1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 54 kg

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The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 6 December 1997.

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   (CHN) 127.5 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 127.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 160.0 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 147.5 kg  Nayden Rusev (BUL) 147.5 kg
Total  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 287.5 kg   (CHN) 272.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 262.5 kg

Records[]

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

World Record Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 132.5 kg Atlanta, United States 20 July 1996
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 160.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 18 November 1994
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 290.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 18 November 1994

Results[]

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 54.00 120.0 125.0 127.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 152.5 160.5 165.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 287.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   (CHN) 53.55 120.0 125.0 127.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 140.0 145.0 4 272.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 53.70 112.5 112.5 115.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 145.0 147.5 152.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 262.5
4  Nayden Rusev (BUL) 53.90 110.0 115.0 117.5 4 140.0 147.5 150.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 262.5
5  Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN) 53.70 107.5 110.0 110.0 5 140.0 145.0 145.0 5 250.0
6  Adrian Jigău (ROM) 53.85 105.0 110.0 112.5 6 130.0 135.0 140.0 6 250.0
7   (EGY) 53.65 100.0 105.0 107.5 7 130.0 135.0 135.0 8 242.5
8  Éric Bonnel (FRA) 53.90 100.0 105.0 107.5 8 130.0 135.0 137.5 9 242.5
9  Yang Chin-yi (TPE) 53.45 105.0 105.0 107.5 9 130.0 135.0 140.0 7 240.0
10  Mehmet Yağcı (AUS) 54.00 95.0 100.0 100.0 10 120.0 125.0 130.0 11 225.0
11  Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) 53.30 90.0 92.5 95.0 11 120.0 120.0 120.0 12 215.0
  (THA) 53.90 107.5 107.5 107.5 130.0 130.0 130.0 10

New records[]

Clean & Jerk 160.5 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN) WR

References[]

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