1981 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Lille
Country	FRA
Held	13 – 20 September 1981
Competitors	39
Countries	11

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	URS	15	8	6	29
2	Bulgaria	BUL	10	7	9	26
3	East Germany	GDR	3	5	1	9
4	Cuba	CUB	1	2	2	5
5	France	FRA	1	0	1	2
6	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	4	3	7
7	Poland	POL	0	2	4	6
8	Hungary	HUN	0	1	0	1
=	North Korea	PRK	0	1	0	1
10	Japan	JPN	0	0	3	3
11	Germany	GER	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men	Kanybek Osmonaliyev bodyweight: 51.70 kg	URS	Jacek Gutowski bodyweight: 51.85 kg	POL	Kazushito Manabe bodyweight: 51.95 kg	JPN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Kanybek Osmonaliyev bodyweight: 51.70 kg	URS	Ho Bong-Chol bodyweight: 51.35 kg	PRK	Kazushito Manabe bodyweight: 51.95 kg	JPN
-52 kg Total, Men	Kanybek Osmonaliyev bodyweight: 51.70 kg	URS	Jacek Gutowski bodyweight: 51.85 kg	POL	Kazushito Manabe bodyweight: 51.95 kg	JPN
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Andreas Letz bodyweight: 56.00 kg	GDR	Anton Kodzhabashev bodyweight: 55.50 kg	BUL	Nikolay Zakharov bodyweight: 55.80 kg	URS
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Anton Kodzhabashev bodyweight: 55.50 kg	BUL	Andreas Letz bodyweight: 56.00 kg	GDR	Nikolay Zakharov bodyweight: 55.80 kg	URS
-56 kg Total, Men	Anton Kodzhabashev bodyweight: 55.50 kg	BUL	Andreas Letz bodyweight: 56.00 kg	GDR	Nikolay Zakharov bodyweight: 55.80 kg	URS
-60 kg Snatch, Men	Daniel Núñez bodyweight: 59.65 kg	CUB	Beloslav Manolov bodyweight: 59.55 kg	BUL	Yurik Sarkisyan bodyweight: 59.70 kg	URS
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Beloslav Manolov bodyweight: 59.55 kg	BUL	Daniel Núñez bodyweight: 59.65 kg	CUB	Yurik Sarkisyan bodyweight: 59.70 kg	URS
-60 kg Total, Men	Beloslav Manolov bodyweight: 59.55 kg	BUL	Daniel Núñez bodyweight: 59.65 kg	CUB	Yurik Sarkisyan bodyweight: 59.70 kg	URS
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men	Daniel Senet bodyweight: 67.20 kg	FRA	Joachim Kunz bodyweight: 67.40 kg	GDR	Mincho Pashov bodyweight: 67.15 kg	BUL
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Joachim Kunz bodyweight: 67.40 kg	GDR	Mincho Pashov bodyweight: 67.15 kg	BUL	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky bodyweight: 66.60 kg	GER
-67.5 kg Total, Men	Joachim Kunz bodyweight: 67.40 kg	GDR	Mincho Pashov bodyweight: 67.15 kg	BUL	Daniel Senet bodyweight: 67.20 kg	FRA
-75 kg Snatch, Men	Yanko Rusev bodyweight: 73.90 kg	BUL	Aleksandr Pervy bodyweight: 74.65 kg	URS	Julio Echenique bodyweight: 74.35 kg	CUB
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yanko Rusev bodyweight: 73.90 kg	BUL	Aleksandr Pervy bodyweight: 74.65 kg	URS	Hermann Kubenka bodyweight: 74.70 kg	GDR
-75 kg Total, Men	Yanko Rusev bodyweight: 73.90 kg	BUL	Aleksandr Pervy bodyweight: 74.65 kg	URS	Julio Echenique bodyweight: 74.35 kg	CUB
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men	Yuri Vardanyan bodyweight: 81.85 kg	URS	Asen Zlatev bodyweight: 81.90 kg	BUL	Janusz Alchimowicz bodyweight: 82.00 kg	POL
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yuri Vardanyan bodyweight: 81.85 kg	URS	Dušan Poliačik bodyweight: 82.35 kg	TCH	Asen Zlatev bodyweight: 81.90 kg	BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men	Yuri Vardanyan bodyweight: 81.85 kg	URS	Asen Zlatev bodyweight: 81.90 kg	BUL	Dušan Poliačik bodyweight: 82.35 kg	TCH
-90 kg Snatch, Men	Blagoy Blagoev bodyweight: 89.30 kg	BUL	Yury Zakharevich bodyweight: 89.95 kg	URS	Andrzej Piotrowski bodyweight: 89.25 kg	POL
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Blagoy Blagoev bodyweight: 89.30 kg	BUL	Yury Zakharevich bodyweight: 89.95 kg	URS	Lubomir Usherov bodyweight: 89.55 kg	BUL
-90 kg Total, Men	Blagoy Blagoev bodyweight: 89.30 kg	BUL	Yury Zakharevich bodyweight: 89.95 kg	URS	Lubomir Usherov bodyweight: 89.55 kg	BUL
-100 kg Snatch, Men	Viktor Sots bodyweight: 98.45 kg	URS	András Hlavati bodyweight: 98.90 kg	HUN	Bruno Matykiewicz bodyweight: 99.85 kg	TCH
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Viktor Sots bodyweight: 98.45 kg	URS	Veselin Osikovski bodyweight: 99.50 kg	BUL	Bruno Matykiewicz bodyweight: 99.85 kg	TCH
-100 kg Total, Men	Viktor Sots bodyweight: 98.45 kg	URS	Bruno Matykiewicz bodyweight: 99.85 kg	TCH	Veselin Osikovski bodyweight: 99.50 kg	BUL
-110 kg Snatch, Men	Vyacheslav Klokov	URS	Valery Kravchuk	URS	Plamen Asparuhov	BUL
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Valery Kravchuk	URS	Anton Baraniak	TCH	Plamen Asparuhov	BUL
-110 kg Total, Men	Valery Kravchuk	URS	Vyacheslav Klokov	URS	Plamen Asparuhov	BUL
+110 kg Snatch, Men	Anatoly Pisarenko	URS	Rudolf Strejček	TCH	Antonio Krastev	BUL
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Anatoly Pisarenko	URS	Senno Salzwedel	GDR	Tadeusz Rutkowski	POL
+110 kg Total, Men	Anatoly Pisarenko	URS	Senno Salzwedel	GDR	Tadeusz Rutkowski	POL