The 1959 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 29 to October 4, 1959. There were 85 men in action from 19 nations.

The Soviet Union earned the most gold medals (4) and the most overall medals (7). Host nation Poland finished second with one gold and five overall medals.

Four World Records were broken: in 82.5 kg category, Rudolf Plyukfelder of the Soviet Union set two new world records in the snatch (141 kg) and the total (457.5 kg), while Ireneusz Paliński of Poland set a new world record in the clean & jerk (178.5 kg). Plyukfelder's total would have also won the 90 kg category.

In the 90+ kg category, Yury Vlasov of the Soviet Union broke the world record in the snatch (153 kg). ^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight 56 kg	Vladimir Stogov   Soviet Union	332.5 kg	Marian Jankowski   Poland	320.0 kg	Imre Földi   Hungary	295.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Marian Zieliński   Poland	365.0 kg	Isaac Berger   United States	362.5 kg	Sebastiano Mannironi   Italy	350.0 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Viktor Bushuev   Soviet Union	385.0 kg	Akop Faradzhyan   Soviet Union	370.0 kg	Abdul-Wahid Aziz   Iraq	362.5 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Tommy Kono   United States	425.0 kg	Fyodor Bogdanovsky   Soviet Union	417.5 kg	Jan Bochenek   Poland	392.5 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Rudolf Plyukfelder   Soviet Union	457.5 kg	Ireneusz Paliński   Poland	432.5 kg	Jim George   United States	417.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Louis Martin   Great Britain	445.0 kg	Arkady Vorobyov   Soviet Union	445.0 kg	Czesław Białas   Poland	422.5 kg
Heavyweight +90 kg	Yury Vlasov   Soviet Union	500.0 kg	James Bradford   United States	492.5 kg	Ivan Veselinov   Bulgaria	455.0 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	3	0	7
2	Poland	1	2	2	5
3	United States	1	2	1	4
4	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
5	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Iraq	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

References

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

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation