1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the lightweight (69 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.[1]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 160.0 kg  Wan Jianhui (CHN) 157.5 kg  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) 155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 190.0 kg  Galabin Boevski (BUL) 185.0 kg  Valerios Leonidis (GRE) 185.0 kg
Total  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 350.0 kg  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) 340.0 kg  Wan Jianhui (CHN) 340.0 kg

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch World Standard 157.5 kg 1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk World Standard 190.0 kg 1 January 1998
Total World Standard 347.5 kg 1 January 1998

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 68.77 155.0 160.0 160.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 182.5 187.5 190.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 350.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) 68.49 147.5 152.5 155.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 185.0 190.0 190.0 4 340.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Wan Jianhui (CHN) 68.87 152.5 158.0 160.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 182.5 187.5 187.5 7 340.0
4  Galabin Boevski (BUL) 68.17 152.5 157.5 157.5 5 185.0 190.0 190.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 337.5
5  Valerios Leonidis (GRE) 68.21 147.5 147.5 150.0 7 185.0 185.0 190.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 335.0
6  Andrey Matveyev (RUS) 68.74 137.5 142.5 147.5 10 175.0 180.0 185.0 6 332.5
7  Siarhei Laurenau (BLR) 68.64 145.0 150.0 155.0 4 170.0 175.0 180.0 12 330.0
8  Yang Cunkang (CHN) 68.71 140.0 145.0 145.0 12 180.0 185.0 187.5 5 330.0
9  Marian Dodiță (ROM) 68.42 147.5 152.5 152.5 9 175.0 175.0 180.0 11 322.5
10  François Demeure (BEL) 68.48 140.0 145.0 147.5 11 172.5 177.5 180.0 9 322.5
11  Ergün Batmaz (TUR) 68.89 145.0 145.0 150.0 14 170.0 177.5 10 322.5
12  Adrián Popa (HUN) 68.74 135.0 135.0 140.0 18 180.0 185.0 187.5 8 315.0
13  Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) 68.83 140.0 145.0 145.0 13 170.0 170.0 180.0 15 315.0
14  Sébastien Groulx (CAN) 68.13 125.0 130.0 132.5 21 162.5 167.5 170.0 13 302.5
15  Turan Mirzayev (AZE) 68.38 132.5 132.5 140.0 22 170.0 175.0 175.0 14 302.5
16  Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) 68.72 127.5 132.5 135.0 17 167.5 172.5 172.5 17 302.5
17  Werner Höller (AUT) 68.58 132.5 137.5 137.5 16 162.5 167.5 167.5 20 300.0
18  Ahmed Samir (EGY) 68.77 125.0 130.0 135.0 20 165.0 170.0 172.5 18 300.0
19  Heriberto Barbosa (COL) 68.42 125.0 130.0 132.5 23 162.5 167.5 172.5 16 297.5
20  Fouad Bouzenada (ALG) 68.91 120.0 125.0 127.5 27 160.0 165.0 165.0 19 290.0
21  Yosri Shalaly (EGY) 68.45 120.0 125.0 130.0 25 155.0 160.0 165.0 21 285.0
22  Alexi Batista (PAN) 67.58 120.0 125.0 130.0 24 150.0 150.0 150.0 22 275.0
23  Andrejs Vituks (LAT) 68.74 120.0 125.0 125.0 26 145.0 150.0 152.5 23 275.0
24  Petr Stanislav (CZE) 68.38 120.0 125.0 125.0 28 145.0 150.0 150.0 24 265.0
25  Dionisio Rozalina (NED) 68.82 115.0 120.0 120.0 30 140.0 140.0 145.0 25 260.0
26  Kassim Mulindwa (UGA) 68.79 115.0 115.0 29 130.0 135.0 26 245.0
 Fedail Güler (TUR) 68.12 145.0 150.0 152.5 6 185.0 187.5
 Gábor Molnár (HUN) 68.64 145.0 150.0 155.0 8 175.0 175.0 175.0
 Ramzan Musayev (AZE) 68.30 140.0 140.0 147.5 15 177.5 177.5 177.5
 Romuald Ernault (FRA) 68.74 132.5 135.0 135.0 19 160.0 160.0 162.5
 Armenak Takhmazian (DEN) 68.32

New records

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Snatch 158.0 kg  Wan Jianhui (CHN) WR
160.0 kg  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) WR
Total 350.0 kg  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) WR

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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