1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

1998 World Championships
in Finland Lahti, Finland
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 135.0 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 127.5 kg  William Vargas (CUB) 127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 160.0 kg  Ivan Ivanov (BUL) 160.0 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 157.5 kg
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 295.0 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 285.0 kg  Ivan Ivanov (BUL) 282.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch World Standard 135.0 kg 1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 165.5 kg Szekszárd, Hungary 9 May 1998
Total World Standard 300.0 kg 1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 55.66 130.0 135.0 135.0 1st 160.0 160.0 166.0 1st 295.0
2nd  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 55.85 122.5 127.5 130.0 2nd157.5 157.5 165.0 3rd 285.0
3rd  Ivan Ivanov (BUL) 55.86 122.5 127.5 127.5 4 155.0 160.0 165.0 2nd 282.5
4  William Vargas (CUB) 55.94 127.5 130.0 132.5 3rd 150.0 155.0 160.0 4 282.5
5  Adrian Jigău (ROU) 55.79 117.5 122.5 122.5 6 145.0 145.0 155.0 5 262.5
6  Traian Cihărean (ROU) 55.87 115.0 120.0 122.5 5 140.0 140.0 145.0 7 260.0
7  Eric Bonnel (FRA) 55.50 110.0 110.0 115.0 8 135.0 140.0 142.5 6 252.5
8  László Tancsics (HUN) 55.18 110.0 115.0 117.5 7 135.0 140.0 140.0 10 250.0
9  Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN) 55.28 105.0 105.0 107.5 10 135.0 137.5 137.5 9 245.0
10  Ali Hamid (EGY) 55.81 102.5 107.5 110.0 9 130.0 135.0 137.5 11 245.0
11  Michael Ponchard (FRA) 55.69 95.0 100.0 100.0 13 127.5 132.5 132.5 12 222.5
12  Nafaa Benami (ALG) 54.24 90.0 100.0 100.0 12 110.0 117.5 122.5 14 217.5
13  François Lagacé (CAN) 55.62 95.0 100.5 102.5 11 112.5 117.5 117.5 15 215.0
14  Anatoli Shavalov (ISR) 55.83 95.0 100.0 100.0 14 115.0 120.0 120.0 13 215.0
 Juan Carlos Fernández (COL) 55.90 110.0 110.0 110.0 135.0 140.0 142.5 8
 Gennadi Oleinik (ISR) 55.80 95.0 95.0

References

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