Weightlifting at the Friendship Games


Weightlifting at the Friendship Games was contested at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria between 12 and 16 September 1984. 80 athletes competed in 10 events.
World records were broken thirty times during the competition.

Medal summary

Details

List of top three results in every category.

Flyweight

Bantamweight

Featherweight

Lightweight

Middleweight

Light-heavyweight

Middle-heavyweight

First-heavyweight

Heavyweight

Super heavyweight

World records broken

World records were broken thirty times. Some were beaten "off competition" after the competition ended. Often, records were broken multiple times in one category. In such case, only the final record is listed here.
EventNameNationalityResult
Bantamweight – Clean & JerkNaim Suleimanov170.5 kg
Featherweight – Clean & jerkStefan Topurov185 kg
Featherweight – TotalStefan Topurov322.5 kg
Lightweight – Clean & JerkAleksandar Varbanov200 kg
Middleweight – Clean & JerkZdravko Stoichkov211 kg
Middleweight – TotalZdravko Stoichkov377.5 kg
Light-heavyweight – SnatchYurik Vardanyan182.5 kg
Light-heavyweight – Clean & JerkYurik Vardanyan224 kg
Light-heavyweight – TotalYurik Vardanyan405 kg
Middle-heavyweight – Clean & JerkViktor Solodov233 kg
Middle-heavyweight – TotalViktor Solodov422.5 kg
First-heavyweight – Clean & JerkPavel Kuznetsov241.5 kg
Heavyweight – SnatchYury Zakharevitch200.5 kg
Heavyweight – TotalLeonid Taranenko442.5 kg
Super heavyweight – Clean & JerkAnatoly Pisarenko265 kg
Super heavyweight – TotalAnatoly Pisarenko465 kg

Medal table