1979 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1979 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Thessaloniki, Greece from November 3 to November 11, 1979. There were 189 men in action from 39 nations.
Medal summary
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Poland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  East Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | |
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 16 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Hungary | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  China | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | East Germany | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 31 | 29 | 90 | |
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