1993 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1993 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from November 11 to November 21, 1993.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
54 kg
Snatch	China	122.5 kg	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	122.5 kg	Ko Kwang-ku  South Korea	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	152.5 kg	Ko Kwang-ku  South Korea	150.0 kg
Total	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria	277.5 kg WR	Halil Mutlu  Turkey	275.0 kg	Ko Kwang-ku  South Korea	270.0 kg
59 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria	137.5 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	135.0 kg	China	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria	167.5 kg WR	Georgios Tzelilis  Greece	165.0 kg	Tang Lingsheng  China	162.5 kg
Total	Nikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria	305.0 kg WR	Hafız Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	295.0 kg	Tang Lingsheng  China	292.5 kg
64 kg
Snatch	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	145.0 kg	China	142.5 kg	North Korea	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	177.5 kg WR	Valerios Leonidis  Greece	175.0 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Armenia	175.0 kg
Total	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	322.5 kg WR	North Korea	317.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Armenia	315.0 kg
70 kg
Snatch	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Ergün Batmaz  Turkey	150.0 kg	Bulgaria	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Andreas Behm  Germany	185.0 kg	Kim Hak-bong  South Korea	182.5 kg
Total	Yoto Yotov  Bulgaria	342.5 kg	Ergün Batmaz  Turkey	332.5 kg	Andreas Behm  Germany	330.0 kg
76 kg
Snatch	Ruslan Savchenko  Ukraine	170.0 kg WR	Kim Myong-nam  North Korea	167.5 kg	Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew  Turkmenistan	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew  Turkmenistan	202.5 kg WR	Ruslan Savchenko  Ukraine	200.0 kg	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan  Armenia	197.5 kg
Total	Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew  Turkmenistan	370.0 kg WR	Ruslan Savchenko  Ukraine	370.0 kg	Kim Myong-nam  North Korea	362.5 kg
83 kg
Snatch	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	175.0 kg	Oleksandr Blyshchyk  Ukraine	175.0 kg	László Barsi  Hungary	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Marc Huster  Germany	210.0 kg WR	Kiril Kounev  Australia	207.5 kg	China	202.5 kg
Total	Pyrros Dimas  Greece	377.5 kg	Marc Huster  Germany	375.0 kg	Kiril Kounev  Australia	372.5 kg
91 kg
Snatch	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	185.0 kg WR	Anatoly Khrapaty  Kazakhstan	180.0 kg	Kakhi Kakhiashvili  Georgia	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kakhi Kakhiashvili  Georgia	222.5 kg	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	222.5 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Kazakhstan	215.0 kg
Total	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	407.5 kg WR	Kakhi Kakhiashvili  Georgia	402.5 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Kazakhstan	395.0 kg
99 kg
Snatch	Sergey Syrtsov  Russia	190.0 kg	Nicu Vlad  Australia	190.0 kg WR	Viktor Tregubov  Russia	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Viktor Tregubov  Russia	222.5 kg WR	Sergey Syrtsov  Russia	217.5 kg	Igor Sadykov  Germany	215.0 kg
Total	Viktor Tregubov  Russia	407.5 kg	Sergey Syrtsov  Russia	407.5 kg	Igor Sadykov  Germany	392.5 kg
108 kg
Snatch	Timur Taymazov  Ukraine	195.0 kg	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	185.0 kg	Stefan Botev  Australia	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Stefan Botev  Australia	232.5 kg	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	230.0 kg	Timur Taymazov  Ukraine	225.0 kg
Total	Timur Taymazov  Ukraine	420.0 kg	Stefan Botev  Australia	417.5 kg	Ihor Razoronov  Ukraine	415.0 kg
+108 kg
Snatch	Ronny Weller  Germany	200.0 kg WR	Manfred Nerlinger  Germany	192.5 kg	Andrey Chemerkin  Russia	190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Manfred Nerlinger  Germany	247.5 kg WR	Andrey Chemerkin  Russia	245.0 kg	Ronny Weller  Germany	242.5 kg
Total	Ronny Weller  Germany	442.5 kg WR	Manfred Nerlinger  Germany	440.0 kg	Andrey Chemerkin  Russia	435.0 kg

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
46 kg
Snatch	Chinese Taipei	67.5 kg	Donka Mincheva  Bulgaria	67.5 kg	Japan	65.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chinese Taipei	85.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	85.0 kg WR	Japan	82.5 kg
Total	Chinese Taipei	152.5 kg WR	Chinese Taipei	147.5 kg	Japan	147.5 kg
50 kg
Snatch	China	77.5 kg	Liu Xiuhua  China	77.5 kg WR	Chinese Taipei	75.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liu Xiuhua  China	110.0 kg WR	China	100.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	95.0 kg
Total	Liu Xiuhua  China	187.5 kg WR	China	177.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	170.0 kg
54 kg
Snatch	Chen Xiaomin  China	90.0 kg WR	Robin Byrd  United States	82.5 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Xiaomin  China	110.0 kg WR	Canada	97.5 kg	Japan	95.0 kg
Total	Chen Xiaomin  China	200.0 kg WR	Robin Byrd  United States	177.5 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	177.5 kg
59 kg
Snatch	China	97.5 kg WR	Gergana Kirilova  Bulgaria	92.5 kg	Greece	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	120.0 kg WR	Gergana Kirilova  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Greece	107.5 kg
Total	China	217.5 kg WR	Gergana Kirilova  Bulgaria	202.5 kg	Greece	197.5 kg
64 kg
Snatch	China	102.5 kg WR	Erzsébet Márkus  Hungary	90.0 kg	South Korea	87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	117.5 kg WR	South Korea	115.0 kg	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	110.0 kg
Total	China	220.0 kg WR	South Korea	202.5 kg	Julie Malenfant  Canada	195.0 kg
70 kg
Snatch	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	100.0 kg WR	South Korea	92.5 kg	Japan	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	120.0 kg WR	Japan	115.0 kg	South Korea	112.5 kg
Total	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	220.0 kg WR	Japan	207.5 kg	South Korea	205.0 kg
76 kg
Snatch	China	105.0 kg WR	China	92.5 kg	Hungary	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	127.5 kg WR	China	125.0 kg	Bulgaria	117.5 kg
Total	China	230.0 kg WR	China	220.0 kg	Hungary	207.5 kg
83 kg
Snatch	China	107.5 kg WR	Chinese Taipei	102.5 kg	Greece	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chinese Taipei	127.5 kg WR	Greece	125.0 kg	India	117.5 kg
Total	Chinese Taipei	230.0 kg WR	Greece	215.0 kg	India	207.5 kg
+83 kg
Snatch	Li Yajuan  China	105.0 kg WR	Ukraine	100.0 kg	Carla Garrett  United States	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yajuan  China	155.0 kg WR	Carla Garrett  United States	132.5 kg	Greece	115.0 kg
Total	Li Yajuan  China	260.0 kg WR	Carla Garrett  United States	232.5 kg	Ukraine	215.0 kg

Medal table[]

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	6	2	1	9
2	Bulgaria	5	1	0	6
3	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	4
4	Turkey	1	3	0	4
5	Germany	1	2	2	5
6	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
7	Greece	1	1	1	3
	Russia	1	1	1	3
9	Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
10	United States	0	2	0	2
11	South Korea	0	1	2	3
12	Australia	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
	North Korea	0	1	1	2
15	Georgia	0	1	0	1
16	India	0	0	2	2
17	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		19	19	19	57

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	20	7	4	31
2	Bulgaria	13	5	2	20
3	Chinese Taipei	5	3	3	11
4	Germany	4	4	4	12
5	Turkey	3	7	0	10
6	Ukraine	3	6	3	12
7	Russia	3	3	3	9
8	Greece	2	4	5	11
9	Turkmenistan	2	0	1	3
10	Australia	1	3	2	6
11	Georgia	1	1	1	3
12	United States	0	4	1	5
13	South Korea	0	3	7	10
14	Japan	0	2	6	8
15	North Korea	0	2	2	4
16	Hungary	0	1	3	4
17	Kazakhstan	0	1	2	3
18	Canada	0	1	1	2
19	India	0	0	4	4
20	Armenia	0	0	3	3
Totals (20 nations)		57	57	57	171

References[]

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

External links[]

• Database