World Championships from 1891 to Today

**1979 World Championship**
Location: **Saloniki, GRE**
Weight Class: **Light Heavyweight [82.5 kg]**

More Info On 1979 World Championship
Rank	Athlete	Results (kg)

1	Yurik VARDANYAN, Soviet Union	170+200 = 370
2	Blagoy BLAGOEV, Bulgaria	170+192.5 = 362.5
3	Dusan POLIACIK, Czechoslovakia	155+195 = 350
4	Bertalan MANDZAK, Hungary	155+190 = 345
5	Horst APPEL, West Germany	152.5+190 = 342.5
6	Norbert BERGMANN, West Germany	145+195 = 340
8	Lubomir SRSEN, Czechoslovakia	150+185 = 335
9	Wenguang MA, China	142.5+185 = 327.5
10	Stefan JONSSON, Sweden	140+177.5 = 317.5
11	Thomas HIRTZ, United States	147.5+170 = 317.5
12	Charlie REVOLTA, Great Britain	132.5+172.5 = 305
13	Erling JOHANSEN, Denmark	142.5+162.5 = 305
14	Adolf RAMMEL, Austria	140+162.5 = 302.5
15	Oystein HOLT, Norway	130+160 = 290
16	Bernt ANDERSEN, Norway	127.5+155 = 282.5
17	Christos AMAXOPOULOS, Greece	117.5+142.5 = 260
18	Stephen UJIE, Nigeria	100+140 = 240
900	Jose GARCES, Mexico
900	Michael KEELAN, Great Britain
900	Andras STARK, Hungary
900	Trendafil STOYCHEV, Bulgaria	152.5+185 = 337.5