USSR Weightlifting Championship - a competition of the best Soviet weightlifters for the title of champion of the USSR . It was first held in 1918 in Moscow . Then 15 athletes took part in it, divided into 5 weight categories. Since 1932 it took place annually (except for 1941 and 1942). In 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971 and 1975, the USSR championships were held as part of the weightlifting tournaments of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , and in 1979, 1983 and 1991 in parallel with them.
The championship program has changed twice. Until 1936, it consisted of pentathlon ( bench press , jerk with one hand, jerk with two hands , jerk with one hand and jerk with two hands ), in 1936-1972 - from triathlon ( bench press , jerk and jerk ), since 1973, participants competed in biathlon ( jerk and push ).
In total, from 1918 to 1991, 66 USSR weightlifting championships were held. In 1992, in connection with the collapse of the USSR, the only CIS championship was held , which became an important stage in the selection for the Unified Team for the Olympic Games in Barcelona . Subsequently, in each country that was previously part of the USSR, its own national championship began to be held.
USSR Weightlifting Championships
| Championship | date | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st championship | March 14 - 17 | 1918 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 2nd championship | July 20 - 27 | 1920 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 3rd championship | February 20 - 25 | 1922 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 4th championship | March 14 - 17 | 1923 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 5th championship | December 25 - 27 | 1924 | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| 6th championship | April 8 - 12 | 1926 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 7th championship | March 19 - 23 | 1927 | Leningrad , RSFSR |
| 8th championship * | August 24 - 28 | 1928 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 9th championship | March 15 - 18 | 1932 | Rostov-on-Don , RSFSR |
| 10th championship | May 13 - 15 | 1933 | Minsk , Belarusian SSR |
| 11th championship | June 21 - 23 | 1934 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 12th championship | June 22 - 24 | 1935 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 13th championship | March 24 - 25 | 1936 | Leningrad , RSFSR |
| 14th championship | April 27 - 29 | 1937 | Tbilisi , Georgian SSR |
| 15th championship | April 24 - 27 | 1938 | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| 16th championship | May 6 - 9 | 1939 | Kharkov , Ukrainian SSR |
| 17th championship | May 28 - 30 | 1940 | Minsk , Belarusian SSR |
| 18th championship | September 18 - 19 | 1943 | Gorky , RSFSR |
| 19th championship | June 23 - 24 | 1944 | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| 20th championship | June 22 - 24 | 1945 | Sverdlovsk , RSFSR |
| 21st championship | June 14 - 17 | 1946 | Riga , Latvian SSR |
| 22nd championship | July 13 - 15 | 1947 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 23rd championship | May 11 - 13 | 1948 | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| 24th championship | May 16 - 18 | 1949 | Voronezh , RSFSR |
| 25th championship | May 14 - 16 | 1950 | Kharkov , Ukrainian SSR |
| 26th championship | May 13 - 16 | 1951 | Kaunas , Lithuanian SSR |
| 27th championship | March 27 - 30 | 1952 | Ivanovo , RSFSR |
| 28th championship | May 10 - 12 | 1953 | Tallinn , Estonian SSR |
| 29th championship | May 10 - 13 | 1954 | Petrozavodsk , Karelo-Finnish SSR |
| 30th championship | April 17 - 20 | 1955 | Minsk , Belarusian SSR |
| 31st championship ** | August 7 - 10 | 1956 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 32nd championship | May 23 - 26 | 1957 | Lviv , Ukrainian SSR |
| 33rd championship | April 12 - 15 | 1958 | Stalin , Ukrainian SSR |
| 34th championship ** | August 9 - 15 | 1959 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 35th championship | June 4 - 7 | 1960 | Leningrad , RSFSR |
| 36th championship | December 19-22]] | 1961 | Dnepropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR |
| 37th championship | May 6 - 10 | 1962 | Tbilisi , Georgian SSR |
| 38th championship ** | July 27 - 31 | 1963 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 39th championship | July 15-19 | 1964 | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| 40th championship | May 7 - 11 | 1965 | Yerevan , Armenian SSR |
| 41st championship | May 14 - 18 | 1966 | Novosibirsk , RSFSR |
| 42nd championship ** | August 27 - 3 | 1967 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 43rd championship | May 13 - 19 | 1968 | Lugansk , Ukrainian SSR |
| 44th championship | May 14 - 18 | 1969 | Rostov-on-Don , RSFSR |
| 45th championship | April 22 - 26 | 1970 | Vilnius , Lithuanian SSR |
| 46th championship ** | July 16 - 24 | 1971 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 47th championship | April 11 - 15 | 1972 | Tallinn , Estonian SSR |
| 48th championship | April 26 - 29 | 1973 | Donetsk , Ukrainian SSR |
| 49th championship | April 24 - 28 | 1974 | Tbilisi , Georgian SSR |
| 50th championship ** | July 4 - 11 | 1975 | Vilnius , Lithuanian SSR |
| 51st championship | May 10 - 15 | 1976 | Karaganda , Kazakh SSR |
| 52nd championship | May 5 - 9 | 1977 | Rostov-on-Don , RSFSR |
| 53rd championship | April 21 - 26 | 1978 | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
| 54th championship | August 25 - 3 | 1979 | Leningrad , RSFSR |
| 55th championship | May 12 - 18 | 1980 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 56th championship | May 12 - 17 | 1981 | Novosibirsk , RSFSR |
| 57th championship | May 17 - 23 | 1982 | Dnepropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR |
| 58th championship | July 22 - 31 | 1983 | Moscow , RSFSR |
| 59th championship | March 13 - 19 | 1984 | Minsk , Belarusian SSR |
| 60th championship | June 11 - 16 | 1985 | Volgograd , RSFSR |
| 61st championship | March 5 - 9 | 1986 | Volgograd , RSFSR |
| 62nd championship | July 15 | 1987 | Arkhangelsk , RSFSR |
| 63rd championship | June 29 - July 3 | 1988 | Kharkov , Ukrainian SSR |
| 64th championship | July 15 | 1989 | Frunze , Kyrgyz SSR |
| 65th championship | September 5 - 9 | 1990 | Lipetsk , RSFSR |
| 66th championship | July 12 - 16 | 1991 | Donetsk , Ukrainian SSR |
| * | - USSR Championship, which was held as part of the All-Union Sports and Athletic Games |
| ** | - USSR championships held as part of the summer Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR |
Literature
- M.L. Pharmacist . Weightlifting. Reference book . - M .: "Physical Culture and Sports", 1983. - 416 p.