1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 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 middleweight (77 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) 167.5 kg  Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR) 165.0 kg  Zlatan Vanev (BUL) 162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Zlatan Vanev (BUL) 202.5 kg  Petar Tanev (BUL) 202.5 kg  Viktor Mitrou (GRE) 202.5 kg
Total  Zlatan Vanev (BUL) 365.0 kg  Petar Tanev (BUL) 362.5 kg  Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR) 360.0 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch World Standard 167.5 kg — 1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk World Standard 205.0 kg — 1 January 1998
Total World Standard 372.5 kg — 1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Zlatan Vanev (BUL) 76.14 157.5 162.5 165.0 3rd 200.0 200.0 202.5 1st 365.0
2nd  Petar Tanev (BUL) 76.48 150.0 155.0 160.0 8 192.5 197.5 202.5 2nd 362.5
3rd  Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR) 76.32 157.5 162.5 165.0 2nd 185.0 195.0 195.0 7 360.0
4  Viktor Mitrou (GRE) 76.90 157.5 162.5 162.5 11 195.0 202.5 205.0 3rd 360.0
5  Ingo Steinhöfel (GER) 76.55 155.0 160.0 162.5 4 187.5 195.0 197.5 8 357.5
6  Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) 76.66 160.0 165.0 168.0 1st 190.0 195.0 195.0 13 357.5
7  Arkadiusz Smółka (POL) 75.78 155.0 155.0 160.0 6 190.0 195.0 197.5 6 355.0
8  Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) 76.61 162.5 167.5 167.5 5 187.5 187.5 192.5 10 355.0
9  Idalberto Aranda (CUB) 76.46 145.0 150.0 152.5 14 195.0 200.0 205.5 5 352.5
10  Rǎzvan Ilie (ROU) 76.09 160.0 160.0 162.5 7 190.0 195.0 195.0 11 350.0
11  Aleh Kechko (BLR) 76.91 150.0 150.0 155.0 13 185.0 190.0 195.0 9 350.0
12  Arsen Melikyan (ARM) 76.65 152.5 157.5 162.5 10 190.0 195.0 197.5 12 347.5
13  Oscar Chaplin (USA) 76.62 145.0 150.0 152.5 15 175.0 182.5 185.0 15 332.5
14  Rafat Galal (EGY) 76.90 145.0 150.0 150.0 17 177.5 182.5 185.0 16 332.5
15  Ringo Gossmann (GER) 76.62 145.0 150.0 150.0 18 180.0 185.0 190.0 14 330.0
16  Viktor Guman (SVK) 76.88 145.0 150.0 155.0 16 172.5 177.5 182.5 17 327.5
17  Mauro Scifo (ITA) 76.20 130.0 135.0 137.5 19 170.0 175.0 177.5 18 312.5
18  Scott McCarthy (CAN) 76.33 127.5 127.5 132.5 21 157.5 162.5 165.0 20 295.0
19  Tsai Hung-chang (TPE) 76.68 130.0 135.0 137.5 20 160.0 160.0 165.0 22 295.0
20  Guy Hamilton (CAN) 76.92 125.0 130.0 130.0 23 165.0 170.0 170.0 19 295.0
21  Marcelo Gandolfo (ARG) 75.46 130.0 135.0 137.5 22 160.0 170.0 170.0 21 290.0
22  Quincy Detenamo (NRU) 76.81 115.0 120.0 125.0 25 155.0 160.0 165.0 23 280.0
23  Redjean Clerc (SUI) 75.31 120.0 125.0 125.0 24 150.0 155.0 160.0 24 275.0
24  Mladen Bužančić (CRO) 76.90 110.0 110.0 117.5 26 140.0 150.0 — 25 260.0
—  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) 76.80 155.0 160.0 160.0 9 192.5 192.5 195.0 — —
—  Attila Feri (HUN) 76.74 155.0 160.0 160.0 12 200.0 200.0 200.0 — —
—  Zhan Xugang (CHN) 76.67 155.0 155.0 160.0 — 200.0 200.0 202.5 4 —

New records

Snatch 168.0 kg  Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) WR

References

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