1998 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Lahti
Country FIN
Held 10 – 15 November 1998
Competitors 62
Countries 22

Team classification men:

  1. GRE 566
  2. BUL 566
  3. CHN 428
  4. TUR 423
  5. GER 419
  6. RUS 396

Team classification women:

  1. CHN 508
  2. TPE 453
  3. HUN 328
  4. CAN 317
  5. USA 314
  6. POL 306

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-62 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-62 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-62 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-69 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-77 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-77 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-77 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-85 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-85 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-85 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-94 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-94 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-94 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-105 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-105 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-105 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
+105 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
+105 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
+105 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 2
-48 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Total Women — Medal 3 2
-53 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-53 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-53 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-58 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-58 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-58 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-63 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-63 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-63 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
+75 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
+75 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
+75 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 14 7 6 27
2 Bulgaria BUL 6 7 7 20
3 Greece GRE 6 4 5 15
4 Chinese Taipei TPE 5 8 3 16
5 Turkey TUR 3 2 2 7
6 Russia RUS 2 2 6 10
7 Germany GER 2 2 0 4
8 Ukraine UKR 2 1 2 5
9 Finland FIN 2 1 0 3
10 Poland POL 1 2 2 5
11 Armenia ARM 1 1 1 3
12 Georgia GEO 1 0 0 1
13 Croatia CRO 0 3 0 3
14 Colombia COL 0 1 2 3
= Hungary HUN 0 1 2 3
16 Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
= Slovakia SVK 0 1 0 1
= Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
19 United States USA 0 0 3 3
20 Latvia LAT 0 0 2 2
21 Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
= Japan JPN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Lan Shizhang CHN William Vargas CUB
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Ivan Ivanov BUL Lan Shizhang CHN
-56 kg Total, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Lan Shizhang CHN Ivan Ivanov BUL
-62 kg Snatch, Men Leonidas Sampanis GRE Nikolaj Pešalov CRO Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Leonidas Sampanis GRE Nikolaj Pešalov CRO Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-62 kg Total, Men Leonidas Sampanis GRE Nikolaj Pešalov CRO Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-69 kg Snatch, Men Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL Wan Jianhui CHN Georgios Tzelilis GRE
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL Galabin Boevski BUL Valerios Leonidis GRE
-69 kg Total, Men Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL Georgios Tzelilis GRE Wan Jianhui CHN
-77 kg Snatch, Men Giorgi Asanidze GEO Mehmet Yılmaz TUR Zlatаn Vasilev BUL
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Zlatаn Vasilev BUL Petar Tanev BUL Viktor Mitrou GRE
-77 kg Total, Men Zlatаn Vasilev BUL Petar Tanev BUL Mehmet Yılmaz TUR
-85 kg Snatch, Men Georgi Gardev BUL Pyrros Dimas GRE Yury Myshkovets RUS
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Marc Huster GER Pyrros Dimas GRE Yury Myshkovets RUS
-85 kg Total, Men Pyrros Dimas GRE Marc Huster GER Yury Myshkovets RUS
-94 kg Snatch, Men Oliver Caruso GER Tadeusz Drzazga POL Akakios Kakiasvili GRE
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Akakios Kakiasvili GRE Leonidas Kokas GRE Szymon Kołecki POL
-94 kg Total, Men Akakios Kakiasvili GRE Oliver Caruso GER Leonidas Kokas GRE
-105 kg Snatch, Men Cui Wenhua CHN Denys Hotfrid UKR Ihor Razoronov UKR
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ihor Razoronov UKR Martin Tešovič SVK Cui Wenhua CHN
-105 kg Total, Men Ihor Razoronov UKR Cui Wenhua CHN Denys Hotfrid UKR
+105 kg Snatch, Men Ara Vardanyan ARM Andrey Chemerkin RUS Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Andrey Chemerkin RUS Paweł Najdek POL Ara Vardanyan ARM
+105 kg Total, Men Andrey Chemerkin RUS Ara Vardanyan ARM Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
-48 kg Snatch, Women Li Yunli CHN Chu Nan-Mei TPE Tsai Hui-Wan TPE
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Li Yunli CHN Chu Nan-Mei TPE Kaori Niyanagi JPN
-48 kg Total, Women Li Yunli CHN Chu Nan-Mei TPE Tsai Hui-Wan TPE
-53 kg Snatch, Women Wang Xiufen CHN Izabela Dragneva BUL Robin Goad USA
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Wang Xiufen CHN Izabela Dragneva BUL Robin Goad USA
-53 kg Total, Women Wang Xiufen CHN Izabela Dragneva BUL Robin Goad USA
-58 kg Snatch, Women Kuo Ping-Chun TPE Song Zhijuan CHN Neli Yankova BUL
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Kuo Ping-Chun TPE Maryse Turcotte CAN Song Zhijuan CHN
-58 kg Total, Women Kuo Ping-Chun TPE Song Zhijuan CHN Neli Yankova BUL
-63 kg Snatch, Women Chen Jui-Lien TPE Valentina Popova RUS Shi Lihua CHN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Shi Lihua CHN Chen Jui-Lien TPE Aneta Szczepańska POL
-63 kg Total, Women Chen Jui-Lien TPE Shi Lihua CHN Valentina Popova RUS
-69 kg Snatch, Women Tang Weifang CHN Erzsébet Márkus HUN Wu Mei-Yi TPE
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Tang Weifang CHN Wu Mei-Yi TPE Irina Kasimova RUS
-69 kg Total, Women Tang Weifang CHN Wu Mei-Yi TPE Irina Kasimova RUS
-75 kg Snatch, Women Karoliina Lundahl FIN Mónica Carrió ESP Şule Şahbaz TUR
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Gao Xiaoyan CHN Karoliina Lundahl FIN Mária Takács HUN
-75 kg Total, Women Karoliina Lundahl FIN Şule Şahbaz TUR Mária Takács HUN
+75 kg Snatch, Women Agata Wróbel POL María Isabel Urrutia COL Tang Gonghong CHN
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Tang Gonghong CHN Chen Hsiao-Lien TPE María Isabel Urrutia COL
+75 kg Total, Women Tang Gonghong CHN Chen Hsiao-Lien TPE María Isabel Urrutia COL