1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 99 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 99 kg division was staged on 13 December 1997.

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Martin Tešovič (SVK) 180.0 kg  Choi Jong-keun (KOR) 177.5 kg  Lorenzo Carrió (ESP) 172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Martin Tešovič (SVK) 220.0 kg   (CUB) 215.0 kg   (UKR) 212.5 kg
Total  Martin Tešovič (SVK) 400.0 kg  Choi Jong-keun (KOR) 387.5 kg   (UKR) 385.0 kg

Records[]

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

World Record Snatch  Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) 192.5 kg Istanbul, Turkey 25 November 1994
Clean & Jerk  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 235.0 kg Atlanta, United States 28 July 1996
Total  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 420.0 kg Atlanta, United States 28 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)  Martin Tešovič (SVK) 97.70 172.5 177.5 180.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 215.0 220.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 400.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Choi Jong-keun (KOR) 97.50 170.0 172.5 177.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 205.0 210.0 210.0 4 387.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   (UKR) 98.85 162.5 167.5 172.5 5 200.0 207.5 212.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 385.0
4  Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS) 98.65 172.5 172.5 172.5 4 195.0 202.5 207.5 6 380.0
5  Sergey Kopytov (KAZ) 98.05 160.0 167.5 167.5 6 200.0 207.5 212.5 5 375.0
6   (CUB) 98.90 160.0 165.0 165.0 14 210.0 215.0 217.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 375.0
7  Lorenzo Carrió (ESP) 98.55 165.0 170.0 172.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 200.0 205.0 205.0 12 372.5
8  Mario Kalinke (GER) 98.25 165.0 165.0 167.5 7 190.0 202.5 205.0 8 370.0
9  Alexandru Bratan (MDA) 98.35 165.0 170.0 170.0 8 200.0 200.0 205.0 9 370.0
10  Tom Gough (USA) 98.40 165.0 170.0 170.0 9 205.0 212.5 212.5 10 370.0
11  Janne Kanerva (FIN) 98.85 160.0 165.0 165.0 13 200.0 205.0 207.5 7 367.5
12  Hennadiy Krasylnykov (UKR) 98.75 160.0 165.0 165.0 10 200.0 207.5 207.5 13 365.0
13  Akos Sandor (CAN) 98.50 157.5 157.5 157.5 16 185.0 190.0 195.0 14 352.5
14   (ROM) 98.00 160.0 165.0 165.0 12 190.0 190.0 190.0 16 350.0
15   (FIN) 98.80 155.0 160.0 160.0 17 195.0 200.0 200.0 15 350.0
16  Roman Polom (CZE) 98.75 160.0 165.0 165.0 11 182.5 190.0 190.0 20 347.5
17  Cristián Escalante (CHI) 98.20 152.5 157.5 157.5 15 182.5 187.5 187.5 19 340.0
18   (THA) 98.45 135.0 145.0 145.0 18 175.0 185.0 185.0 18 330.0
19  Andrew Callard (GBR) 93.95 142.5 142.5 147.5 19 185.0 190.0 195.0 17 327.5
20   (TPE) 96.60 135.0 140.0 142.5 20 160.0 170.0 23 310.0
21   (TPE) 97.80 130.0 137.5 137.5 21 180.0 180.0 190.0 21 310.0
 Tharwat Bendary (EGY) 98.35 160.0 160.0 160.0 200.0 200.0 212.5 11
 Aghvan Grigoryan (ARM) 98.70 165.0 165.0 165.0 180.0 190.0 190.0 22
DQ  Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) 98.25 155.0 160.0 160.0 185.0 190.0 190.0

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