1997 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Chiang Mai
Country THA
Held 6 – 14 December 1997
Competitors 83
Countries 25

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-54 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-54 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-59 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-59 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-59 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-64 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-64 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-64 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-70 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-76 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-76 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-76 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-83 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-83 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-91 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-91 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-91 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-99 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-99 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-99 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-108 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-108 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-108 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+108 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
+108 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
+108 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-46 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-46 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-46 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-50 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-50 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-50 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-59 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-59 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-59 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-64 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-64 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 2
-64 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-76 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-76 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-76 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
+83 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
+83 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 2
+83 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 29 9 6 44
2 Bulgaria BUL 8 5 5 18
3 Indonesia INA 4 0 5 9
4 Russia RUS 3 7 1 11
5 Poland POL 3 5 5 13
6 Slovakia SVK 3 0 0 3
7 Myanmar MYA 2 2 5 9
8 Chinese Taipei TPE 1 6 7 14
9 Thailand THA 1 2 2 5
10 Germany GER 1 2 0 3
11 Cuba CUB 1 1 0 2
12 Venezuela VEN 1 0 1 2
13 Hungary HUN 0 3 2 5
= South Korea KOR 0 3 2 5
15 Turkey TUR 0 3 1 4
16 India IND 0 2 2 4
17 Colombia COL 0 2 1 3
= North Korea PRK 0 2 1 3
19 Azerbaijan AZE 0 1 1 2
= United States USA 0 1 1 2
21 Nigeria NGR 0 1 0 1
22 Latvia LAT 0 0 3 3
= Ukraine UKR 0 0 3 3
24 Spain ESP 0 0 2 2
25 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-54 kg Snatch, Men Yang Bin CHN Lan Shizhang CHN Wang Shin-Yuan TPE
-54 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Lan Shizhang CHN Wang Shin-Yuan TPE Nayden Rusev BUL
-54 kg Total, Men Lan Shizhang CHN Yang Bin CHN Wang Shin-Yuan TPE
-59 kg Snatch, Men William Vargas CUB Stefan Georgiev BUL Le Maosheng CHN
-59 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stefan Georgiev BUL Le Maosheng CHN Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-59 kg Total, Men Stefan Georgiev BUL Le Maosheng CHN Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-64 kg Snatch, Men Wang Guohua CHN Hafız Süleymanoğlu TUR Xiao Jiangang CHN
-64 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Xiao Jiangang CHN Asif Məlikov AZE Valentin Sarov BUL
-64 kg Total, Men Xiao Jiangang CHN Hafız Süleymanoğlu TUR Asif Məlikov AZE
-70 kg Snatch, Men Zlatаn Vasilev BUL Zhan Xugang CHN Wan Jianhui CHN
-70 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Zlatаn Vasilev BUL Zhan Xugang CHN Kim Hak-Bong KOR
-70 kg Total, Men Zlatаn Vasilev BUL Zhan Xugang CHN Wan Jianhui CHN
-76 kg Snatch, Men Georgi Gardev BUL Waldemar Kosiński POL Yoto Yotov BUL
-76 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yoto Yotov BUL Andrzej Kozłowski POL Waldemar Kosiński POL
-76 kg Total, Men Yoto Yotov BUL Georgi Gardev BUL Waldemar Kosiński POL
-83 kg Snatch, Men Andrzej Cofalik POL Yury Myshkovets RUS Dursun Sevinç TUR
-83 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Zhang Yong CHN Krzysztof Siemion POL Andrzej Cofalik POL
-83 kg Total, Men Andrzej Cofalik POL Dursun Sevinç TUR Krzysztof Siemion POL
-91 kg Snatch, Men Tadeusz Drzazga POL Maksim Agapitov RUS Andrey Makarov KAZ
-91 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Julio César Luna VEN Maksim Agapitov RUS Oleh Chumak UKR
-91 kg Total, Men Maksim Agapitov RUS Tadeusz Drzazga POL Julio César Luna VEN
-99 kg Snatch, Men Martin Tešovič SVK Choi Jong-Geun KOR Lorenzo Carrió ESP
-99 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Martin Tešovič SVK Ernesto Montoya CUB Oleksiy Obukhov UKR
-99 kg Total, Men Martin Tešovič SVK Choi Jong-Geun KOR Oleksiy Obukhov UKR
-108 kg Snatch, Men Cui Wenhua CHN Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS Sergey Syrtsov RUS
-108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Cui Wenhua CHN Wes Barnett USA Mariusz Jędra POL
-108 kg Total, Men Cui Wenhua CHN Mariusz Jędra POL Wes Barnett USA
+108 kg Snatch, Men Ronny Weller GER Andrey Chemerkin RUS Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
+108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Andrey Chemerkin RUS Ronny Weller GER Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
+108 kg Total, Men Andrey Chemerkin RUS Ronny Weller GER Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
-46 kg Snatch, Women Kyi Kyi Than MYA Liu Ling CHN Sri Indriyani INA
-46 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Liu Ling CHN Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi IND Sri Indriyani INA
-46 kg Total, Women Liu Ling CHN Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi IND Sri Indriyani INA
-50 kg Snatch, Women Zhong Yan CHN Izabela Dragneva BUL Winarni Binti Slamet INA
-50 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Winarni Binti Slamet INA Izabela Dragneva BUL Win Swe Swe MYA
-50 kg Total, Women Winarni Binti Slamet INA Izabela Dragneva BUL Ri Yong-Hwa PRK
-54 kg Snatch, Women Meng Xianjuan CHN Khin Moe Nwe MYA Kuo Ping-Chun TPE
-54 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Meng Xianjuan CHN Ri Song-Hui PRK Saipin Dejsaeng THA
-54 kg Total, Women Meng Xianjuan CHN Ri Song-Hui PRK Saipin Dejsaeng THA
-59 kg Snatch, Women Patmawati Abdul Wahid INA Khassaraporn Suta THA Wu Mei-Yi TPE
-59 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Khassaraporn Suta THA Naw Ju Ni MYA Patmawati Abdul Wahid INA
-59 kg Total, Women Patmawati Abdul Wahid INA Khassaraporn Suta THA Naw Ju Ni MYA
-64 kg Snatch, Women Chen Jui-Lien TPE Chen Yanqing CHN Neelam Setti Laxmi IND
-64 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Chen Yanqing CHN Chen Jui-Lien TPE Lu Yun CHN
-64 kg Total, Women Chen Yanqing CHN Chen Jui-Lien TPE Neelam Setti Laxmi IND
-70 kg Snatch, Women Xiang Fenglan CHN Ilona Dankó HUN Huang Hsi-Li TPE
-70 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Xiang Fenglan CHN Irina Kasimova RUS Huang Hsi-Li TPE
-70 kg Total, Women Xiang Fenglan CHN Huang Hsi-Li TPE Ilona Dankó HUN
-76 kg Snatch, Women Hua Ju CHN Mária Takács HUN Mónica Carrió ESP
-76 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Hua Ju CHN Kim Sun-Hui KOR Mária Takács HUN
-76 kg Total, Women Hua Ju CHN Mária Takács HUN Kim Sun-Hui KOR
-83 kg Snatch, Women Tang Weifang CHN Albina Khomich RUS María Isabel Urrutia COL
-83 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Tang Weifang CHN María Isabel Urrutia COL Aye Mon Khin MYA
-83 kg Total, Women Tang Weifang CHN María Isabel Urrutia COL Aye Mon Khin MYA
+83 kg Snatch, Women Aye Aye Aung MYA Balkisu Musa NGR Ma Runmei CHN
+83 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Ma Runmei CHN Chen Hsiao-Lien TPE Chen Shu-Chih TPE
+83 kg Total, Women Ma Runmei CHN Chen Shu-Chih TPE Aye Aye Aung MYA