Team USSR: After 1977 World Championships in Stuttgart
History in Color:
Members of Team USSR Weightlifting gathered for a group shot after the World and European Championships in Stuttgart, Germany in September 1977 (left to right):
Sergey Pevzner (67.5kg, Rostov, Russia), Gennady Baldin (massage therapist), Igor Kudyukov (Team USSR head coach), Alexander Voronin (52kg, Kemerovo, Russia), Nikolay Kolesnikov (60kg, Bugulma, Russia), Gennady Bessonov (82.5kg, Shakhty, Russia), Yurik Vardanyan (75kg, Leninakan, Armenia)
Weight | Class | Name | Total (kg) | |
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52 | Flyweight | Alexander VORONIN, Soviet Union | 107.5+140 = 247.5 | |
56 | Bantamweight | Jiro HOSOTANI, Japan | 107.5+145 = 252.5 | |
60 | Featherweight | Nikolay KOLESNIKOV, Soviet Union | 122.5+157.5 = 280 | |
67.5 | Lightweight | Roberto URRUTIA, Cuba | 142.5+172.5 = 315 | |
75 | Middleweight | Yurik VARDANYAN, Soviet Union | 152.5+192.5 = 345 | |
82.5 | Light Heavyweight | Gennady BESSONOV, Soviet Union | 157.5+195 = 352.5 | |
90 | Middle Heavyweight | Sergey POLTORATSKI, Soviet Union | 167.5+207.5 = 375 | |
100 | Sub Heavyweight | Anatoly KOZLOV, Soviet Union | 162.5+205 = 367.5 | |
110 | Heavyweight | Valentin KHRISTOV, Bulgaria | 180+225 = 405 | |
110+ | Super Heavyweight | Vasily ALEXEEV, Soviet Union | 185+245 = 430 |
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