1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg

1997 World Championships
in Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
Men Women
  54 kg     46 kg  
59 kg 50 kg
64 kg 54 kg
70 kg 59 kg
76 kg 64 kg
83 kg 70 kg
91 kg 76 kg
99 kg 83 kg
108 kg +83 kg
+108 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 59 kg division was staged on 7 December 1997.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  William Vargas (CUB) 132.5 kg  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 130.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 165.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 165.0 kg  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 162.5 kg
Total  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 295.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 295.0 kg  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 290.0 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) 140.0 kg Warsaw, Poland 3 May 1995
Clean & Jerk  Nikolay Peshalov (BUL) 170.0 kg Warsaw, Poland 3 May 1995
Total  Tang Lingsheng (CHN) 307.5 kg Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 58.60 125.0 130.0 132.5 2nd 157.5 162.5 165.0 1st 295.0
2nd  Le Maosheng (CHN) 59.00 130.0 135.0 135.0 3rd 165.0 165.0 167.5 2nd 295.0
3rd  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 58.60 127.5 132.5 132.5 4 157.5 162.5 170.0 3rd 290.0
4  William Vargas (CUB) 58.70 127.5 130.0 132.5 1st 155.0 155.0 160.0 6 287.5
5  Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) 58.55 120.0 125.0 130.0 5 150.0 157.5 160.0 5 282.5
6  Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) 58.95 120.0 125.0 125.0 7 142.5 147.5 — 7 267.5
7  Sedat Artuç (TUR) 58.50 120.0 120.0 120.0 6 145.0 150.0 150.0 8 265.0
8  Chom Singnoi (THA) 58.85 110.0 115.0 120.0 8 135.0 140.0 145.0 10 260.0
9  Mohamed Osman (EGY) 59.00 110.0 115.0 115.0 9 145.0 150.0 150.0 11 260.0
10  Kenji Tominaga (JPN) 58.55 112.5 117.5 117.5 11 145.0 147.5 147.5 9 257.5
11  Liu Te-tsung (TPE) 58.10 112.5 120.0 120.0 10 140.0 140.0 145.0 12 252.5
12  Vassiliy Lim (KAZ) 58.10 105.0 110.0 112.5 12 135.0 140.0 140.0 13 250.0
13  Chen Po-pu (TPE) 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 13 135.0 140.0 145.0 14 250.0
14  Sinchai Ketsri (THA) 58.95 110.0 110.0 110.0 14 135.0 140.0 145.0 15 250.0
15  Johnny Hernández (VEN) 58.95 105.0 110.0 110.0 15 140.0 140.0 145.0 16 245.0
16  Tom Goegebuer (BEL) 58.35 100.0 100.0 107.5 16 130.0 137.5 140.0 17 237.5
—  Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN) 58.65 125.0 125.0 125.0 — 152.5 160.0 165.0 4 —
—  Jyrki Welling (FIN) 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 — 152.5 137.5 — 18 —
—  Traian Cihărean (ROU) 58.95 — — — — — — — — —

References

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