1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the lightweight (69 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.^[1]

Medalists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	160.0 kg	Wan Jianhui (CHN)	157.5 kg	Georgios Tzelilis (GRE)	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	190.0 kg	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	185.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis (GRE)	185.0 kg
Total	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	350.0 kg	Georgios Tzelilis (GRE)	340.0 kg	Wan Jianhui (CHN)	340.0 kg

Records[]

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

World Record	Snatch	World Standard	157.5 kg	—	1 January 1998
	Clean & Jerk	World Standard	190.0 kg	—	1 January 1998
	Total	World Standard	347.5 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results[]

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	68.77	155.0	~~160.0~~	160.0		182.5	187.5	190.0		350.0
	Georgios Tzelilis (GRE)	68.49	147.5	152.5	155.0		185.0	~~190.0~~	~~190.0~~	4	340.0
	Wan Jianhui (CHN)	68.87	152.5	158.0	~~160.0~~		182.5	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~	7	340.0
4	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	68.17	152.5	~~157.5~~	~~157.5~~	5	185.0	~~190.0~~	~~190.0~~		337.5
5	Valerios Leonidis (GRE)	68.21	~~147.5~~	147.5	150.0	7	~~185.0~~	185.0	~~190.0~~		335.0
6	(RUS)	68.74	137.5	142.5	147.5	10	175.0	~~180.0~~	185.0	6	332.5
7	Siarhei Laurenau (BLR)	68.64	145.0	150.0	155.0	4	170.0	175.0	~~180.0~~	12	330.0
8	(CHN)	68.71	140.0	~~145.0~~	145.0	12	180.0	185.0	~~187.5~~	5	330.0
9	(ROM)	68.42	147.5	~~152.5~~	~~152.5~~	9	~~175.0~~	175.0	~~180.0~~	11	322.5
10	François Demeure (BEL)	68.48	140.0	145.0	~~147.5~~	11	172.5	177.5	~~180.0~~	9	322.5
11	Ergün Batmaz (TUR)	68.89	~~145.0~~	145.0	~~150.0~~	14	170.0	177.5	—	10	322.5
12	Adrián Popa (HUN)	68.74	~~135.0~~	135.0	~~140.0~~	18	180.0	~~185.0~~	~~187.5~~	8	315.0
13	Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN)	68.83	140.0	~~145.0~~	145.0	13	~~170.0~~	170.0	~~180.0~~	15	315.0
14	Sébastien Groulx (CAN)	68.13	125.0	130.0	132.5	21	162.5	167.5	170.0	13	302.5
15	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	68.38	~~132.5~~	132.5	~~140.0~~	22	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	14	302.5
16	Giuseppe Ficco (ITA)	68.72	127.5	132.5	135.0	17	167.5	~~172.5~~	~~172.5~~	17	302.5
17	(AUT)	68.58	132.5	~~137.5~~	137.5	16	162.5	~~167.5~~	~~167.5~~	20	300.0
18	(EGY)	68.77	125.0	130.0	135.0	20	165.0	~~170.0~~	~~172.5~~	18	300.0
19	(COL)	68.42	125.0	130.0	~~132.5~~	23	162.5	167.5	~~172.5~~	16	297.5
20	Fouad Bouzenada (ALG)	68.91	120.0	125.0	~~127.5~~	27	160.0	~~165.0~~	165.0	19	290.0
21	(EGY)	68.45	120.0	125.0	~~130.0~~	25	155.0	160.0	~~165.0~~	21	285.0
22	Alexi Batista (PAN)	67.58	120.0	125.0	~~130.0~~	24	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	150.0	22	275.0
23	(LAT)	68.74	120.0	~~125.0~~	125.0	26	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~	23	275.0
24	Petr Stanislav (CZE)	68.38	120.0	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	28	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	24	265.0
25	(NED)	68.82	115.0	~~120.0~~	~~120.0~~	30	~~140.0~~	140.0	145.0	25	260.0
26	(UGA)	68.79	115.0	115.0	—	29	130.0	~~135.0~~	—	26	245.0
—	Fedail Güler (TUR)	68.12	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~	6	~~185.0~~	~~187.5~~	—	—	—
—	Gábor Molnár (HUN)	68.64	145.0	150.0	~~155.0~~	8	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	—	—
—	(AZE)	68.30	~~140.0~~	140.0	~~147.5~~	15	~~177.5~~	~~177.5~~	~~177.5~~	—	—
—	Romuald Ernault (FRA)	68.74	132.5	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	19	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	~~162.5~~	—	—
—	(DEN)	68.32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—