{{short description|International weightlifting competition}} {{Infobox games |name = 1959 Men's World Championships |previous = [[1958 World Weightlifting Championships|1958]] |next = [[1961 World Weightlifting Championships|1961]] }}
The '''1959 [[World Weightlifting Championships|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polska-sztanga.h2.pl/ps/rekordy-s/prog_rs_72.pdf|title=Progresja Rekordów Świata MęŜczyzn, w latach 1946–1972|publisher=polska.sztanga.prv.pl|language=polish|accessdate=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065016/http://polska-sztanga.h2.pl/ps/rekordy-s/prog_rs_72.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Medal summary== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|width=250}} |- |Bantamweight<br />56 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Vladimir Stogov]]|URS|1955}}||332.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Marian Jankowski]]|POL|1928}}||320.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Imre Földi]]|HUN}}||295.0 kg |- |Featherweight<br />60 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Marian Zieliński]]|POL|1928}}||365.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Isaac Berger]]|USA|1959}}||362.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Sebastiano Mannironi]]|ITA}}||350.0 kg |- |Lightweight<br />67.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Viktor Bushuev]]|URS|1955}}||385.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Akop Faradzhyan]]|URS|1955}}||370.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Abdul-Wahid Aziz]]|IRQ|1959}}||362.5 kg |- |Middleweight<br />75 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Tommy Kono]]|USA|1959}}||425.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Fyodor Bogdanovsky]]|URS|1955}}||417.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Jan Bochenek]]|POL|1928}}||392.5 kg |- |Light heavyweight<br />82.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Rudolf Plyukfelder]]|URS|1955}}||457.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Ireneusz Paliński]]|POL|1928}}||432.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Jim George (weightlifter)|Jim George]]|USA|1959}}||417.5 kg |- |Middle heavyweight<br />90 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Louis Martin (weightlifter)|Louis Martin]]|GBR}}||445.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Arkady Vorobyov]]|URS|1955}}||445.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Czesław Białas]]|POL|1928}}||422.5 kg |- |Heavyweight<br />+90 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Yury Vlasov]]|URS|1955}}||500.0 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[James Bradford (weightlifter)|James Bradford]]|USA|1959}}||492.5 kg |{{flagmedalist|[[Ivan Veselinov]]|BUL|1946}}||455.0 kg |}
==Medal table==
{{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS = {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 2 | name_POL = {{flagcountry|POL|1928}} | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 1 | name_USA = {{flagcountry|USA|1959}} | gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1 | name_BUL = {{flagcountry|BUL|1946}} | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1 | gold_IRQ = 0 | silver_IRQ = 0 | bronze_IRQ = 1 | name_IRQ = {{flagcountry|IRQ|1959}} | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1 }}
==References== {{reflist}} *[http://sports123.com/wei/index.html Results] (Sport 123) *[http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172617/http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF |date=2011-05-27 }}
==External links== *[http://www.iwf.net/ International Weightlifting Federation]
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