1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg

1999 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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The Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (77 kg) is the fourth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 25 November 1999.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)	170.0 kg	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	170.0 kg	Badr Salem Nayef (QAT)	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Badr Salem Nayef (QAT)	205.0 kg	Viktor Mitrou (GRE)	205.0 kg	Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT)	202.5 kg
Total	Badr Salem Nayef (QAT)	370.0 kg	Viktor Mitrou (GRE)	370.0 kg	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	370.0 kg

Records[]

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

World Record	Snatch	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)	168.5 kg	A Coruña, Spain	16 April 1999
	Clean & Jerk	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	206.0 kg	Wuhan, China	2 September 1999
	Total	World Standard	372.5 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results[]

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Badr Salem Nayef (QAT)	76.26	155.0	160.0	165.0		195.0	200.0	205.0		370.0
	Viktor Mitrou (GRE)	76.67	160.0	165.0	167.5	5	197.5	202.5	205.0		370.0
	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	76.85	160.0	165.0	170.0		197.5	197.5	200.0	7	370.0
4	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	76.26	157.5	162.5	165.0	7	195.0	202.5	207.5	4	365.0
5	Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT)	76.24	157.5	157.5	162.5	13	190.0	200.0	202.5		360.0
6	Arsen Melikyan (ARM)	76.72	155.0	155.0	160.0	12	190.0	195.0	200.0	6	360.0
7	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)	76.77	162.5	167.5	170.5		190.0	190.0	200.0	17	360.0
8	Dmytro Hnidenko (UKR)	75.90	152.5	157.5	162.5	6	182.5	187.5	192.5	11	355.0
9	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	76.47	157.5	162.5	162.5	14	197.5	212.5	212.5	8	355.0
10	Sergey Filimonov (KAZ)	76.50	155.0	160.0	165.0	4	185.0	185.0	190.0	14	355.0
11	Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR)	76.50	160.0	165.0	165.0	10	190.0	195.0	195.0	15	350.0
12	Adrián Popa (HUN)	76.57	140.0	145.0	150.0	22	187.5	195.0	200.0	5	350.0
13	Ayhan Çiçek (TUR)	76.54	152.5	157.5	160.0	15	185.0	190.0	195.0	16	347.5
14	(KOR)	76.73	150.0	155.0	155.0	23	185.0	190.0	197.5	9	347.5
15	Li Hongli (CHN)	76.11	160.0	165.0	165.0	8	185.0	192.5	192.5	20	345.0
16	(KOR)	76.39	150.0	155.0	160.0	16	185.0	190.0	197.5	13	345.0
17	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	76.90	152.5	157.5	157.5	19	182.5	187.5	192.5	12	345.0
18	Ingo Steinhöfel (GER)	76.46	155.0	160.0	162.5	9	182.5	187.5	—	22	342.5
19	Idalberto Aranda (CUB)	76.63	145.0	150.0	150.0	29	195.0	202.5	202.5	10	340.0
20	Vasile Hegheduş (ROM)	75.82	150.0	155.0	155.0	21	185.0	190.0	190.0	19	335.0
21	Oscar Chaplin (USA)	76.73	145.0	150.0	152.5	18	177.5	182.5	185.0	23	335.0
22	(ECU)	76.75	142.5	147.5	152.5	24	175.0	185.0	185.0	21	332.5
23	(KGZ)	76.45	135.0	142.5	145.0	32	175.0	182.5	187.5	18	330.0
24	(SVK)	76.89	155.0	155.0	160.0	17	160.0	170.0	175.0	30	330.0
25	Ilirjan Suli (ALB)	76.96	142.5	147.5	152.5	20	172.5	177.5	177.5	27	330.0
26	Zoltán Kecskés (HUN)	75.75	145.0	150.0	150.0	25	175.0	180.0	185.0	25	325.0
27	(EGY)	76.82	142.5	147.5	147.5	33	175.0	175.0	182.5	24	325.0
28	Vladimir Bîrsa (MDA)	76.60	145.0	150.0	150.0	28	175.0	177.5	180.0	26	322.5
29	(NGR)	76.27	140.0	145.0	—	26	170.0	175.0	177.5	28	320.0
30	(SYR)	76.96	145.0	150.0	152.5	31	172.5	172.5	177.5	32	317.5
31	(LAT)	76.73	135.0	140.0	142.5	35	170.0	175.0	177.5	29	315.0
32	(CMR)	76.37	140.0	145.0	145.0	27	165.0	170.0	—	39	310.0
33	(TUN)	76.64	140.0	145.0	150.0	30	165.0	165.0	172.5	41	310.0
34	(NED)	76.13	130.0	135.0	140.0	39	165.0	172.5	177.5	31	307.5
35	(VEN)	74.66	135.0	135.0	135.0	38	170.0	170.0	175.0	33	305.0
36	(SWE)	76.75	140.0	140.0	145.0	36	165.0	165.0	167.5	43	305.0
37	(CZE)	76.70	137.5	142.5	142.5	37	165.0	170.0	170.0	42	302.5
38	Stewart Cruickshank (GBR)	75.88	132.5	137.5	137.5	42	162.5	167.5	172.5	35	300.0
39	Scott McCarthy (CAN)	76.50	130.0	135.0	135.0	40	160.0	165.0	167.5	40	300.0
40	(CAN)	76.81	130.0	135.0	135.0	47	165.0	170.0	175.0	34	300.0
41	Craig Blythman (AUS)	76.82	132.5	132.5	137.5	43	160.0	165.0	—	44	297.5
42	Luis Coronado (GUA)	76.08	125.0	130.0	132.5	45	160.0	165.0	170.0	37	295.0
43	(TKM)	72.90	132.5	137.5	137.5	41	157.5	157.5	162.5	46	290.0
44	(TPE)	74.56	125.0	130.0	130.0	48	160.0	165.0	170.0	36	290.0
45	Quincy Detenamo (NRU)	76.30	125.0	125.0	130.0	50	165.0	165.0	170.0	38	290.0
46	(AUT)	75.23	125.0	130.0	130.0	44	155.0	160.0	160.0	49	285.0
47	(POR)	76.78	125.0	130.0	132.5	46	150.0	155.0	160.0	50	285.0
48	(SAM)	74.79	120.0	120.0	125.0	49	145.0	152.5	157.5	47	282.5
49	(POR)	76.24	117.5	117.5	122.5	54	155.0	160.0	162.5	45	282.5
50	Redjean Clerc (SUI)	76.43	120.0	127.5	127.5	57	150.0	155.0	157.5	48	277.5
51	Khodor Alaywan (LIB)	76.44	125.0	125.0	125.0	51	150.0	155.0	155.0	51	275.0
52	(ISR)	76.83	115.0	122.5	127.5	56	137.5	145.0	150.0	52	272.5
53	(LTU)	76.45	120.0	125.0	127.5	52	137.5	142.5	145.0	53	270.0
54	(ISR)	76.81	117.5	122.5	127.5	55	145.0	150.0	150.0	54	267.5
55	(IRL)	76.59	120.0	125.0	130.0	53	130.0	130.0	137.5	56	255.0
56	(IRL)	74.21	105.0	107.5	107.5	58	135.0	135.0	140.0	55	240.0
—	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI)	76.62	155.0	160.0	162.5	11	195.0	195.0	197.5	—	—
—	Tudor Casapu (MDA)	76.49	140.0	145.0	145.0	34	185.0	185.0	—	—	—
DQ	(ROM)	76.75	165.0	170.0	172.5	—	200.0	200.0	200.0	—	—
DQ	(NED)	73.01	115.0	120.0	125.0	—	150.0	155.0	—	—	—

New records[]

Snatch	170.0 kg	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	WR
	170.5 kg	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)	WR

References[]

• Weightlifting Databank
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 26–27