1998 World Weightlifting Championships

1998 World Championships

Host city	Lahti, Finland
Dates	10–15 November
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The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 10 to November 15, 1998.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
56 kg (details)
Snatch	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	135.0 kg	Lan Shizhang  China	127.5 kg	William Vargas  Cuba	127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	160.0 kg	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Lan Shizhang  China	157.5 kg
Total	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	295.0 kg	Lan Shizhang  China	285.0 kg	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	282.5 kg
62 kg (details)
Snatch	Leonidas Sabanis  Greece	147.5 kg WR	Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia	145.0 kg	Sevdalin Minchev  Bulgaria	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Leonidas Sabanis  Greece	172.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia	172.5 kg	Sevdalin Minchev  Bulgaria	170.0 kg
Total	Leonidas Sabanis  Greece	320.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia	317.5 kg	Sevdalin Minchev  Bulgaria	310.0 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch	Plamen Zhelyazkov  Bulgaria	160.0 kg WR	Wan Jianhui  China	158.0 kg	Georgios Tzelilis  Greece	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Plamen Zhelyazkov  Bulgaria	190.0 kg	Galabin Boevski  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis  Greece	185.0 kg
Total	Plamen Zhelyazkov  Bulgaria	350.0 kg WR	Georgios Tzelilis  Greece	340.0 kg	Wan Jianhui  China	340.0 kg
77 kg (details)
Snatch	Giorgi Asanidze  Georgia	168.0 kg WR	Mehmet Yılmaz  Turkey	165.0 kg	Zlatan Vanev  Bulgaria	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zlatan Vanev  Bulgaria	202.5 kg	Petar Tanev  Bulgaria	202.5 kg	Viktor Mitrou  Greece	202.5 kg
Total	Zlatan Vanev  Bulgaria	365.0 kg	Petar Tanev  Bulgaria	362.5 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz  Turkey	360.0 kg
85 kg (details)
Snatch	Georgi Gardev  Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	178.0 kg WR	Yury Myshkovets  Russia	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Marc Huster  Germany	210.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	210.0 kg	Yury Myshkovets  Russia	207.5 kg
Total	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	387.5 kg	Marc Huster  Germany	385.0 kg	Yury Myshkovets  Russia	382.5 kg
94 kg (details)
Snatch	Oliver Caruso  Germany	182.5 kg	Tadeusz Drzazga  Poland	180.0 kg	Akakios Kakiasvilis  Greece	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Akakios Kakiasvilis  Greece	220.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas  Greece	217.5 kg	Szymon Kołecki  Poland	218.0 kg
Total	Akakios Kakiasvilis  Greece	400.0 kg	Oliver Caruso  Germany	395.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas  Greece	392.5 kg
105 kg (details)
Snatch	Cui Wenhua  China	195.0 kg	Denys Hotfrid  Ukraine	192.5 kg	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	232.5 kg	Martin Tešovič  Slovakia	227.5 kg	Cui Wenhua  China	225.0 kg
Total	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	422.5 kg	Cui Wenhua  China	420.0 kg	Denys Hotfrid  Ukraine	415.0 kg
+105 kg (details)
Snatch	Ara Vardanyan  Armenia	197.5 kg	Andrey Chemerkin  Russia	197.5 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia	195.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Andrey Chemerkin  Russia	240.0 kg	Paweł Najdek  Poland	232.5 kg	Ara Vardanyan  Armenia	230.0 kg
Total	Andrey Chemerkin  Russia	437.5 kg	Ara Vardanyan  Armenia	427.5 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia	422.5 kg

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
48 kg (details)
Snatch	Li Yunli  China	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan  Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yunli  China	102.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	95.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi  Japan	95.0 kg
Total	Li Yunli  China	182.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	172.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan  Chinese Taipei	172.5 kg
53 kg (details)
Snatch	Wang Xiufen  China	92.5 kg	Izabela Dragneva  Bulgaria	87.5 kg	Robin Goad  United States	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wang Xiufen  China	117.5 kg WR	Izabela Dragneva  Bulgaria	105.0 kg	Robin Goad  United States	100.0 kg
Total	Wang Xiufen  China	210.0 kg WR	Izabela Dragneva  Bulgaria	192.5 kg	Robin Goad  United States	182.5 kg
58 kg (details)
Snatch	Kuo Ping-chun  Chinese Taipei	92.5 kg	Song Zhijuan  China	92.5 kg	Neli Yankova  Bulgaria	87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kuo Ping-chun  Chinese Taipei	115.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte  Canada	115.0 kg	Song Zhijuan  China	115.0 kg
Total	Kuo Ping-chun  Chinese Taipei	207.5 kg	Song Zhijuan  China	207.5 kg	Neli Yankova  Bulgaria	200.0 kg
63 kg (details)
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	102.5 kg	Valentina Popova  Russia	100.0 kg	Shi Lihua  China	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Lihua  China	127.5 kg	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	122.5 kg	Aneta Szczepańska  Poland	115.0 kg
Total	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	225.0 kg	Shi Lihua  China	225.0 kg	Valentina Popova  Russia	215.0 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch	Tang Weifang  China	110.5 kg WR	Erzsébet Márkus  Hungary	102.5 kg	Wu Mei-yi  Chinese Taipei	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang  China	130.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi  Chinese Taipei	127.5 kg	Irina Kasimova  Russia	127.5 kg
Total	Tang Weifang  China	240.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi  Chinese Taipei	227.5 kg	Irina Kasimova  Russia	225.0 kg
75 kg (details)
Snatch	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	105.0 kg	Mónica Carrió  Spain	100.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz  Turkey	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gao Xiaoyan  China	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	125.0 kg	Mária Takács  Hungary	120.0 kg
Total	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	230.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz  Turkey	220.0 kg	Mária Takács  Hungary	217.5 kg
+75 kg (details)
Snatch	Agata Wróbel  Poland	115.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	110.0 kg	Tang Gonghong  China	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong  China	145.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien  Chinese Taipei	140.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	132.5 kg
Total	Tang Gonghong  China	255.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien  Chinese Taipei	245.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	242.5 kg

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	4	4	1	9
2	Greece	3	1	1	5
3	Chinese Taipei	2	3	1	6
4	Bulgaria	2	2	3	7
5	Turkey	1	1	1	3
6	Russia	1	0	3	4
7	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
8	Finland	1	0	0	1
9	Germany	0	2	0	2
10	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
12	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		15	15	15	45

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	14	7	6	27
2	Bulgaria	6	7	7	20
3	Greece	6	4	5	15
4	Chinese Taipei	5	8	3	16
5	Turkey	3	2	2	7
6	Russia	2	2	6	10
7	Germany	2	2	0	4
8	Ukraine	2	1	2	5
9	Finland	2	1	0	3
10	Poland	1	2	2	5
11	Armenia	1	1	1	3
12	Georgia	1	0	0	1
13	Croatia	0	3	0	3
14	Colombia	0	1	2	3
	Hungary	0	1	2	3
16	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
19	United States	0	0	3	3
20	Latvia	0	0	2	2
21	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		45	45	45	135

Men Rank Team Points 1  Greece 566 2  Bulgaria 566 3  China 428 4  Turkey 423 5  Germany 419 6  Russia 396

Women Rank Team Points 1  China 508 2  Chinese Taipei 453 3  Hungary 328 4  Canada 317 5  United States 314 6  Poland 306

332 competitors from 55 nations competed.

• Results (Sport 123)
• IWF Archive
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine