1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg

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1997 World Weightlifting
Championships
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MenWomen
54 kg46 kg
59 kg50 kg
64 kg54 kg
70 kg59 kg
76 kg64 kg
83 kg70 kg
91 kg76 kg
99 kg83 kg
108 kg+83 kg
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Main article: 1997 World Weightlifting Championships

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   (BUL) 130.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   (BUL) 165.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 165.0 kg  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 162.5 kg
Total   (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 place, gold medalist(s)   (BUL) 58.60 125.0 130.0 132.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 157.5 162.5 165.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 295.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Le Maosheng (CHN) 59.00 130.0 135.0 135.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 165.0 165.0 167.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 295.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 58.60 127.5 132.5 132.5 4 157.5 162.5 170.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 290.0
4  William Vargas (CUB) 58.70 127.5 130.0 132.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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   (JPN) 58.55 112.5 117.5 117.5 11 145.0 147.5 147.5 9 257.5
11   (TPE) 58.10 112.5 120.0 120.0 10 140.0 140.0 145.0 12 252.5
12   (KAZ) 58.10 105.0 110.0 112.5 12 135.0 140.0 140.0 13 250.0
13   (TPE) 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 13 135.0 140.0 145.0 14 250.0
14   (THA) 58.95 110.0 110.0 110.0 14 135.0 140.0 145.0 15 250.0
15   (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 —
—   (FIN) 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 — 152.5 137.5 — 18 —
—  Traian Cihărean (ROM) 58.95 — — — — — — — — —

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