1998 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Lahti
Country	FIN
Held	10 – 15 November 1998
Competitors	237
Countries	53

Team classification men:

1. GRE 566
2. BUL 566
3. CHN 428
4. TUR 423
5. GER 419
6. RUS 396
7. POL 350
8. HUN 265
9. ROU 257
10. EGY 255
11. ARM 251
12. UKR 216
13. BLR 196
14. ESP 172
15. JPN 168
16. ITA 158
17. FRA 156
18. LAT 155
19. CAN 154
20. AUS 144
21. COL 137
22. SVK 131
23. FIN 127
24. AZE 126
25. CUB 117
26. MDA 116
27. GEO 112
28. TPE 99
29. CRO 92
30. NRU 92 (ex aequo)
31. ALG 89
32. GBR 79
33. BEL 75
34. KAZ 75 (ex aequo)
35. VEN 52
36. NZL 46
37. CMR 41
38. ISR 37
39. USA 35
40. LTU 31
41. DEN 29
42. NED 27
43. AUT 25
44. CZE 23
45. POR 19
46. IRL 16
47. ARG 14
48. UGA 13
49. PAN 10
50. SUI 7
51. ECU 5

Team classification women:

1. CHN 508
2. TPE 453
3. HUN 328
4. CAN 317
5. USA 314
6. POL 306
7. FRA 290
8. BUL 262
9. FIN 254
10. GRE 237
11. ESP 232
12. ITA 210
13. VEN 210 (ex aequo)
14. RUS 179
15. NRU 168
16. COL 167
17. JPN 165
18. GER 146
19. EGY 133
20. AUS 131
21. UKR 117
22. KOR 106
23. CZE 104
24. NOR 88
25. SVK 88 (ex aequo)
26. DEN 68
27. TUR 68 (ex aequo)
28. GBR 67
29. ISR 65
30. AZE 50
31. SWE 47
32. NED 45
33. MEX 39
34. ARG 23
35. UGA 18

Events

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 bodyweight: 55.66 kg	TUR	Lan Shizhang bodyweight: 55.85 kg	CHN	William Vargas bodyweight: 55.94 kg	CUB
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 55.66 kg	TUR	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 55.86 kg	BUL	Lan Shizhang bodyweight: 55.85 kg	CHN
-56 kg Total, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 55.66 kg	TUR	Lan Shizhang bodyweight: 55.85 kg	CHN	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 55.86 kg	BUL
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.76 kg	GRE	Nikolaj Pešalov bodyweight: 61.80 kg	CRO	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 61.32 kg	BUL
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.76 kg	GRE	Nikolaj Pešalov bodyweight: 61.80 kg	CRO	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 61.32 kg	BUL
-62 kg Total, Men	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.76 kg	GRE	Nikolaj Pešalov bodyweight: 61.80 kg	CRO	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 61.32 kg	BUL
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 68.77 kg	BUL	Wan Jianhui bodyweight: 68.87 kg	CHN	Georgios Tzelilis bodyweight: 68.49 kg	GRE
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 68.77 kg	BUL	Galabin Boevski bodyweight: 68.17 kg	BUL	Valerios Leonidis bodyweight: 68.21 kg	GRE
-69 kg Total, Men	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 68.77 kg	BUL	Georgios Tzelilis bodyweight: 68.49 kg	GRE	Wan Jianhui bodyweight: 68.87 kg	CHN
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Giorgi Asanidze bodyweight: 76.66 kg	GEO	Mehmet Yılmaz bodyweight: 76.32 kg	TUR	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 76.14 kg	BUL
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 76.14 kg	BUL	Petar Tanev bodyweight: 76.48 kg	BUL	Viktor Mitrou bodyweight: 76.90 kg	GRE
-77 kg Total, Men	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 76.14 kg	BUL	Petar Tanev bodyweight: 76.48 kg	BUL	Mehmet Yılmaz bodyweight: 76.32 kg	TUR
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Georgi Gardev bodyweight: 82.66 kg	BUL	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.28 kg	GRE	Yury Myshkovets bodyweight: 84.12 kg	RUS
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.23 kg	GER	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.28 kg	GRE	Yury Myshkovets bodyweight: 84.12 kg	RUS
-85 kg Total, Men	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.28 kg	GRE	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.23 kg	GER	Yury Myshkovets bodyweight: 84.12 kg	RUS
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 93.63 kg	GER	Tadeusz Drzazga bodyweight: 93.06 kg	POL	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 93.62 kg	GRE
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 93.62 kg	GRE	Leonidas Kokas bodyweight: 92.38 kg	GRE	Szymon Kołecki bodyweight: 93.95 kg	POL
-94 kg Total, Men	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 93.62 kg	GRE	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 93.63 kg	GER	Leonidas Kokas bodyweight: 92.38 kg	GRE
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Cui Wenhua bodyweight: 102.92 kg	CHN	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.85 kg	UKR	Ihor Razoronov bodyweight: 104.67 kg	UKR
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ihor Razoronov bodyweight: 104.67 kg	UKR	Martin Tešovič bodyweight: 104.08 kg	SVK	Cui Wenhua bodyweight: 102.92 kg	CHN
-105 kg Total, Men	Ihor Razoronov bodyweight: 104.67 kg	UKR	Cui Wenhua bodyweight: 102.92 kg	CHN	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.85 kg	UKR
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Ara Vardanyan bodyweight: 127.55 kg	ARM	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 177.61 kg	RUS	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 126.28 kg	LAT
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 177.61 kg	RUS	Paweł Najdek bodyweight: 125.66 kg	POL	Ara Vardanyan bodyweight: 127.55 kg	ARM
+105 kg Total, Men	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 177.61 kg	RUS	Ara Vardanyan bodyweight: 127.55 kg	ARM	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 126.28 kg	LAT
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Li Yunli bodyweight: 47.25 kg	CHN	Chu Nan-Mei bodyweight: 47.12 kg	TPE	Tsai Hui-Wan bodyweight: 47.64 kg	TPE
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Li Yunli bodyweight: 47.25 kg	CHN	Chu Nan-Mei bodyweight: 47.12 kg	TPE	Kaori Niyanagi bodyweight: 47.55 kg	JPN
-48 kg Total, Women	Li Yunli bodyweight: 47.25 kg	CHN	Chu Nan-Mei bodyweight: 47.12 kg	TPE	Tsai Hui-Wan bodyweight: 47.64 kg	TPE
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Wang Xiufen bodyweight: 52.65 kg	CHN	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 52.21 kg	BUL	Robin Goad bodyweight: 52.73 kg	USA
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Wang Xiufen bodyweight: 52.65 kg	CHN	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 52.21 kg	BUL	Robin Goad bodyweight: 52.73 kg	USA
-53 kg Total, Women	Wang Xiufen bodyweight: 52.65 kg	CHN	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 52.21 kg	BUL	Robin Goad bodyweight: 52.73 kg	USA
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Kuo Ping-Chun bodyweight: 57.00 kg	TPE	Song Zhijuan bodyweight: 57.62 kg	CHN	Neli Yankova bodyweight: 56.40 kg	BUL
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Kuo Ping-Chun bodyweight: 57.00 kg	TPE	Maryse Turcotte bodyweight: 57.04 kg	CAN	Song Zhijuan bodyweight: 57.62 kg	CHN
-58 kg Total, Women	Kuo Ping-Chun bodyweight: 57.00 kg	TPE	Song Zhijuan bodyweight: 57.62 kg	CHN	Neli Yankova bodyweight: 56.40 kg	BUL
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Chen Jui-Lien bodyweight: 61.79 kg	TPE	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.50 kg	RUS	Shi Lihua bodyweight: 62.31 kg	CHN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Shi Lihua bodyweight: 62.31 kg	CHN	Chen Jui-Lien bodyweight: 61.79 kg	TPE	Aneta Szczepańska bodyweight: 62.03 kg	POL
-63 kg Total, Women	Chen Jui-Lien bodyweight: 61.79 kg	TPE	Shi Lihua bodyweight: 62.31 kg	CHN	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.50 kg	RUS
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Tang Weifang bodyweight: 68.90 kg	CHN	Erzsébet Márkus bodyweight: 67.82 kg	HUN	Wu Mei-Yi bodyweight: 67.91 kg	TPE
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Tang Weifang bodyweight: 68.90 kg	CHN	Wu Mei-Yi bodyweight: 67.91 kg	TPE	Irina Kasimova bodyweight: 68.48 kg	RUS
-69 kg Total, Women	Tang Weifang bodyweight: 68.90 kg	CHN	Wu Mei-Yi bodyweight: 67.91 kg	TPE	Irina Kasimova bodyweight: 68.48 kg	RUS
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Karoliina Lundahl bodyweight: 74.36 kg	FIN	Mónica Carrió bodyweight: 73.80 kg	ESP	Şule Şahbaz bodyweight: 74.08 kg	TUR
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Gao Xiaoyan bodyweight: 73.98 kg	CHN	Karoliina Lundahl bodyweight: 74.36 kg	FIN	Mária Takács bodyweight: 70.75 kg	HUN
-75 kg Total, Women	Karoliina Lundahl bodyweight: 74.36 kg	FIN	Şule Şahbaz bodyweight: 74.08 kg	TUR	Mária Takács bodyweight: 70.75 kg	HUN
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 108.70 kg	POL	María Isabel Urrutia bodyweight: 88.53 kg	COL	Tang Gonghong bodyweight: 114.91 kg	CHN
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Tang Gonghong bodyweight: 114.91 kg	CHN	Chen Hsiao-Lien bodyweight: 99.17 kg	TPE	María Isabel Urrutia bodyweight: 88.53 kg	COL
+75 kg Total, Women	Tang Gonghong bodyweight: 114.91 kg	CHN	Chen Hsiao-Lien bodyweight: 99.17 kg	TPE	María Isabel Urrutia bodyweight: 88.53 kg	COL