1999 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Peiraias
Country	GRE
Held	21 – 28 November 1999
Competitors	421
Countries	80

Team classification men:

1. GRE 581
2. BUL 465
3. CHN 437
4. TUR 386
5. POL 377
6. UKR 364

Team classification women:

1. CHN 530
2. TPE 392
3. BUL 374
4. THA 371
5. NGR 366
6. USA 333
7. JPN 308
8. RUS 302
9. HUN 285
10. MYA 278
11. INA 264
12. POL 250
13. ESP 242
14. KOR 238
15. UKR 230
16. IND 226
17. CAN 210
18. GRE 163
19. FRA 140
20. COL 138
21. PRK 135
22. DOM 135
23. ITA 120
24. VEN 113
25. FIN 109
26. MEX 91
27. AUS 77
28. KAZ 72
29. GER 58
30. SVK 47
31. BEL 41
32. NZL 39
33. DEN 36
34. GBR 31
35. ISR 29
36. CMR 29
37. ESA 26
38. NRU 23
39. AZE 20
40. BRA 11
41. POR 10
42. PUR 9
43. ROU 5
44. NOR 5
45. MGL 4
46. NED 0
47. MRI 0
48. ALG 0
49. CZE 0
50. FIJ 0
51. SWE 0

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	12	5	4	21
2	Chinese Taipei	TPE	6	1	6	13
3	Bulgaria	BUL	5	3	6	14
4	Greece	GRE	4	10	6	20
5	Russia	RUS	3	3	2	8
6	Qatar	QAT	3	1	3	7
7	Turkey	TUR	3	0	1	4
8	Iran	IRI	2	1	1	4
9	Ukraine	UKR	2	1	0	3
10	South Korea	KOR	1	4	1	6
11	Indonesia	INA	1	4	0	5
12	North Korea	PRK	1	2	0	3
13	Armenia	ARM	1	0	1	2
=	Hungary	HUN	1	0	1	2
15	Poland	POL	0	5	1	6
16	Romania	ROU	0	1	1	2
17	Cuba	CUB	0	1	0	1
=	Georgia	GEO	0	1	0	1
=	India	IND	0	1	0	1
=	Nauru	NRU	0	1	0	1
21	Nigeria	NGR	0	0	4	4
22	Germany	GER	0	0	2	2
=	Japan	JPN	0	0	2	2
24	Latvia	LAT	0	0	1	1
=	Myanmar	MYA	0	0	1	1
=	United States	USA	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 55.83 kg	TUR	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 55.78 kg	CUB	Adrian Ioan Jigău bodyweight: 55.90 kg	ROU
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 55.83 kg	TUR	Wang Shin-Yuan bodyweight: 55.60 kg	TPE	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 55.87 kg	BUL
-56 kg Total, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 55.83 kg	TUR	Adrian Ioan Jigău bodyweight: 55.90 kg	ROU	Wang Shin-Yuan bodyweight: 55.60 kg	TPE
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 61.63 kg	CHN	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.40 kg	GRE	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 61.60 kg	BUL
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 61.33 kg	CHN	Marcus Stephen bodyweight: 61.38 kg	NRU	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 61.60 kg	BUL
-62 kg Total, Men	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 61.33 kg	CHN	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.40 kg	GRE	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 61.60 kg	BUL
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Galabin Boevski bodyweight: 68.65 kg	BUL	Georgios Tzelilis bodyweight: 68.53 kg	GRE	Valerios Leonidis bodyweight: 68.68 kg	GRE
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Galabin Boevski bodyweight: 68.65 kg	BUL	Georgios Tzelilis bodyweight: 68.53 kg	GRE	Valerios Leonidis bodyweight: 68.68 kg	GRE
-69 kg Total, Men	Galabin Boevski bodyweight: 68.65 kg	BUL	Georgios Tzelilis bodyweight: 68.53 kg	GRE	Valerios Leonidis bodyweight: 68.68 kg	GRE
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan bodyweight: 76.77 kg	ARM	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 76.85 kg	BUL	Badr Salem Nayef bodyweight: 76.26 kg	QAT
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Badr Salem Nayef bodyweight: 76.26 kg	QAT	Viktor Mitrou bodyweight: 76.67 kg	GRE	Nader Sufyan Abbas bodyweight: 76.24 kg	QAT
-77 kg Total, Men	Badr Salem Nayef bodyweight: 76.26 kg	QAT	Viktor Mitrou bodyweight: 76.67 kg	GRE	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 76.85 kg	BUL
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.83 kg	GRE	Giorgi Asanidze bodyweight: 83.91 kg	GEO	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.43 kg	GER
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Shahin Nassiri Nia bodyweight: 84.72 kg	IRI	Christos Spyrou bodyweight: 83.80 kg	GRE	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.83 kg	GRE
-85 kg Total, Men	Shahin Nassiri Nia bodyweight: 84.72 kg	IRI	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.83 kg	GRE	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.43 kg	GER
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 92.96 kg	GRE	Leonidas Kokas bodyweight: 92.60 kg	GRE	Hakob Pilosyan bodyweight: 93.85 kg	ARM
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 92.96 kg	GRE	Szymon Kołecki bodyweight: 93.39 kg	POL	Bünyamin Sudaş bodyweight: 93.12 kg	TUR
-94 kg Total, Men	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 92.96 kg	GRE	Szymon Kołecki bodyweight: 93.39 kg	POL	Leonidas Kokas bodyweight: 92.60 kg	GRE
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.94 kg	UKR	Choi Jong-Geun bodyweight: 103.33 kg	KOR	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 104.80 kg	RUS
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 104.80 kg	RUS	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.94 kg	UKR	Robert Dołęga bodyweight: 103.67 kg	POL
-105 kg Total, Men	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.94 kg	UKR	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 104.80 kg	RUS	Choi Jong-Geun bodyweight: 103.33 kg	KOR
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Jaber Salem bodyweight: 118.86 kg	QAT	Hossein Reza Zadeh bodyweight: 146.95 kg	IRI	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 135.90 kg	LAT
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 181.72 kg	RUS	Kim Tae-Hyeon bodyweight: 133.63 kg	KOR	Jaber Salem bodyweight: 118.86 kg	QAT
+105 kg Total, Men	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 181.72 kg	RUS	Jaber Salem bodyweight: 118.86 kg	QAT	Hossein Reza Zadeh bodyweight: 146.95 kg	IRI
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Sri Indriyani bodyweight: 47.47 kg	INA	Li Xuezhao bodyweight: 47.00 kg	CHN	Chu Nan-Mei bodyweight: 47.69 kg	TPE
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Donka Mincheva bodyweight: 47.78 kg	BUL	Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi bodyweight: 47.42 kg	IND	Kaori Niyanagi bodyweight: 47.71 kg	JPN
-48 kg Total, Women	Donka Mincheva bodyweight: 47.78 kg	BUL	Sri Indriyani bodyweight: 47.47 kg	INA	Kaori Niyanagi bodyweight: 47.71 kg	JPN
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Li Feng-Ying bodyweight: 52.66 kg	TPE	Winarni Binti Slamet bodyweight: 52.14 kg	INA	Win Swe Swe bodyweight: 51.55 kg	MYA
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Li Feng-Ying bodyweight: 52.66 kg	TPE	Winarni Binti Slamet bodyweight: 52.14 kg	INA	Wang Xiufen bodyweight: 52.93 kg	CHN
-53 kg Total, Women	Li Feng-Ying bodyweight: 52.66 kg	TPE	Winarni Binti Slamet bodyweight: 52.14 kg	INA	Wang Xiufen bodyweight: 52.93 kg	CHN
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Chen Yanqing bodyweight: 57.47 kg	CHN	Ri Song-Hui bodyweight: 55.93 kg	PRK	Kuo Ping-Chun bodyweight: 57.33 kg	TPE
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Ri Song-Hui bodyweight: 55.93 kg	PRK	Chen Yanqing bodyweight: 57.47 kg	CHN	Kuo Ping-Chun bodyweight: 57.33 kg	TPE
-58 kg Total, Women	Chen Yanqing bodyweight: 57.47 kg	CHN	Ri Song-Hui bodyweight: 55.93 kg	PRK	Kuo Ping-Chun bodyweight: 57.33 kg	TPE
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Chen Jui-Lien bodyweight: 62.17 kg	TPE	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.69 kg	RUS	Xiong Meiying bodyweight: 62.83 kg	CHN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Chen Jui-Lien bodyweight: 62.17 kg	TPE	Xiong Meiying bodyweight: 62.83 kg	CHN	Ioanna Chatziioannou bodyweight: 62.01 kg	GRE
-63 kg Total, Women	Chen Jui-Lien bodyweight: 62.17 kg	TPE	Xiong Meiying bodyweight: 62.83 kg	CHN	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.69 kg	RUS
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Erzsébet Márkus bodyweight: 68.52 kg	HUN	Milena Trendafilova bodyweight: 66.99 kg	BUL	Sun Tianni bodyweight: 67.80 kg	CHN
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Sun Tianni bodyweight: 67.80 kg	CHN	Irina Kasimova bodyweight: 68.92 kg	RUS	Milena Trendafilova bodyweight: 66.99 kg	BUL
-69 kg Total, Women	Sun Tianni bodyweight: 67.80 kg	CHN	Milena Trendafilova bodyweight: 66.99 kg	BUL	Erzsébet Márkus bodyweight: 68.52 kg	HUN
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Xu Jiao bodyweight: 74.32 kg	CHN	Kim Sun-Hui bodyweight: 73.31 kg	KOR	Ruth Ogbeifo bodyweight: 74.61 kg	NGR
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Kim Sun-Hui bodyweight: 73.31 kg	KOR	Xu Jiao bodyweight: 74.32 kg	CHN	Ruth Ogbeifo bodyweight: 74.61 kg	NGR
-75 kg Total, Women	Xu Jiao bodyweight: 74.32 kg	CHN	Kim Sun-Hui bodyweight: 73.31 kg	KOR	Ruth Ogbeifo bodyweight: 74.61 kg	NGR
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 97.00 kg	CHN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 117.11 kg	POL	Cheryl Haworth bodyweight: 132.50 kg	USA
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 97.00 kg	CHN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 117.11 kg	POL	Chen Hsiao-Lien bodyweight: 100.64 kg	TPE
+75 kg Total, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 97.00 kg	CHN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 117.11 kg	POL	Balkisu Musa bodyweight: 82.21 kg	NGR