1959 World Weightlifting Championships
Medal summary

1959 World Weightlifting Championships

Section Title: Medal summary
Table Section Text: None

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

Sentence(s)

In 82.5 kg category, Rudolf Plyukfelder of the Soviet Union set a world record of 457.5 kg.

final_sentence: In 82.5 kg category, Rudolf Plyukfelder of the Soviet Union set a world record of 457.5 kg.