| Index | |||||||
| Weightlifting - Men | |||||||
| under 52kg | under 56kg | under 60kg | |||||
| 1960 | Olympics | Vinci | USA | Minayev | URS | ||
| 1964 | Olympics | Vakhonin | IRS | Mikaye | JPN | ||
| 1968 | Olympics | Nasiri | IRI | Mikaye | JPN | ||
| 1972 | Olympics | Foldi | HUN | Nurikian | BUL | ||
| 1973 | World | Nasiri | IRI | Kirov | BUL | Shanidze | URS |
| 1974 | World | Nasiri | IRI | Kirov | BUL | Todorov | BUL |
| 1975 | World | Smalcerz | POL | Kirov | BUL | Todorov | BUL |
| 1976 | Olympics | Voronin | URS | Nurikyan | URS | Kolesnikov | URS |
| 1977 | World | Voronin | URS | Hasotani | JPN | Kolesnikov | URS |
| 1978 | World | Osmonaliev | URS | Nunez | CUB | Kolesnikov | URS |
| 1979 | World | Osmonaliev | URS | Kodzhabashev | BUL | Seweryn | POL |
| 1980 | Olympics | Osmonaliev | URS | Nunez | CUB | Mazin | URS |
| 1981 | World | Osmonaliev | URS | Kodzhabashev | BUL | Manolov | URS |
| 1982 | World | Lieletko | POL | Kodzhabashev | BUL | Sarkisyan | URS |
| 1983 | World | Terziyski | BUL | Mizoyan | URS | Sarkisyan | URS |
| 1984 | Olympics | Zeng Guoqiang | CHN | Wu Stude | CHN | Chen Weiquiang | CHN |
| 1985 | World | Marinov | BUL | Terziyski | BUL | Suleymanoglu N. | BUL |
| 1986 | World | Marinov | BUL | Grablev | BUL | Suleymanoglu N. | BUL |
| 1987 | World | Marinov | BUL | Terziyski | BUL | Topurov | BUL |
| 1988 | Olympics | Marinov | BUL | Mizoyan | URS | Suleymanoglu N. | TUR |
| 1989 | World | Ivanov | BUL | Suleymanoglu H. | URS | Suleymanoglu N. | TUR |
| 1990 | European | Ivanov | BUL | Marinov | BUL | Czanka | HUN |
| 1990 | World | Ivanov | BUL | Liu Shoubin | CHN | Peshalov | BUL |
| 1991 | European | Chiharean | ROM | Suleymanoglu H. | TUR | Peshalov | BUL |
| 1991 | World | Ivanov | BUL | Chun Byung | KOR | Suleymanoglu N. | TUR |
| 1992 | European | Minchev | BUL | Ivanov | BUL | Peshalov | BUL |
| 1992 | Olympics | Ivanov | BUL | Chun Byung | KOR | Suleymanoglu N. | TUR |
| under 54kg | under 59kg | ||||||
| 1993 | European | Ivanov | BUL | Peshalov | BUL | ||
| 1993 | World | Ivanov | BUL | Peshalov | BUL | ||
| 1994 | European | Mutlu | TUR | Peshalov | BUL | ||
| 1994 | World | Mutlu | TUR | Peshalov | BUL | ||
| 1995 | European | Mutlu | TUR | Peshalov | BUL | ||
| 1995 | World | Zhang Xiangsen | CHN | Sabanis | GRE | ||
| 1996 | European | Mutlu | TUR | Sabanis | GRE | ||
| 1996 | Olympics | Mutlu | TUR | Tang Lingshen | CHN | ||
| 1997 | European | Mutlu | TUR | Peshalov | BUL | ||
| 1997 | World | Lan Shizhang | CHN | Georgiev | BUL | ||
| 1998 | European | Ivanov | BUL | ||||
| 1998 | World | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 1999 | European | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 1999 | World | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 2000 | European | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 2000 | Olympics | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 2001 | European | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 2001 | World | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 2002 | European | Derbenev | BLR | ||||
| 2002 | World | Wu Meijin | CHN | ||||
| 2003 | European | Derbenev | BLR | ||||
| 2003 | World | Wu Meijin | CHN | ||||
| 2004 | European | Artuc | TUR | ||||
| 2004 | Olympics | Mutlu | TUR | ||||
| 2005 | European | Artuc | TUR | ||||
| 2005 | World | Wanh Shin-Yuan | TPE | ||||
| 2006 | European | Dzerbianiou | BLR | ||||
| 2006 | World | Li Zheng | CHN | ||||
| 2007 | European | Bour | MDA | ||||
| 2007 | World | Li Zheng | CHN | ||||
| 2008 | European | Bour | MDA | ||||
| 2008 | Olympics | Long Qingquan | CHN | ||||
| 2009 | European | Goegebuer | BEL | ||||
| 2009 | World | Long Qingquan | CHN | ||||
| 2010 | European | Derbenev | BLR | ||||
| 2010 | World | Wu Jingbiao | CHN | ||||
| 2011 | European | Sirghi | MDA | ||||
| 2011 | World | Wu Jingbiao | CHN | ||||