The following is the final results of the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. Men's competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	He Zhuoqiang  China	117.5 kg	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	117.5 kg	Traian Cihărean  Romania	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg WR	Traian Cihărean  Romania	145.0 kg	He Zhuoqiang  China	145.0 kg
Total	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	272.5 kg WR	He Zhuoqiang  China	262.5 kg	Traian Cihărean  Romania	260.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Liu Shoubin  China	130.0 kg	Hafiz Suleymanov  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	He Yingqiang  China	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hafiz Suleymanov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Chun Byung-kwan  South Korea	155.0 kg	Liu Shoubin  China	155.0 kg
Total	Hafiz Suleymanov  Soviet Union	287.5 kg	Liu Shoubin  China	285.0 kg	He Yingqiang  China	280.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	145.0 kg	Attila Czanka  Romania	137.5 kg	Ri Jae-son  North Korea	137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	172.5 kg	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria	170.0 kg	Attila Czanka  Romania	167.5 kg
Total	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	317.5 kg	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria	307.5 kg	Attila Czanka  Romania	305.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Israel Militosyan  Soviet Union	160.0 kg WR	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Kim Myong-nam  North Korea	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Israel Militosyan  Soviet Union	187.5 kg	Andreas Behm  East Germany	182.5 kg	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	182.5 kg
Total	Israel Militosyan  Soviet Union	347.5 kg	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	337.5 kg	Kim Myong-nam  North Korea	327.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Cai Yanshu  China	160.0 kg	Altimurat Orazdurdiev  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Pablo Lara  Cuba	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Altimurat Orazdurdiev  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Jon Chol-ho  North Korea	200.0 kg	Aleksandar Varbanov  Bulgaria	200.0 kg
Total	Altimurat Orazdurdiev  Soviet Union	362.5 kg	Pablo Lara  Cuba	357.5 kg	Jon Chol-ho  North Korea	355.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Kiril Kounev  Bulgaria	172.5 kg	Ingo Steinhöfel  East Germany	170.0 kg	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kiril Kounev  Bulgaria	212.5 kg	Plamen Bratoychev  Bulgaria	210.0 kg	Ingo Steinhöfel  East Germany	207.5 kg
Total	Kiril Kounev  Bulgaria	385.0 kg	Plamen Bratoychev  Bulgaria	380.0 kg	Ingo Steinhöfel  East Germany	377.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Sergey Syrtsov  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	230.0 kg	Sergey Syrtsov  Soviet Union	222.5 kg	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	220.0 kg
Total	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	415.0 kg	Sergey Syrtsov  Soviet Union	407.5 kg	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	400.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Nicu Vlad  Romania	190.0 kg	Petar Stefanov  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Pavel Kuznetsov  Soviet Union	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Petar Stefanov  Bulgaria	227.5 kg	Udo Guse  East Germany	222.5 kg	Nicu Vlad  Romania	222.5 kg
Total	Petar Stefanov  Bulgaria	415.0 kg	Nicu Vlad  Romania	412.5 kg	Pavel Kuznetsov  Soviet Union	400.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Ronny Weller  East Germany	202.5 kg	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Andrew Davies  Great Britain	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Stefan Botev  Bulgaria	242.5 kg	Mirosław Dąbrowski  Poland	212.5 kg	Andrew Davies  Great Britain	210.0 kg
Total	Stefan Botev  Bulgaria	427.5 kg	Andrew Davies  Great Britain	395.0 kg	Mirosław Dąbrowski  Poland	382.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Kurlovich  Soviet Union	215.0 kg	Rizvan Geliskhanov  Soviet Union	200.0 kg	Michael Schubert  East Germany	195.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Kurlovich  Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	242.5 kg	Rizvan Geliskhanov  Soviet Union	232.5 kg
Total	Aleksandr Kurlovich  Soviet Union	460.0 kg	Rizvan Geliskhanov  Soviet Union	432.5 kg	Michael Schubert  East Germany	425.0 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
44 kg
Snatch	Xing Fen  China	72.5 kg WR	Kunjarani Devi  India	57.5 kg	Bastiyah Said Muhamad  Indonesia	57.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Xing Fen  China	92.5 kg WR	Kunjarani Devi  India	75.0 kg	Bastiyah Said Muhamad  Indonesia	72.5 kg
Total	Xing Fen  China	165.0 kg WR	Kunjarani Devi  India	132.5 kg	Bastiyah Said Muhamad  Indonesia	130.0 kg
48 kg
Snatch	Huang Xiaoyu  China	75.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	65.0 kg	Robin Byrd  United States	62.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Huang Xiaoyu  China	97.5 kg WR	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	82.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg
Total	Huang Xiaoyu  China	172.5 kg WR	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	147.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	137.5 kg
52 kg
Snatch	Peng Liping  China	77.5 kg	Hiromi Uemura  Japan	70.0 kg	Chhaya Adak  India	65.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Peng Liping  China	107.5 kg WR	Hiromi Uemura  Japan	85.0 kg	Siyka Stoeva  Bulgaria	82.5 kg
Total	Peng Liping  China	185.0 kg WR	Hiromi Uemura  Japan	155.0 kg	Siyka Stoeva  Bulgaria	147.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Xing Liwei  China	77.5 kg	Lalita Polley  India	72.5 kg	Janeta Georgieva  Bulgaria	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Xing Liwei  China	102.5 kg	Shyamala Shetty  India	92.5 kg	Yang Mei-tzu  Chinese Taipei	90.0 kg
Total	Xing Liwei  China	180.0 kg	Janeta Georgieva  Bulgaria	162.5 kg	Lalita Polley  India	160.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Ma Na  China	87.5 kg	Camelia Nikolaeva  Bulgaria	87.5 kg WR	Daniela Kerkelova  Bulgaria	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ma Na  China	115.0 kg	Camelia Nikolaeva  Bulgaria	115.0 kg WR	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	100.0 kg
Total	Ma Na  China	202.5 kg	Camelia Nikolaeva  Bulgaria	202.5 kg WR	Daniela Kerkelova  Bulgaria	182.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Guo Qiuxiang  China	97.5 kg WR	Mária Takács  Hungary	87.5 kg	Diana Fuhrman  United States	87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Guo Qiuxiang  China	122.5 kg WR	Mária Takács  Hungary	112.5 kg	Kumi Haseba  Japan	107.5 kg
Total	Guo Qiuxiang  China	220.0 kg WR	Mária Takács  Hungary	200.0 kg	Valkana Tosheva  Bulgaria	190.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	95.0 kg WR	Arlys Kovach  United States	92.5 kg	Zhang Xiaoli  China	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	125.0 kg	Zhang Xiaoli  China	125.0 kg WR	Chen Shu-chih  Chinese Taipei	110.0 kg
Total	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	220.0 kg WR	Zhang Xiaoli  China	215.0 kg	Arlys Kovach  United States	202.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Li Hongling  China	102.5 kg WR	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	100.0 kg	Judy Oakes  Great Britain	87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Hongling  China	137.5 kg WR	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	130.0 kg	Erika Takács  Hungary	117.5 kg
Total	Li Hongling  China	240.0 kg WR	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	230.0 kg	Judy Oakes  Great Britain	202.5 kg
+82.5 kg
Snatch	Karyn Marshall  United States	110.0 kg WR	Han Changmei  China	105.0 kg	Christina Ilieva  Bulgaria	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Han Changmei  China	137.5 kg WR	Karyn Marshall  United States	130.0 kg	Carol Cady  United States	105.0 kg
Total	Han Changmei  China	242.5 kg WR	Karyn Marshall  United States	240.0 kg	Carol Cady  United States	185.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	3	1	12
2	Bulgaria	5	5	4	14
3	Soviet Union	5	2	1	8
4	Turkey	1	0	0	1
5	Romania	0	1	2	3
	United States	0	1	2	3
7	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
9	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
14	East Germany	0	0	2	2
	North Korea	0	0	2	2
16	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		19	19	19	57

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	26	5	5	36
2	Soviet Union	13	8	4	25
3	Bulgaria	12	12	12	36
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3
5	Romania	1	3	5	9
	United States	1	3	5	9
7	East Germany	1	3	4	8
8	India	0	5	2	7
9	South Korea	0	4	0	4
10	Hungary	0	3	1	4
	Japan	0	3	1	4
12	Colombia	0	3	0	3
13	Great Britain	0	1	4	5
	North Korea	0	1	4	5
15	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
17	West Germany	0	1	0	1
18	Chinese Taipei	0	0	4	4
19	Indonesia	0	0	3	3
20	Greece	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		57	57	57	171