDR)
197.5 kg
Total David Rigert
 Soviet Union (URS)
365.0 kg Vasily Kolotov
 Soviet Union (URS)
360.0 kg Peter Petzold
 East Germany (GDR)
357.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch Pavel Pervushin
 Soviet Union (URS)
170.0 kg Javier González
 Cuba (CUB)
162.5 kg Rudolf Strejček
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Pavel Pervushin
 Soviet Union (URS)
215.0 kg Helmut Losch
 East Germany (GDR)
215.0 kg Javier González
 Cuba (CUB)
200.0 kg
Total Pavel Pervushin
 Soviet Union (URS)
385.0 kg Helmut Losch
 East Germany (GDR)
370.0 kg Javier González
 Cuba (CUB)
362.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch Rudolf Mang
 West Germany (FRG)
180.0 kg Vasily Alekseyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
177.5 kg Stanislav Batishchev
 Soviet Union (URS)
175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Vasily Alekseyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
225.0 kg Gerd Bonk
 East Germany (GDR)
222.5 kg Rudolf Mang
 West Germany (FRG)
220.0 kg
Total Vasily Alekseyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
402.5 kg Rudolf Mang
 West Germany (FRG)
400.0 kg Stanislav Batishchev
 Soviet Union (URS)
392.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 6 1 1 8
2  Bulgaria 2 3 1 6
3  Iran 1 0 0 1
4  East Germany 0 3 1 4
5  Hungary 0 1 1 2
6  West Germany 0 1 0 1
7  Poland 0 0 3 3
8  Cuba 0 0 1 1
 Japan 0 0 1 1
Total 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 12 8 2 22
2  Bulgaria 7 7 3 17
3  Japan 2 0 3 5
4  Iran 2 0 0 2
5  East Germany 1 6 5 12
6  Hungary 1 3 1 5
7  West Germany 1 1 1 3
8  Norway 1 0 0 1
9  Poland 0 1 5 6
10  Cuba 0 1 2 3
11  Czechoslovakia 0 0 3 3
12  Austria 0 0 1 1
 Romania 0 0 1 1
Total 27 27 27 81

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